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| 447205 | 2006-04-18 10:59:00 | I screwed up !! One minute I was in Microsoft Windows Network on my daughters computer I could see the our Home network icon (and her school network icon) and when I clicked on it I could see our Officecomputer and Dadlaptop (mine) - we connect over a wireless network. Clicking on Officecomputer I could access the sharedocs folder and drag and drop files onto her laptop. ..... Then I ran System Mechanic and doh the home network is gone. System Restore did not bring it back and so Dad has done it again :( Any words of wisdom would be appreciated. George |
Erger (10062) | ||
| 447206 | 2006-04-18 22:43:00 | I guess you're referring to Iolo technologies' System Mechanic . . iolo . com/sm/" target="_blank">www . iolo . com Not what you want to hear, but once things go seriously awry, I try to recover from a backup, and if that doesn't work I rebuild it from scratch . I usually rebuild my systems from scratch every six months anyhow, as a regular house keeping chore . Some might say: "how about using non-Microsoft software to attempt repairs, if the restore fails . " I'm always uneasy about using non-Microsoft software to fix Windows . Of course, this excludes hardware, such as drivers . My list of trusted applications is pretty short . Iolo not on that list, but that may be because I never found a need to use it . |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 447207 | 2006-04-18 22:57:00 | You should be able to restore the home network without a "system rebuild". This is not what I would call a "seriously awry" situation. My first action would be to reinstall the wireless network adaptor. I have to do that reasonably often on my laptops. The USB WiFi adapters I have just disappear from time to time. Look in the Control Panel -- Install/Remove Programmes and click on the adapter line. It should give you an option to repair the installation. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 447208 | 2006-04-18 23:07:00 | Also, you need to be careful with System Mechanic 6, if you let it do its thing as regards 'security' it makes changes to both the registry, and to Local Security Policy in Administrative Tools. The latter changes affect network access. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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