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Thread ID: 69722	2006-06-10 00:23:00	XP Home & Win2k Mapped drives do not reconnect	The Dancer (10526)	Press F1

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461989	2006-06-10 00:23:00	Hi there I have an issue where I am sharing a printer off my Win 2k PC with an XP Home PC in a peer to peer network via a Zyxel ADSL Router. Win 2k PC has AVG 7.1 with Firewall, and XP Home PC has Kerio Firewall. The printer drops off when I reboot XP PC and I have to reconnect to the Win 2k PC to get access. Is there a way to have this happen automatically and perhaps confirm the reconnection at startup? Cheers	The Dancer (10526)
461990	2006-06-10 00:27:00	Did you enter the ip addresses in manually on both?? If theyre both on obtain an ip automatically, everytime u reboot, they'll change . And will drop from the network . Right mouse on the XP LAN connection /TCP/IP, change it to use the following ip and put in an ip address . Do the same for the 2k LAN .	Speedy Gonzales (78)
461991	2006-06-10 00:51:00	Thanks Speedy I should have said I have configured manual IP addresses and have switched both firewalls off to attempt to see what is wrong. Nothing makes an difference. Everytime I reboot I need to logon again to the mapped drive.. Cheers	The Dancer (10526)
461992	2006-06-10 01:04:00	Umm it maybe the router or either firewall . You could try another firewall on both which is pretty good and free . Comodo Personal Firewall (http://www . personalfirewall . trustix . com/) This is if both PC's have 2K / XP or higher on them . See if its easier for both . You do have to supply a name / email to download it . And they'll send you an activation code to activate it . Once this is done, updates etc are free for life . If you do decide to dl it, once its installed, click on its icon in the taskbar / Personal Firewall / open . Then tasks / add a trusted zone . . . Select the network entry and it'll add whatever in the trusted zone . . On both . Then see if the printer / both PC's stay put . Dont forget to uninstall the firewalls u have now,if you decide to install this .	Speedy Gonzales (78)
461993	2006-06-10 01:35:00	I think the problem is that the XP Home machine doesn't remember the username & password that you use to connect to the w2k machine. What you need to do is setup a user on the w2k machine that is the same as the user you use on the XP machine. You shouldn't need a password as this requirement is only part of XP Pro I think.	CYaBro (73)
461994	2006-06-10 01:46:00	XP shouldnt need a username or password, if simple file sharing is ticked. Altho I dont think Home has this? Only Pro? I maybe wrong. I've networked previously with XP Home/Pro/2k, and its fine. No username or password needed.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
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