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John Prophet · 09-08-2003, 06:28 PM

I didnt read thru all the posts..but one thing I had a problem with was trying to get XP to work on a W98 workgroup...was that the win98/ME machines would work quite well with a space in the computer name but they XP machine wouldnt work with the W98 machine with the space in the name.

In other words the W98se machine had a name of, say, ...... 'Joe's comp" well that worked fine with all the machines until I put the XP machine on the workgroup. I chased it all around until I took the space out like this "Joe'sComp"...then it worked just fine.

I am really weak on unc naming coventions etc...so maybe those "_" dont fly well with XP?? Just brainstorming.

Good Luck, JP

09-08-2003, 06:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
John Prophet Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,533	I didnt read thru all the posts..but one thing I had a problem with was trying to get XP to work on a W98 workgroup...was that the win98/ME machines would work quite well with a space in the computer name but they XP machine wouldnt work with the W98 machine with the space in the name. In other words the W98se machine had a name of, say, ...... 'Joe's comp" well that worked fine with all the machines until I put the XP machine on the workgroup. I chased it all around until I took the space out like this "Joe'sComp"...then it worked just fine. I am really weak on unc naming coventions etc...so maybe those "_" dont fly well with XP?? Just brainstorming. Good Luck, JP __________________ "Even a fool is thought to be wise if he is silent"