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re: Connecting 2 home computers to share a single internet connection
Sunday, January 4, 2004 at 6:46 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ron Chrisley
(1 messages posted)
On Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 2:40 am, Nick wrote:
>OK, I'm confused and getting desperate. Everything was working fine last night but
>switching on today, when I try to View Workgroup Computers I get a message saying
>"Mshome is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource..."
>from the laptop. Both computers are logged in to administrator accounts.
>The desktop shows the laptop in the workgroup but will not let it be opened (I get
>a similar message). The only thing I did was to stop Zonealarm starting automatically
>on the desktop (via the System Configuration Utility - startup item "zlclient" unchecked).
>Zonealarm was never installed on the laptop.
>Netwwork Connections on the laptop shows the Internet Gateway is connected and the
>LAN connection is enabled.
>ICF is NOT enabled on the laptop's LAN connection (again, I do not get the Advanced
>tab on the desktop's LAN Properties pane so cannot see ICF status, but it is enabled
>on the broadband link).
>Is it necessary to fully un-install Zonealarm? What else have I forgotten?
>Help would really be appreciated. Thanks.
>Nick
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