John, I forgot about that "Catch-22" with the sharing. Try this instead: Open the file sharing control panel while your 8600 is struggling, and click on the cancel button. Then quit the control panel. Now open your System folder and open the folder named "Servers". Trash any icons in there and empty the trash. Your computer may be trying to locate some bogus servers that are no longer connected to your network. That can take forever. Then try again to start the file sharing from the control panel. Joe
> From: "Vaughan, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I understand what you're saying about starting small and seeing what > happens, but the problem is that you can't tell a drive to STOP sharing its > folders until File Sharing is on. Until then, you just keep getting a > dialog box telling you can't change file sharing until file sharing is on, > and it asks if you want to open the control panel. > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
