The setting should be persistent in that OneCare recognizes the DHCP information
provided by the router to set up the network connection and remembers this.
When it doesn't happen vs. when it happens, are the network settings otherwise
the same? IP address, gateway, DNS, etc?
-steve
"Mark Salsbery [MVP]" <MarkSalsbery[MVP]@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
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>Hi all!
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>I have a PC in my house (running XP SP2) that is connected to my LAN via
>wireless connection.
>
>Occasionally when this machine is booted, OneCare reverts the Configure
>Firewall / Location setting to "Public Place", thus not allowing my
>persistent network connections (like printers) to work until I manually
>switch the setting to "Home or Work".
>
>Is there a way to make this setting persist? This machine will never need
>the "Public Place" setting.
>
>Thanks,
>Mark
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