I have been having a networking problem on my WinXP Home edition

laptop. I am not able to connect to shared folders and printers on my

local network by the computer name.

i.e. if I use the following command:

Start->My Computer and put in

\\LocalNetworkComputerName\SharedFolderName\

the response is:

Windows cannot find \\LocalNetworkComputerName\

 

If I do the same and enter:

\\192.168.x.xx\SharedFolderName

 

where 192.168.x.xx is the ip address of the target computer it works.

 

Please advise if anyone knows a workaround to this problem

VS228,

 

Are you sure you have the correct name?

 

Just try:

 

\\CompNameHere\C$

 

START | RUN | Type 'cmd' (no quotes) & press ENTER

 

then type 'ping CompNameHere'

or try 'ping -a 192.168.x.x' (replace with your correct IP)

 

What is the return? Any loss?

 

--

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(It's just a name)

 

 

"VS228" <viveksuraiya@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> I have been having a networking problem on my WinXP Home edition

> laptop. I am not able to connect to shared folders and printers on my

> local network by the computer name.

> i.e. if I use the following command:

> Start->My Computer and put in

> \\LocalNetworkComputerName\SharedFolderName\

> the response is:

> Windows cannot find \\LocalNetworkComputerName\

>

> If I do the same and enter:

> \\192.168.x.xx\SharedFolderName

>

> where 192.168.x.xx is the ip address of the target computer it works.

>

> Please advise if anyone knows a workaround to this problem

>

Host should be the desktop PC and Guest the laptop.

Install the printer on the Host PC. Then using Control Panel>Network

Setup Wizard, enable File & Printer Sharing and make sure you check the

box to allow others to print to your printers. Next under Start>Settings>

Printers, select the printer, check the box to share the printer and assign

a name. Keep the name short, no blanks, something like Printer2.

 

You should now be able to add the printer to your Guest PCs using Start>

Control Panel>Printers & Faxes>Add Printer. Check the radio button

"A network printer ..." and then either browse for the printer or enter its

name (using \\PCName\PrinterName) and continue until finished. Ensure

that the firewall on your XP PC is set to allow access to remote printers.

Note: Make sure to include the slashes (\\) in printer name.

If using XP's native firewall ensure that File and Printer Sharing is

enabled and that the box with he same name is checked in the Firewall

exceptions list. The PCName can be found at:

 

Rightclick My Computer icon on desktop>Properties>Computer Name tab.

It may look something like: "Home-66djksjcpv". Don't type the quotes.

Click "Next" and it should install the printer on the Guest PC when

it finds it.

 

Note: You can follow the same procedure to get access to

"Files" from one PC to the other.

 

 

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Today is the first day of the

rest of your life.

 

 

 

"VS228" wrote:

> I have been having a networking problem on my WinXP Home edition

> laptop. I am not able to connect to shared folders and printers on my

> local network by the computer name.

> i.e. if I use the following command:

> Start->My Computer and put in

> \\LocalNetworkComputerName\SharedFolderName\

> the response is:

> Windows cannot find \\LocalNetworkComputerName\

>

> If I do the same and enter:

> \\192.168.x.xx\SharedFolderName

>

> where 192.168.x.xx is the ip address of the target computer it works.

>

> Please advise if anyone knows a workaround to this problem

>

>