Network connection

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Guest

I have 2 desktops and a Inspiron 8200 on my network. The desktops are
connected via a NIC and the Inspiron via Belkin Pre-N card. A Belkin Pre-N
Router connects them all. It seems I'm having trouble with the Inspiron's
wireless connection. I have internet access, I can print to other printers
on the desktops, and I setup Quickbooks to access the file on a desktop.
However the Inspiron can't see the desktops in Workgroup Computers, can't
access the shared files that show up in My Network and it doesn't show up in
the desktops Workgroup Computers. The desktops can't print to the Inspiron's
printer. All this happens with all firewalls disabled. How can I get full
access with all the computers?

Thank you.
 
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Guest

As suggested by someone, I uninstalled Trend Micro PC-Cillin (you should
uninstall any 3rd party software, not just disable it) on all the computers
and rebooted them. Now all 3 computers are visible in Workgroup Computers on
all computers, however the Wireless XP Home Dell only shows the Dell's shared
folders. The XP Pro Shuttle and the XP Home Gateway (hard wired NIC's) shows
each others shared folders but not the Dell's.
 
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Guest

I did It! I decided to run the Network Wizard again with the uninstalled
firewalls and all is seen in network land! Now I hope it will stay that way
once PC-Cillin is reinstalled (may have to do some tweaking).

One thing...There's a few folders that show up on Network Places on other
computers that are not shared. I made then shared then unshared while trying
to figure out my previous problem. They never showed up before but now they
do (and they're not shard)! It's been over an hour and computers rebooted but
they are still there. I can't just delete the folders from Network Places
right? That's like trying to delete the actual folder and not just the path,
right? Is there a manual way to remove the bogus icon?

James

P.S. Does anybody live here???
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