Hi, I would make sure that you have sharing enabled Couldrive. I have found that changinging the share name helps also. Scott > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:25:05 -0800 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] 6.1 and network drives
>Vicky, >Thanks for your comments. I did essentially what you did but got an error >message and can't seem to connect to my c drive at all, even though I can >connect just fine through the network to the internet. Something seems to be >locking me out. Probably some setting somewhere in xp home. >Don >On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:24:20 -0500, Vicky Collins wrote: >Hi Don and All, >Well, I can't say that I understand all this, either. But, using the PK >here is what I did to get to the SharedDocs folder on my PC; and, yes, grin, >I'm sure it is probably the long and repetitive way around things. First, I >went >to the options/connectivity menu and turned wireless on, and told it to >reconnect using existing configurations. Then, I pressed backspace and >enter with w to get to the folder name prompt. Then, I hit the backspace to >get to the drive list, and then spaced down to network and pressed enter. >Then, at the network place prompt, I pressed the space bar to get to browse >entire network and pressed enter. Then, at the network server prompt, I >entered the name of the computer to which I wanted to connect and pressed >enter. Then, at the network folder prompt, I hit the space bar and got the >prompt of network server user name, so I entered my SBC user name and >pressed enter. Then, at the password prompt, I entered my SBC password and >pressed enter. I also told it to update the current logon information and >then pressed e chord to exit the dialogue, but I then answered no to saving >my network password on the device. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:41 PM >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] 6.1 and network drives >Paul, >Did you have to set up another login account on your machine? Just >wondering what you did with the user name and password. >I set up a separate account on my xp home machine, but sure can't log into >it. >Don >On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:31:30 -0800, Paul Henrichsen wrote: >Hi. When I tried typing in family into the domain name, the bn didn't like >that. What I eventually did was to type in Paul into the server name. That >is my computer's name. However, I think that family remained in the domain >name. I never could get it to stay deleted. I did finally get things >working and even opened a word document, spellchecked it a saved it back to >my D drive. Pretty neat. >At 2/18/2005, you wrote: >>Hi Paul, >>On 18 Feb 2005 at 12:42, Paul Henrichsen spoke, thus: >>> Hi, pulse data staff. How does one go about setting up for a home >>> network >>> on the bn? I don't have a server name and I don't have a domain. Those >>> are >>> my only two choices. I am running xp pro with two computers connected to >>> a >>> Linksys router. My work group is family, but how do I find what the >>> server >>> name is? And I don't believe I have a domain name. I am surprised that >>> there is nothing in the manual for setting up with a simple home >>> network. >>The terminology Microsoft uses is regretably confusing. No doubt they >>intended their protocols to span the entire Internet, and thought it best >>to adopt terms people already knew from the ARPANet days. :-) >>In your case, the "Domain" is simply equivalent to the "Workgroup", which >>is "Family". The computer name is the "Server" name - this is the name >>resolved by NetBIOS Name, WINS, or (in the least likely case) DNS. You >>can find your computer name by looking at System Properties (found in >>Control Panel), Computer Name tab. >>Hope this helps. >>Cheers, >>Sabahattin >>-- >>If an email tells you to forward it to all your friends, please >>temporarily forget that I am your friend. >>Sabahattin Gucukoglu >>Phone: +44 20 88008915 >>Mobile: +44 7986 053399 >>http://www.sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/ >>Email/MSN: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Skype: SabahattinGucukoglu >>(requires authorisation, add me to your list first) >>SpeakFreely: sabahattin-gucukoglu.com >>(Please use CELP compression if your processor allows) >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
