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Old 02-02-2008   #6 (permalink)
StephenB
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Re: Workgroup Issues

Yes, the F5 refresh would be what I meant, Thomas.
Still not working?

-steve
"Thomas Grassi" <thomasgrassi@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

>Steve
>
>Yes only one network adaptor is active
>Yes I checked File and Print sharing for intenet and subnet on all three
>pc's
>
>What do you mean a refresh? F5 on the display If so done that several times
>
>I will try a restart
>
>I did restart the browser service and that did not help
>
>Thanks for the help
>
>"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>> The PCs should appear in workgroup immediately without a reboot, though
>> you may
>> need to do a refresh.
>> Did you verify that only one network adapter was shown as connected?
>> Did you try the option to do File and Printer Sharing for Internet and
>> subnet?
>> -steve
>> "Thomas Grassi" <thomasgrassi@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
Quote:

>>>Steve
>>>
>>>Thanks for the info
>>>
>>>I can now ping great
>>>
>>>Still can not view the other pcs in the workgroup display but I can
>>>connect
>>>via IE7
>>>
>>>How long does the network take to discover or should I restart the PC's
>>>after these changes
>>>
>>>Thanks again
>>>
>>>Tom
>>>
>>>"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:svp5q39791kkqjs6qov9rpe8nf4emj8t9s@xxxxxx
>>>> "Thomas Grassi" <thomasgrassi@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>After the latest update of WOC now workgroups and ping does not work.
>>>>>
>>>>>What is up with this product?
>>>>>
>>>>>They need to check things out before they send out updtaes
>>>>>
>>>>>Please help
>>>>>
>>>> Open OneCare.
>>>> Click Change Settings.
>>>> On the Firewall tab, click Configure Firewall
>>>> Make sure that the Network is shown as "Home or Work" and not
>>>> "Public"
>>>> If it is "Public" click Change Location
>>>> Click Advanced settings
>>>> On the Ports and protocols tab -
>>>> place a check mark next to ICMPv4 Inbound
>>>> note the state of the two entries for File and Printer Sharing:
>>>> - for local network(subnet) should be checked
>>>> - for subnet and Internet can optionally be checked.
>>>> On the Network connections tab -
>>>> make sure that there is only one active connection listed as
>>>> connected.
>>>> More than one active connection may cause the firewall to default to
>>>> Public
>>>> state, no matter that you've identified the network(s) as "Home or
>>>> Work."
>>>>
>>>> Pings are not responded to by default unless you configure the ICMPv4
>>>> setting.
>>>> OneCare 2.0 was tested extensively before release, Thomas. There was a
>>>> Public
>>>> beta that went on for much of the last half of 2007.
>>>>
>>>> -steve
>>
>> --
>> Stephen Boots
>> MVP Windows Live
>> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
>> sboots@xxxxxx
>
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