BadCompany
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Hey guys, I recently got myself a new comp and bought a router so my comp and my parents' comp could both use the internet, and also be able to share files and the printer. So I plugged in the router and the internet worked fine for both computers with no problems. Then I decided to set up a network so we could share files and such but I ran into all sorts of problems. I set up a home network on my comp (winXP), then used the winXP cd to do the same to my parents' comp (winME). Now I guess the network DOES exist because both comps can recognize the network and the comps on them (after a good 2 mins of waiting for it to find them), but when I try to get info on the other computer or something, I get an error saying the computer is not accessible or is off the network or some crap. So it's odd because both comps do detect the network....I just can't use it. Also, it takes a very long time to actually find printers or computers on the network when I search for it. (Side Notes: I tried to share a printer and it took 2 mins to find the computer that had the printer, but when I tried to click on it share the printer, I just got another error saying that printer does exist...sigh.)
I'm sorry that I can't be more direct with what the problem is or what exactly I did - I'm very new to networks and firewalls and such, so I really have no idea how to approach this. So if you have any questions that I can answer to better help you help me, please ask away. Thanks a lot guys.
I'm sorry that I can't be more direct with what the problem is or what exactly I did - I'm very new to networks and firewalls and such, so I really have no idea how to approach this. So if you have any questions that I can answer to better help you help me, please ask away. Thanks a lot guys.