Category Archives: Networking

Shared file or database stopped working? HOSTS may be the quick fix

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Did you ever show up one day and one, two or half the computers in the office won’t connect to a share on another computer, server or NAS? Welcome to the wonderful world of technology.
This seems to go in spasms and through different clients. Sometimes it is on a peer-to-peer network, other times it is on a domain. Rarely if ever does it occur on more than one client at a time.
This can happen when backups are to run on an NAS, or to a shared database that has worked fine for years.
What you ten to get is \\sharename not found. Examples are below.

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Cannot see all computers on your network? Here is the possible fix.

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Do you have computers that do not show up under your “Network” or Network Neighborhood? Or in reverse, do you have snoopy employees that don’t need to “see” all computers that are online?

There are lots of articles on how to share a folder or drive and they have it 90% correct. There are times when you make the share, however when you open up your “Network” the computer does not appear. This requires you to use an UNC path such as “//computername” to get to it compared to just clicking on the computer in your network.

If you have a peer-to-peer network this is the easy fix to finding missing computers not listed under your “Network”. Continue reading →

Got Questions? Ask away!

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Do you have a Technology. Computer, Server, Network or Security Question and don’t know who to ask? Jump on over to Ward Computers LinkedIn account, follow us and ask away! https://www.linkedin.com/company/ward-computers?trk=nmp_rec_act_company_name

Enable Mapping To C$ In Windows 7

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People who have been using Windows for years, likely know about the administrator share (C$) built into Windows file sharing. You open Windows Explorer (NOT Internet Explorer),type in the computer name followed by the “/” and then “C$” (//MyOldPC/C$) and you could access almost if not everything on the computer. No, you could not ‘run’ programs this way, just access the files and folders.

When you need to move data from one home computer to another such as during a computer replacement or upgrade you want to make it as easy and quick as possible. Continue reading →