Darrel, Sounds like someone has removed/firewalled Windows File Sharing on that machine, and configured it not to respond to pings (which is naughty...)
Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 February 2007 22:36 > To: [email protected] > Subject: windows drive-mapping fails in one direction, VNC still works > > On my home network I have been mapping drives between my > laptop and pc for > several months with no problems. Both are using windows xp sp2. > > I've installed the VNC server on the PC and the viewer on my > laptop. Shortly > after installing vnc (before doing anything else I haven't > done before) I > have lost the ability to map drives to my PC. I get one of two error > messages > > "The mapped network drive could not be created because the > following error > has occurred: > > The specified network name is no longer available." > or > "The network path \\server\share could not be found" > > I can no longer ping the pc by it's IP or network name, yet > VNC can still > connect. Does anyone have any idea why this might be? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today > it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
