[dba-Tech] Is this laptop any good?

ah - checkout the sharename - it might have a $ (dollar sign) after it,
indicating that it's a hidden share, in which case you'll need to type it in
as it is - \\notebook\c$ for instance or it won't see it. I won't profess to
be an expert (I can't get my 2k pc to see my dad's 98 pc at home, or indeed
any of the laptops or other devices that regularly use my network, but this
should be pretty simple :-)


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software [mailto:bchacc at san.rr.com]
Sent: 24 June 2004 15:34
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Is this laptop any good?


John (and John):

The firewall was unclicked.  So I assume it's not active.  When I click the
notebook icon from my main machine I get the message:

"\\Notebook is not accessible.  You might not have permission to use this
network resource... etc.  

"Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested login type at
this computer"

("Notebook" is the name of the new box.  Clever, eh?)

>From the notebook (which is XP Home) I can access the Main Machine (which
is XP Pro) with no login.

>From the notebook I can also access my secondary machine which is W2K  but
on the notebook when I do that it prompts me for a login.  I put in
Administrator for the name and no password and I get access from the
notebook to the secondary machine.

What to try next?

I've got several of the 'anomalies' in my network.  With the help of this
list I hope I can finally get them resolved.  

MTIA

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Tydda" <Jon.Tydda at alcontrol.co.uk>
To: "Dba-Tech (E-mail)" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 7:05 AM
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Is this laptop any good?


> Open network properties, then right click on the actualy network that's
> connected, go to properties, then the advanced page and it's there. Unlick
> the box. If you have Zonealarm running, you won't need XP's attempt.
> 
> 
> Jon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software [mailto:bchacc at san.rr.com]
> Sent: 24 June 2004 15:02
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Is this laptop any good?
> 
> 
> John:
> 
> How do you disable the firewall in XP Home.  I went to help but it gave me
> an instruction that didn't match what was onthe screen.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Rocky
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
> To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'"
> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:25 AM
> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Is this laptop any good?
> 
> 
> > Rocky,
> >
> > >Only problem so far is logging into it from my main machine.  I can see
> my
> > main machine from the laptop and am downloading now all the critical
> stuff.
> > But when I try to look at the laptop from the main machine I get
rejected.
> > Main machine is XP Pro while laptop is XP Home.
> >
> > I experienced the same thing; That's the firewall that comes with XP.
> Turn
> > it off and you will be able to see the laptop from the rest of your
> > machines.
> >
> > John W. Colby
> > www.ColbyConsulting.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
-
> > Beach Access Software
> > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:15 AM
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Is this laptop any good?
> >
> >
> > E-machine wasn't available.  Or I probably would have.  This one's got a
> DVD
> > burner - something I'll probably never use. But it's got the 5-in-1
memory
> > card slot on the side which may prove useful.  Especially for
downloading
> > pictures from my camera.  It's pretty slow over serial port.
> >
> > (I just got one of those USB flash drives - 128MB on a key chain - which
> I'm
> > using for short term backup and to take stuff to clients.  That's
> > convenient.)
> >
> > Only problem so far is logging into it from my main machine.  I can see
my
> > main machine from the laptop and am downloading now all the critical
> stuff.
> > But when I try to look at the laptop from the main machine I get
rejected.
> > Main machine is XP Pro while laptop is XP Home.
> >
> > Next (unpaid) project is going to be to get all the machines in the
> network
> > to 'see' all the other machines.
> >
> > Rocky
> 
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