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seanmcq · 11-08-2007, 05:02 PM

Hi, can't seem to edit my last post. I tried disconnecting the WAN and completely disabling Norton & Windows Firewall on both machines, still with no joy. Tried with JUST Windows firewall and nothing.

I can reach \\desktop\ from the laptop (i.e. I don't get an error message) but all I get is a folder with "Printers" and none of the shared folders. Originally "Desktop" doesn't show up in the "View Devices", after I browse to it via \\desktop\, it shows up in the list, but when I click on it, again I get only "Printers".

From the desktop \\laptop is not accesible at all. I can ping between both machines fine and can even remote desktop using their internal ip or hostname. At my wits end with this one!

11-08-2007, 05:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
seanmcq Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 14 OS: Windows XP	Re: Can't get two computers networked!! Hi, can't seem to edit my last post. I tried disconnecting the WAN and completely disabling Norton & Windows Firewall on both machines, still with no joy. Tried with JUST Windows firewall and nothing. I can reach \\desktop\ from the laptop (i.e. I don't get an error message) but all I get is a folder with "Printers" and none of the shared folders. Originally "Desktop" doesn't show up in the "View Devices", after I browse to it via \\desktop\, it shows up in the list, but when I click on it, again I get only "Printers". From the desktop \\laptop is not accesible at all. I can ping between both machines fine and can even remote desktop using their internal ip or hostname. At my wits end with this one!