HELP! (Win XP problem)

[Morella]

I have a laptop on XP Home and a desktop on XP Pro. They both connect to a wireless router. They're on the same subnet, same workgroup name, same subnet and mask. They can always ping each other, but...

I can't map shares using the GUI. In fact, I can't even see the other box on this network in the GUI "map network drive" window, even though I can ping it by hostname. The workgroup names are the same. I can map the drive using the net command with no problem, but that's a pain in the ass. When I open the map window, the network shows up with nothing on it but the workgroup name, not even my local machine...sometimes. Sometimes I get only my machine, sometimes the other machine but with the shares missing. Connecting as a priv user doesn't help. Of course I've double-checked it all and rebooted. Here is what worked:

C:\Documents and Settings\morella.TOWELIE.000>net use Z: \\render2\D
The password or user name is invalid for \\render2\D.
Enter the user name for 'render2': morella
Enter the password for render2:
The command completed successfully.

At the time this worked, nothing showed up in the GUI, not even my own machine. Is Windows just fucked, or can this be fixed?

-denise

[Morella]

Fuck It

I just made a Batfile, Robin. A shortcut on the desktop maps all of my drives at once. It's actually easier, but I hate shit that doesn't work the way it's supposed to.

And I will kill the first person who mentions putting shit in the registry.

-denise

[spastic_chicken]

I have a wired desktop and wireless laptop, and i've also had problems with them seeing each other on the workgroup. I don't know what the fix is though.

Sorry I have nothing to contribute

[Morella]

Windows is just crap. Here is my .bat file, which you can make with notepad and run from your desktop.

net use Z: \\render2\D mypassword
net use X: \\render2\F mypassword

D and F are the sharenames. I have trouble remembering shit, so I make it simple.

VMS and UNIX have a GUI now. I never touch it.

-denise