1) well, mapping your own drives should
not require a password, unless one
was previously provided. It would
be better to be logged in as administrator
on both your machines.
maybe the link provided by the other
responder to a more detailed page,
it may be of some help.
2) also, the file sdestopserv.exe is the program
that connects to the online "server" that
acts as the middle guy between your
machines but both machines require
the program.
http://www.moogsoftware.com/SimpleDesktop-WebHelp/gettingstarted.html
it may seem that both techniques
above that i have used successfully
are proving difficult to overcome
your particular hurdles.
at first, setting up the network is a
bit tricky. One way to start is to
make it as simple as possible.
3) i suggest you move both machines
close together and hard wire both
of them with an ethernet cable and
nothing else like the internet, modems
or routers.
turn off your firewalls and antivirals
and share "everything" on both
machines. Later if your are successful
you can unshare directories/drives.
you may want to restart
the network wizard. Basically
this creates a single group name
and then you would also need to create
names for each machine, like pc1 and pc2 so
that they can both log into the group name and
begin sharing the mapped drives.
Two problems in implementing what you are suggesting:
1) Mapping drives requires a password be set on the target machine. I have no passwords set on the target machine. There was a grayed out suggestion that the password is for the 'Guest' User Account on the Target Machine. At the time this first appeared 'Guest' was defined but inactive on the target machine. Immediately activated 'Guest' on the target machine. Guest had been predefined and couldn't be given a password. Doing all this didn't change a thing.
2) Successfully downloaded a link to "Simpledesktop". Tried to install it. At the end of the download some instructions appeared saying that should do a "RUN sdesktopserv.exe". I tried to do the operation and it came back and said it couldn't find "sdesktopserv.exe". Any help?
Don J
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"db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message is a bit tedious and would
like to only offer a couple
of suggestions:
firstly, turn off your firewalls
secondly, be sure to "map"
the drives.
sometimes you have to unmap
them then remap them and
reboot as well.
however, if the above doesn't
provide that extra help to network
your machines, then try a third party
program.
a third party program can override
the settings and overcome the
hurdles of trying to figure out what
you skipped over.
A program called "simpledesktop"
is pretty easy and i didn't find any
difficulties with it.
if simple desktop can connect
your two machines, then you will
know that there was a configuration
error on your part. if simple desktop
cannot connect your machines, then
it is likely a major issue causing the
hurdle.
I am running two systems, both with Windows XP Home Edition installed. They
are connected through the same router.
How do I get one system to talk to the other? I have run the network setup
Wizard on both systems. I have disabled sharing over the network. I have
configured folders in both systems to be shared.
FYI: When I click the "My Network Places>Entire Network>Microsoft Windows
Network>Mshome" folder on one machine it contains a directory labled with
the name of that machine. I open this directory and it contains the names
of all the shared directories on the machine. On the other machine clicking
the same directory yields an error message that says:
"Mshome is not available. You might not have permission to use this
resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have
access permissions. The list of Workgroups for this server is not currently
available."
Can anyone help?
Don J
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