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network not accessible post windows xp repair
« on: January 06, 2016, 07:49:18 pm »
after running windows repair on a windows xp computer, i receive this message when trying to connect to the shared computer (windows 7) on work network.

"server-pc is not accessible. you might not have permission to use this network resource.  contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

the network path was not found."

please help!

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Re: network not accessible post windows xp repair
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2016, 12:48:07 am »
hmmm okay so is this when the computer is at work? or are you running this via a vpn?
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Re: network not accessible post windows xp repair
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2016, 01:25:47 am »
both computers are desktops at work office.  only my computer is having this issue and it started right after i ran the windows repair.

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Re: network not accessible post windows xp repair
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2016, 01:49:46 am »
hmmm you could go to the tab 5 : Backup and choose the restore option. WR is 95% registry related so it could put those settings back to before the repairs.
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Re: network not accessible post windows xp repair
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2016, 09:13:15 am »
Have you tried to access the other computer by its local Ip address instead of its computer name? Do you get the same error?

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Re: network not accessible post windows xp repair
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2016, 06:14:40 pm »
solved.

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Re: network not accessible post windows xp repair
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2016, 06:22:42 pm »
what did you do to solve this?
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