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All 5 pcs run Windows XP home edition...two of them sp1 and the other three
sp2. I tried upgrading the two pcs with sp1 to sp2 but it says access denied
in the middle of the dowload.
I have disabled the firewalls on all 5 pcs. They all have the same
workgroup name. Yet only three out of the five can share printers and files
on the wireless network. The two printers on the network have been set to
sharing and so have the shared documents folders on all pcs. On my pc, I can
see all of the five pcs, but can only access shared files and printers on
three of them, two with sp1 and one (mine) with sp2.
WHen I look in my network places, they all come up but the two which cannot
see our printers or shared documents folders can not be accessed.
I hope this gives you a better idea. I really don't know what to do next.
I have rebooted all of the pcs as well as the router and cable modem and I
still can't access the printers and shared folders on these two pcs.
I hope you can help me.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Laura
P.S. I don't know much about all this.
"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:
> In article <129B52FB-969A-458A-AB4A-F3B4B34DAF76@microsoft.com>,
> "Laura M. Hofstetter" <Laura M. Hofstetter@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> >Our wireless network has five computers connected to it. Only one of these
> >can share a printer that is connected to another computer. The other 4 do
> >not get that option even though the printers are shared. I do not know much
> >about this and have tried to find an anwer in the newsgroups but can't find
> >it.
> >
> >Can someone help?
>
> It's hard to say what's wrong -- we don't know anything about the
> computers or how the network is set up.
>
> Make sure that each printer's share name isn't longer than 12
> characters. If it is, computers running Windows 95, 98, and Me won't
> be able to see it. Use only letters and numbers in the share name.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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