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network computers won't share files or printer anymore

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Re: network computers won't share files or printer anymore

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Aug 21st, 2007
Originally Posted by meksikatsi View Post
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I'll take any and all suggestions, guys!!

And I believe it's something very simple. But I cannot find it.

Thanks to all,
Meksikatsi

  • delete McAfee and Norton from the computer, if they exist. Simply turning them off will leave the network stack screwed up; at a minimum, they must be disabled but still running. And they are so hideous, they will bring a 2GHz dual-core CPU down to 1 MHz speed. Deleting them is best.
  • disable any and all other firewalls.
  • triple-check file and printer sharing to be sure you have it properly enabled; there can be several places to check.
  • disable UPnP on the router/gateways; you don't *really* want to allow Windows to make changes to your firewall, do you?
  • painstakingly go through each pair of computers and verify whether or not they can talk to each other.
  • ensure netmasks are correct.
  • ensure you have only one DHCP server running.
  • check the routing tables on each router for sanity[ensure each device on the network has a unique IP addr.
This should be a decent-enough start....

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