My Network Places taken over by "My Web Sites on MSN"

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Dave Dawson

I have a small network connected to the internet through a CNet 8 port
switch, linux box and cable modem. There are currently three computers on
the network (besides
the linux router). The one I'm concerned with is XP Pro, which yesterday was
sharing (simple file sharing), and today can't be seen by anyone else.
Everyone can ping everyone else. I disabled simple file sharing which made
no difference whatsoever. I have the firewall turned off.

My Network Places shows nothing but "My Web Sites on MSN". As far as I
know, I haven't done anything to use MSN. When I click the link, all I get
is a password request. I probably have a MSN password from using MSN
messenger on another computer, but I refuse to cooperate with an intruder
and give a username and password.

What could I have possibly have done to piss Micro$oft off bad enough to
cause My Network Places taken over completely by "My Web Sites on MSN"?

Upgrading to XP Pro from W2k Pro has NOT been a pleasant experience!

I would really like to talk to the genious at Micro$oft who made the
decision to screw up networking on XP.

Dave
 
I found out that for some reason the workstation service had shut down. Now
I can see this computer from an ME, but when I double click on it, I get a
password request for $IPC, and C: is shared as C with full permissions.
I've had that problem with another network, and still haven't solved it.

What other service could have shut down to cause this?

Dave
 
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