[OldGuy70]

I have a local network of 3 PCs hard-wired to a router and modem to cable internet. All 3 now run XP but one ran Vista until last week, when I gave up on it and installed a fresh copy of XP over it. I had set each PC to share their resources across the LAN, which worked fine until I overlaid Vista with XP, probably because the resources on the Vista system were named 'Vista C Drive', 'Vista Floppy Drive', etc, and are now named 'CAM XP C Drive', etc. Not only can I no longer access the 'CAM' system (running XP) from my other systems (via My Network Places under WIndows Explorer), but if I try to do so, Windows Explorer freezes the PC trying to do the access. I can't close W.E., and can only Shut Down via the Vulcan Nerve Pinch. Any ideas to get over this problem will be greatly appreciated.

[Saga Lout]

Does the former Vista box show up to either of the others when you View Workgroup Computers?

I can't close W.E., and can only Shut Down via the Vulcan Nerve Pinch.

I like that - a new verb "to Spock" springs to mind for an emergency shutdown.

[OldGuy70]

Hello, Saga! I hadn't tried that, and it worked! Thank you very much! I had only to enable file sharing on the newly loaded XP system to be right back in business sharing files.

[Saga Lout]

Originally Posted by OldGuy70

Hello, Saga! I hadn't tried that, and it worked! Thank you very much! I had only to enable file sharing on the newly loaded XP system to be right back in business sharing files.

Glad you got it sorted.