BigAl.NZ@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> There is a simple solution to this i am sure.
>
> There is a network with about 5 PC's on it connected to a router. No
> Domain controller etc.
>
> Most of the PC's are set to workgroup MSHOME, and one PC which acts as
> a file server is on WORKGROUP.
>
> All the PC's can access the share on the file server called \
> \p4server. The full name of the share is \\p4server\Data.
>
> Now for some reason we have added a laptop to the network, and cant
> access the share.
>
> I can ping the file server ok.
>
> When I try to map the network drive with net use , or by browsing the
> workgroup, I get "Workgroup MSHOME is not accessable etc etc"
>
> Anyone have any ideas why not? It seems like a fairly simple setup.
Did you add the laptop's user account/password to the pseudo-server?
This needs to be done.
Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally
caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall; or 2) inadvertently running two
firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party
firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on
all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating
system does not permit it.
I was going to use the command net share \\server\share /user:name
password, but the file server has one account user which doesnt have a
password.
I will create the "laptop account" on the file server.
Cheers
-Al
Malke wrote:
> BigAl.NZ@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > There is a simple solution to this i am sure.
> >
> > There is a network with about 5 PC's on it connected to a router. No
> > Domain controller etc.
> >
> > Most of the PC's are set to workgroup MSHOME, and one PC which acts as
> > a file server is on WORKGROUP.
> >
> > All the PC's can access the share on the file server called \
> > \p4server. The full name of the share is \\p4server\Data.
> >
> > Now for some reason we have added a laptop to the network, and cant
> > access the share.
> >
> > I can ping the file server ok.
> >
> > When I try to map the network drive with net use , or by browsing the
> > workgroup, I get "Workgroup MSHOME is not accessable etc etc"
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas why not? It seems like a fairly simple setup.
>
> Did you add the laptop's user account/password to the pseudo-server?
> This needs to be done.
>
> Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally
> caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall; or 2) inadvertently running two
> firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party
> firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on
> all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating
> system does not permit it.
>
>
> Malke
> --
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<BigAl.NZ@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Guys,
>
> There is a simple solution to this i am sure.
>
> There is a network with about 5 PC's on it connected to a router. No
> Domain controller etc.
>
> Most of the PC's are set to workgroup MSHOME, and one PC which acts as
> a file server is on WORKGROUP.
>
> All the PC's can access the share on the file server called \
> \p4server. The full name of the share is \\p4server\Data.
>
> Now for some reason we have added a laptop to the network, and cant
> access the share.
>
> I can ping the file server ok.
>
> When I try to map the network drive with net use , or by browsing the
> workgroup, I get "Workgroup MSHOME is not accessable etc etc"
>
> Anyone have any ideas why not? It seems like a fairly simple setup.
>
> -Al
>
Might also want to try setting all the machines to use the same workgroup,
like HOME, MSHOME, or whatever suits you. Then reboot to finalize the
changes.
Networking shares problem!! 
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