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Originally Posted by lisauk
Both machines are running XP i do not have to log in I do not have this set up.
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Ok, that sounds like the cause of the problem then. You should really have User Accounts with passwords set up on both machines.
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Originally Posted by lisauk
I do have a firewall I have zonealarm on both.
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Ok, this
may present a problem later but we can cross that bridge when we come to it.
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Originally Posted by lisauk
I have not read the details you posted sorry.
I am dyslexic and reading to much info really does fry my brain.
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Apologies, I had not considered that possibility when I posted those links. I will try to pull out the relevant information and post that for you in future responses.
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Originally Posted by lisauk
I do need someone to tell me how to try and ping one machine from the other.
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John's post above gives very good instructions for doing this (reminder to self, must RP John
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See how you get on with the PING, would strongly recommend that you set up Passwords for the accounts on both machine as this will be hindering progress on getting this solved.