Help me get rid of this

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On a couple of Local PC's at work, in order to get Printer sharing working,
I created a folder -- Prt on both PC's, then did a Map Network Drive action
on that folder. It allowed me to share the printers. Good. Showed up in
Network Neighborhood as 'Prt on Roane1' on one machine and 'Prt on Roane2'
on the other. Reconnected on Reboot, Logoff/Logon, etc. Perfect.

Later, I decided to get rid of those via 'Disconnect Mapped Drive' and
deleting Prt folders on both machines. Opted to Map folder 'Data' on both
machines to keep Printer Sharing alive and allow each machine to access to
the files on the other. Showed up as 'Data on Roane1' and 'Data on Roane2'
respectively in Network Neighborhood. That worked.

Problem is, 'Prt on Roane1' and 'Prt on Roane2' still show up in Network
Neighborhood, although now inaccessible: "...no longer available"

I'd like to get rid of those references, but can't figure out how.

The new 'Data' mappings were assigned to drive letter E (D is CDROM) on
their respictive machines, so it's not like a drive letter got skipped
because of the previous 'Prt' mapping.
 
On a couple of Local PC's at work, in order to get Printer sharing working,
I created a folder -- Prt on both PC's, then did a Map Network Drive action
on that folder. It allowed me to share the printers. Good. Showed up in
Network Neighborhood as 'Prt on Roane1' on one machine and 'Prt on Roane2'
on the other. Reconnected on Reboot, Logoff/Logon, etc. Perfect.

Later, I decided to get rid of those via 'Disconnect Mapped Drive' and
deleting Prt folders on both machines. Opted to Map folder 'Data' on both
machines to keep Printer Sharing alive and allow each machine to access to
the files on the other. Showed up as 'Data on Roane1' and 'Data on Roane2'
respectively in Network Neighborhood. That worked.

Problem is, 'Prt on Roane1' and 'Prt on Roane2' still show up in Network
Neighborhood, although now inaccessible: "...no longer available"

I'd like to get rid of those references, but can't figure out how.

The new 'Data' mappings were assigned to drive letter E (D is CDROM) on
their respictive machines, so it's not like a drive letter got skipped
because of the previous 'Prt' mapping.
Click to expand...

Right click and press Delete.

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com
 
Jerold,

Oh, if only it were that simple. There is no Delete option when I Right
Click, only Disconnect Network Drive. Well, there's other stuff, too, but
no Delete. Just so we're on the same page, I'm talking about what shows
up in %userid%\NetHood (in addition to the Computers Near Me tree)

Thanks for trying to help.
 
Try;

nbtstat -R

ipconfig /flushdns


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| Jerold,
|
| Oh, if only it were that simple. There is no Delete option when I Right
| Click, only Disconnect Network Drive. Well, there's other stuff, too, but
| no Delete. Just so we're on the same page, I'm talking about what shows
| up in %userid%\NetHood (in addition to the Computers Near Me tree)
|
| Thanks for trying to help.
|
| --
| David
 
Dave Patrick wrote
Try;

nbtstat -R

ipconfig /flushdns
Click to expand...

Thanks, Dave. These machines have been locked down by IT, but not so tight
that I couldn't do what I've done so far as a Power User. Run and CMD are
unavailable. I'll try to get Admin access (I have it at another worksite),
but I'm not hopeful. Even if I don't, this is more a nuisance and challenge
than anything else. Nothing is impacted beyond my knowing they're there and
I can't make them go away <G>.
 
I'd pass on the problem to your network admin.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thanks, Dave. These machines have been locked down by IT, but not so tight
| that I couldn't do what I've done so far as a Power User. Run and CMD are
| unavailable. I'll try to get Admin access (I have it at another worksite),
| but I'm not hopeful. Even if I don't, this is more a nuisance and
challenge
| than anything else. Nothing is impacted beyond my knowing they're there
and
| I can't make them go away <G>.
|
| --
| David
 
Ok, there you go. Good luck.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thanks.
| I'm trying to get him to hire me anyway to manage things at 4 sites.
|
| --
| David
 
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