Ted Roche wrote: > On 7/27/07, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Suggestions? >> > > 1. Stop using Windows. You're no good at it.
<rof'l> Sure, blame the USER..... > 2. Accelerate your plan to get all of your software off these machines. I was going to try to get it all done Friday, but I had to go in for an MRI, and so migrating the rest of the box will probably take a couple more days. Right after I redo the hw.com website, you know. Four apps and a service still go move. > 3. Try to connect using the Linux side and smbclient to confirm that > the XP machine isn't banned by Mac address or something strange. > There's a white paper on the hw.com site for this, I think. Let's skip this one for the time being. I'm trying to stay away from samba...... The XP box can _see_ the ancyent old server and its shares, it's just not allowed to access them. > 4. Check to see if you've enabled "Simple Sharing" in your network > configuration. IIRC, it's somewhere in the options or properties > settings in the file explorer. Like most M$ names, "Simple Sharing" is > not what it claims to be: it's not simple, and it's not about sharing, > it's about not be able to share. Turn it off if enabled. Done. Rebooted. Explorer shows nothing under the Microsoft Networks now (used to show both NT4 servers.) But read on.... > 5. You don't explicitly mention it, but I presume you can log into the > PDC and get shares from there. Do you have your XP workstation > configured to log in by itself (to the local workstation) or have you > set it up to join the domain and log in to using the domain > credentials? That may be preventing you from attaching to the > standalone antique. Well, sorta. I can access shares on the PDC, although I'm still logging into the XP box as a local user. I tried connecting the XP box to the PDC domain, and got the same kind of "currently mapped..." stuff. (Several messages, not important right now.) OK, after waiting a minute or two, both servers show up under the Microsoft Network node in My Network Places. And.... now I can right click on one of the here-to-fore 'no access' shares, and connect and map a drive. Musta been that Simple Sharing thing. Now.... I really DO need to accelerate the move off these old boxes. But what am I going to do with a couple of 36 GB PII servers from 1998? Don't think they quite have the horsepower for a 2 TB Myth TV setup. :) Mucho gracias.... Time to go out and destroy my Achilles a little more, so that when I see the surgeon, he'll have LOTS to do. Want to make sure I'm getting money's worth when he cuts them open. Whil _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
