Shared folder disappeared on some networked computers.

[sweeneysmsm]

I don’t know if this is the right place for this question. I did not go to
Networking and the Web because it is not about the web.

I do database design – know nothing about networking.

My client has a network (4 computers) – not wireless. It is what he calls a
peer-to-peer network. There is no server. My application is on the D drive of
one computer. I access it by going to My Network Places and clicking on that
location and navigating to the shared folder. This can also be done from
another computer.

It used to be able to be done on all 4 computers. Inexplicably 2 of the
computers have changed. When you click on My Network Places, an “Internetâ€
heading comes up. This change also appeared on the original machine for one
session and then righted itself. Is there anything I can do to remedy this
situation. It would really help them and me because they are a non-profit
local TV station. While they know lots about movies and audio and TV, they
lack the networking piece.

Any ideas gratefully appreciated.

Mary

 

[Anteaus]

I would strongly suggest connecting to the share with a batchfile containing:

net use h: \\servercomputer\sharename /user:username [password]

This is much more reliable.

Or you might like to take a look at http://mylogon.net if you want to
arrange centralised logons to the computer hosting the data.

 

[sweeneysmsm]

Hi, Anteaus.

Thank you for replying.

I will copy down what you sent and bring it to them. Maybe that is something
that someone who knows about networking can help them with. I just wish we
could find the computer on the network from two of the 4 computers. Maybe
then we could work out the best way to connect. Right now the problem is how
to find it or how to make it visible. The application is located in a Shared
Folder but the other computers don't seem to see it.

Thanks.

Mary

I would strongly suggest connecting to the share with a batchfile containing:

net use h: \\servercomputer\sharename /user:username [password]

This is much more reliable.

Or you might like to take a look at http://mylogon.net if you want to
arrange centralised logons to the computer hosting the data.

I don’t know if this is the right place for this question. I did not go to
Networking and the Web because it is not about the web.

I do database design – know nothing about networking.

My client has a network (4 computers) – not wireless. It is what he calls a
peer-to-peer network. There is no server. My application is on the D drive of
one computer. I access it by going to My Network Places and clicking on that
location and navigating to the shared folder. This can also be done from
another computer.

It used to be able to be done on all 4 computers. Inexplicably 2 of the
computers have changed. When you click on My Network Places, an “Internetâ€
heading comes up. This change also appeared on the original machine for one
session and then righted itself. Is there anything I can do to remedy this
situation. It would really help them and me because they are a non-profit
local TV station. While they know lots about movies and audio and TV, they
lack the networking piece.

Any ideas gratefully appreciated.

Mary