[altair9]

Hi!

Those of you that haunted in the "video cards display" section in these days... will know why I formatted again the hard disk, and re-installed win xp sp2.

The "format" weapon is always ultimate, I love it!

Now the brand-new, very light and basic Windows installation is going very well...
...But I missed just a small stage... since the installation of the D-Link wi-fi antenna didn't worked (new drivers v. 1.30), I uninstalled them (using Total Uninstall, I always install anything using this installation "inspector", in order to be able to totally uninstall them if needed), and I re-installed the 1.21 version. It worked.

But in these stages, I made a small error, just a smal passage that I made without knowing it...:

With the 1.30 version, since the antenna didn't work (neither recognized as hardware, nor recognized the Thomson router's signal, of course), I tried to make, from "Control Panel" a "guided network installation" (translated by me from Italian, so I don't know exactly in English.... its definition):

It asked me just a few things... for example group name... computer name... I left the default "MSHOME"....

Now, the D-Link Antenna works, I'm able to surf the web... but If I try to go to... in Italian is "Risorse di rete", similar to the "My Computer" icon, but with the small "world" behind the screen, and I click on:

"all the network", then on:
"Microsoft Windows network", then there isn't the icon as in past (clicking on it I was always able to enter the other two computers of the local network), but there's "Mshome", and if I click on it I'm able to see... just THIS computer!!!

I'd like to ask to this genius-windows: what the hell do I need to enter to THIS computer by the network....

In conclusion: I'm unable to uninstall this "Mshome" and to restore the original-classic-standard-default situation...

The ONLY thing that I made without using Total Uninstall, is just this wrong operation with the network configuration, so now I'm unable to cancel the work made....

How can I do?

Thank you very much!!!

PS: the other two computers didn't get any change in their configuration... the problem is only here!

PS: If I'll be unable to solve this problem too... I'll have no option but to use the invincible weapon: the "format" command.... shake Windows!

[Albert Lionheart]

You should change the name of the workgroup on the 'new' machine to be the same as all the other machines.
To find out what this is, go to control panel, system, computername and the name (and the exact spelling and punctuation).
On the 'new' machine, go to the same place and click on the change button - add the workgroup name and click OK - you will be welcomed and then invited to restart.

That should work - come back if not!

[altair9]

Hi Albert!
It works, thank you very much!!!

The other computers are two MACs, so I didn't look on them the name... but you let me remember that in past, each time I formatted this PC, there was a "WORKGROUP", not Mshome... so I went to change the name where you wrote me (system - computer's name - net ID...) and it gave me WORKGROUP automatically, and now, when I go to:

"Risorse di rete", similar to the "My Computer" icon, but with the small "world" behind the screen, and I click on:

"all the network", then on:
"Microsoft Windows network"

there are TWO nets:

Mshome
WORKGROUP.

I don't need Mshome anymore, could I delete it?
Could I get problems if I delete it?
And, how can I delete it?

Thank you very much!

[Albert Lionheart]

Glad it worked!
Workgroup is the default workgroup name in XP Pro and Media
MSHome is the one for XP Home.