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RD talks on port 3389-so you need to forward that port to the box(s) behind the router. I'd also check that Remote Desktop is allowed as an exception in your software firewalls. I'd guess that the firewall on B is blocking outbound traffic....but there are plenty of network geeks here that no doubt will be able to give better guidance.

When you're browsing the network using UNC paths you need to specify \\computerrname\sharename-just \\computername won't work, e.g. \\P51DMustang\c$ will take you to the root of my gaming boxes' c: drive. BTW, on the check the simple stuff first premise, I forgot to ask if all computers in the same workgroup? Vis a Vis the hosts file entries referred to by ironfist241: just browse to the directory provided and open the file in Notepad. The hosts file itself will give you the format to use The host name is the comp you want to connect to, e.g. 10.102.1.125 P51DMustang #Gaming box @ironfist241 You're correct that common usernames/PW's aren't required-it's just a convenience and lessens the load on my last remaining brain cell. Trying to remember account info on the gaming box, the work box, the wife's comp, the grandkids' box and the guinea pig box got to be a PITA a long time ago..... they do say memory is the first thing to go...

The first thing I'd check are the share & file permissions on the directory you want to be public. Do all 3 machines have a common username & PW? @nakatomi2010 agree most strongly-UNC is way cool!

Search for "COUNTIF' in the help-there's a boatload of examples to get you started.

Have you checked this one? sp2 & VPN connects

Has SP2 closed a needed port? Does the Windows firewall block outbound traffic? Sorry I can't be much help-I've been behind a hardware firewall for so long I can't recall the default behavior of the Windows Firewall...I just shut it off and forget about it...obviously.

Short answer: Computers have a sometimes distressing tendency to do exactly what I tell it to do. Long answer: Open nView Disktop Mgr Run the display wizard 3-4 windows into the wizard is the display mode setting "DualView" is what I wanted-2 1280x1024 displays I had selected "Span", however which is why it made one display of 2560x1024 My hubby just surprised me with a second LCD so I'm learning the ins & outs of multimon displays....guess it pays to keep the wife happy

Mornin' folks! The WPI window attempts to center itself on my dual monitor dispay-I'm set for 2560x1024 for my pair of 17" LCD's. Is there a way to left justify the WPI screen? I'm using an nVidia 6600GT and the nView applet to set my display properties-does any other nVidia user know of a way to force the application to be drawn on the primary monitor only? It may well be that I'm fouling up the settings in nView..... Any thoughts most greatly appreciated. Once again, many thanks to the devs & maintainers of WPI, the king of app install tools!

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IIRC it's asking you to choose USB 1.1 or 2.0. Click the advanced button, there should be a USB tab where you make your choices. The arrow keys and tab work fine though-the interface is pretty simple to navigate by keyboard-I've been known to forget to set it to load the USB drivers...... I haven't had probs with it not restarting, so I can't comment on that. I've been using Ghost 2003 & Ghost 9.

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I had the same symptoms on one of the boxen at work. Somehow, a couple of semi-colons were missing in the path, e.g. PATH=C:\WindowsC:\Windows\System32 vice PATH=C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32 The user swears they were'nt diddling around....since it was my CFO I didn't argue

@Master After you've installed VPC & setup a virtual comp, install the Virtual Machine Additions (Action|Install VM additions). I then share a folder on the physical comp (Edit|Settings|Shared Folders). You can also drag & drop to your physical machine desktop.

Here's a free trial for MS Virtual PC. If you run the Office Shrink on the virtual machine, you can avoid having to rebuild your work comp. MS Virtual PC That said, having an nLited, RyanVM'd, Bashrat the Sneaky'd unattended CD, with WPI for post install of applications takes a lot of the pain out of a system rebuild. Thanks guys!

I punted and just mapped a drive letter to my WPI folder on the server.