DVD drive on Netowrk won't connect

[Bob Pearce - Australia]

Hi all, just set up 2 XP machines (laptop to PC) and all is networked great
but cannot get my laptop to connect to my PC DVD drive. I have connected to
all other drives OK but a NO NO with my DVD drive. It says that the drive is
inaccessible, I might not have permission to connect.... I have shared it of
course but .... any suggestions? Thanks Bob

 

[Guest]

Bob,

Have you shared your CD drive?

Right-click your drive | Sharing & give it a name. On the share permissions
make sure you have all access (3 tick boxes are ticked for everyone) | APPLY
| OK

Now try:

\\MachineNameHere\ShareName & press ENTER

Also check firewall. Windows firewall should be disabled constantly

When you said you have connected them both, do you mean via a hub, layered
switch or crossover cable?

 

[Eric]

Bob,

Have you shared your CD drive?

Right-click your drive | Sharing & give it a name. On the share permissions
make sure you have all access (3 tick boxes are ticked for everyone) | APPLY
| OK

Now try:

\\MachineNameHere\ShareName & press ENTER

Also check firewall. Windows firewall should be disabled constantly

When you said you have connected them both, do you mean via a hub, layered
switch or crossover cable?

--
SPAMCOP User





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Is the PC running XP Home and the laptop XP Pro?

I have found that an XP Pro laptop doesn't like to share a printer
wirelessly with an XP Home desktop PC as the printer's host.

I put it down to the one being Pro and the other being Home.

Eric,
PC Buyer Beware!
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/

 

[Bob Pearce - Australia]

Wireless connection. The various internal hard drives (2) and external
drives (3) are shared which are all available on the wireless network except
the DVD drive which I want to use to load programs for my MSI notebook which
does not have a CD/DVD drive.

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