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re: Question about 'Getting Network Neighborhood to recognize newly attached computers'
Friday, July 29, 2005 at 6:19 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by hihar
(1 messages posted)
I too am simply blown away, I spent some 7 days straight trying to configure two
machines a pc and laptop using a wireless adaptor and dial-up, I dont think it gets
much simpler (slow but cheap).I thought I was in hell NO ONE could figure this out.....until
I arrived here. Like the guy said before almost three years and MS has not included
the fix. Thank God for the Toby's of this world.
Hihar
On Saturday, November 22, 2003 at 6:46 am, toby wrote:
>Hi. You know this is going to boil down to some completely fricking ridiculous MICROSOFT
>cockup. I had the same problem, and after trying 3,000 different solutions and this
>is the monkey idiot solution what worked for me.
>
>Go to "view network connections"
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>Click on your local network.
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>Click on properties (you should start at the "general" folder. Stay there or go
there
>if not)
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>Click the "install" button.
>
>You get the choice of client, service or protocol. Click protocol.
>
>Add yer protocols. NetBios and TCP/IP if they aren't there.
>
>Enjoy the feeling of sharing files, and scream out the Window that MSFT didn't just
>start with these components installed in the first place, since there doesn't seem
>to be any reason NOT to.
>
>&lemme know if this works for you,
>
>cheers,
>
>Toby
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