Thanks MIke. let me give it a try and see. cheers On 30/07/2009, Mike Barnard <[email protected]> wrote: > to get this right, you have a windows XP computer with a shared drive D:. > This drive is shared to other users on the network. > > For them to access this, either one of two things *MUST* remain constant, > depending on your network. Your IP address or your hostname. If your IP > address today was 192.168.0.2 and then tomorrow its 192.168.4.29, the guys > who shared that drive will see a question mark. > > The easiest way to share a drive and not have to hustle is to use a small > tool that runs off a flash disk called FreeNAS <http://www.freenas.org/> > > Give it a try and see, thats if you have a small network you are sharing > with friends or at an SME. > > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:12 PM, roy mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Its windows XP SP2. n ya it was labelled D and it was shared now on >> when u go to other machines on the network u see a question mark on >> it. >> >> On 28/07/2009, Kigozi Timothy <[email protected]> wrote: >> > what operating system is it?and hve u tried the disk mgt?try it and >> > find >> > out if there are any disks that do not have a letter assign one for it >> and >> > see. >> > >> > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:08 PM, roy mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> Guys i have a partition on a certain machine that keeps appearing and >> >> disappearing. I dont know whats wrong . what du u think could be the >> >> problem. i have tried restarting the machine and also opening it to >> >> find out if there is a problem with the connection but all seems to be >> >> ok. Any ideas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> LUG mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> >> way. >> >> --------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> > > > -- > Mike > > Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in > a million chances happen 99% of the time. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
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