02-04-2008, 09:28 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 318
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Ongoing problems with Windows network sharing...
I've got a bunch of computers running XP on my home network, home and XP. I recently retired an old Win98 machine and replaced it with a Vista Home Premium laptop.
File and Print sharing has always been unreliable. I've had a couple of different routers, and the problem has always been the same. Usually, a fresh installation of XP will work well and will be seen by other computer on the network, but after a few weeks, it will stop showing up on the other computers. Recentely, my laptop decided to start showing itself again. My printer on the desktop computer has ALWAYS worked until just yesterday, but shared folders on the desktop just never ever worked. Now I can't see the computer at all.
My server computer, which sits behind my d-link wbr-1310 router, shows up to everyone.
Why is this so unreliable!? What could I be doing wrong?
I've had to fall back on sneakernet! My flash drives are suddenly getting used a lot.
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