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Old 01-05-2006, 06:10 AM
Mike
 
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Default RE: XP SP2 and home networking



"Mike" wrote:

> I'm running XP Home Edition and finally got around to installing SP2. Here's
> the problem.
>
> I have a Cisco wireless router. The machine that I just upgraded is
> hardwired to the router and there are three other machines connected
> wirelessly (2 @ XP home, 1 @ XP Pro). My printers are connected to this (the
> hardwired) machine, and I share them with the other computers.
>
> Everything worked fine until installed SP2. Now, even though my machine
> shows the printers as shared they cannot be seen by the other computers.
> Also, I can't access any of the shared folders from the other machines. I
> can see shared folders on one of the other machines from this one, but not on
> the others.
>
> Anybody have similar problems? Is this a security issue? Do I need to
> reinstall the network? I ran a system restore back to SP1 everything was OK
> again. I may have to just go back and be happy.
>
> Thanks
> Mike


PS...
I just tried to disable the Windows Firewall but I keep getting a message
that says:
"Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display Windows Firewall
settings."

Can this have something to do with my NAV setup?
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