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    need help with home network

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Jedi007, Jan 7, 2008.

  1. Jedi007

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    Hello all, I have no idea what's wrong with my network but I can't access other people's files and stuff, I'll try my best to explain.

    Okay so I have 4 computers
    • 1 HP Laptop with everything working fine
    • 1 Dell Laptop with only internet working - but I don't expect file sharing to work on that because it's a school computer with a domain which gets things all messed up
    • My PC with vista (the only computer with vista, this one is mine / filesharing works)
    • Brother's PC with XP with internet working, but no filesharing

    Okay so what I only really need is the bottom one to work, for all of them I have absolutely no trouble with the internet (wireless or not) except only 2 of them work for filesharing (my pc and the HP laptop)

    It's funny because say I'm on my brother's pc, I have the internet (obviously) and I can get files from the HP laptop+my vista pc, and I can also go \\BROTHERSPC to view and view the files, which i can't view from anywhere else.

    back to my own pc, I can click on "BROTHERSPC" in my network, but it just loads for like 30 seconds and then fails.

    Any ideas people?
    Thanks
     
    Jedi007, Jan 7, 2008
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