Setting up file and print sharing without a floppy drive

[Guest]

I recently purchased a Dell Dimension without a floppy drive which is the
default. Once I got the machine, I set it up on a router to share a DSL
line with my notebook computer. The notebook runs Win 2000.

The procedure for setting up file and print sharing using XP's Network Setup
Wizard expects there to be a floppy on the XP machine. Is anyone aware of
documentation for setting up XP file and print sharing without a floppy drive?

 

[Malke]

I recently purchased a Dell Dimension without a floppy drive which is
the
default. Once I got the machine, I set it up on a router to share a
DSL
line with my notebook computer. The notebook runs Win 2000.

The procedure for setting up file and print sharing using XP's Network
Setup
Wizard expects there to be a floppy on the XP machine. Is anyone
aware of documentation for setting up XP file and print sharing
without a floppy drive?

Either use a usb thumb drive on the Dell, or better still - don't use
the wizard. Set your Dell to get its IP address automatically, and it
will get it from the router (it is probably already doing this). Now
add the user account(s) and password(s) from the Win2k laptop to the
Dell with the User Accounts applet in Control Panel. Make sure the Dell
and the laptop are in the same Workgroup. Do this from the Computer
Name tab in the System applet in Control Panel. Now share out whatever
resources you want on the Dell. Share out resources on the Win2k
machine. The two machines will now see each other.

If you have any problems, post back for more help.

Malke

 

[Guest]

Malke,
"Don't Panic"....

I tried the jump drive. Worked fine except... the file created on the USB
drive to setup network only works with 95, 98 and Millenium. Not with Win2K.
I then went to plan B.

On my Win2K I went to System applet in Control Panel. On the "Computer
Name" Tab, I changed the computer from being a member of my old work domain
to be a member of my home network Workgroup "MSHome." I then let the system
restart. The only problem was, I'm now unable to log in using my old User
Name and Password. I can't think of any combination/password to get back
in. OK "Don't Panic." Can you suggest anything. (That was the only
change I made.)

Mark

 

[Malke]

Malke,
"Don't Panic"....

I tried the jump drive. Worked fine except... the file created on the
USB
drive to setup network only works with 95, 98 and Millenium. Not with
Win2K.
I then went to plan B.

On my Win2K I went to System applet in Control Panel. On the
"Computer Name" Tab, I changed the computer from being a member of my
old work domain
to be a member of my home network Workgroup "MSHome." I then let the
system
restart. The only problem was, I'm now unable to log in using my old
User
Name and Password. I can't think of any combination/password to get
back
in. OK "Don't Panic." Can you suggest anything. (That was the
only change I made.)

Mark

Leaving out the very important part in your first post that the Win2k
box was a member of a domain instead of a workgroup was a Bad Idea.
Taking the Win2k box off the domain without first making sure that you
had a local user account was also a Bad Idea. You will need to log in
locally (off the domain) with an account that has administrative
privileges - usually that is "Administrator" in Win2k - and either
rejoin your computer to the domain or see if you can find your files
from the domain account and copy the data over to the new Workgroup
account you made. You will need to take ownership of the files.

If no local account was ever made - and that would be a standard
security practice for a corporate machine - then you must rejoin the
computer to the domain. Then you will be able to log on with your
domain credentials. At that point, you can make a local account if this
is acceptable to your company's IT Dept.

If you need more help, then please post back with full details about the
laptop's setup and if there is a local account on it.

Malke

 

[Guest]

Malke,

I am back in my machine and online. (After logging back into the corporate
network and trying a variety of passwords.)

I'm still uncertain wrt to whether I can log in to my work group at home
while remaining in my corporate domain.... but I will get a book/work with
our IT folks.

Thank you for all your help!

Mark

 

[Malke]

Malke,

I am back in my machine and online. (After logging back into the
corporate network and trying a variety of passwords.)

I'm still uncertain wrt to whether I can log in to my work group at
home while remaining in my corporate domain.... but I will get a
book/work with our IT folks.

Thank you for all your help!

I'm relieved to hear that all is well. Thanks for letting me know. Check
with the IT people if you can have a local account on the laptop. If
you can, you'll be able to log in locally at home.

Malke