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    Change Workgroup

    Hi,
    My HP D7260 printer's Memory_Card has a Workgroup of MSHOME in properties network tab.
    This is a group name that was used in XP. The Workgroup for Vista should be WORKGROUP.
    I can not change this name even with an administrator account.
    It is preventing me from mapping the Memory_Card. to a drive letter.
    How do I get it changed?
    Thanks


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    Re: Change Workgroup

    I changed my local network from Public to Private and then this "Map Network Drive" worked!

    map to letter "J"
    \\HP3B9FF7\Memory_card

    HP3B9FF7 is the hostname from the Printer Network Configuration page

    I CAN now access the pictures using the reader built into the D7260 printer.
    The mis-matched group name was apparently not the problem though, it would be good to be able to change it from MSHOME to WORKGROUP
    Frank C

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