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Old 01-02-2009   #5 (permalink)
Hans-Georg Michna


 
 

Re: xp cannot access shared folders, vista can, xp can access printer

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:26:19 -0800, Martins wrote:
Quote:

>Thanks for the information!! I have found the problem and am very impressed
>by the Windows Network Problem Solver at http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm .
>I probably would have never figured this one out without it! I hope this
>helps the many others I have read recently in number of forums, newsgroups
>etc.
>
>The following quoted from http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm : ...
Martins,

thanks, good to hear that it helped.

Some background info

If anybody is interested in the background, the reason why I
wrote the Windows Network Problem Solver is that, for each set
of symptoms, and there are very many possible combinations,
there is a number of always different potential causes that are
very difficult to diagnose in a newsgroup discussion.

The Windows Network Problem Solver works by filling in a form,
then a Javascript program selects and displays all possible
causes. The sheer amount of unfiltered and even filtered
information makes it unlikely that any newsgroup discussion,
except perhaps a very long one, can achieve this for any but the
few most likely causes.

The downside is that writing such a page requires a considerable
effort, and it takes a lot of enthusiasm to do that without
getting paid for it. (:-)

Hans-Georg
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