How to delete a network place?

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I have two computers running Windows XP SP2 with all the latest updates.
Both have wireless connection to a router. I'd like to connect them and use
on my home network.
I know (I think I know) how to add a network place. As a matter of fact I
created two. Neither works... Now I'd like to remove (delete) these network
places, but could not find any way how to do so...
May someone please give me step-by-step instructions or direct me to a
manual on the Net?
I'll appreciate your help.
 
"ilyaz" said:
I have two computers running Windows XP SP2 with all the latest updates.
Both have wireless connection to a router. I'd like to connect them and use
on my home network.
I know (I think I know) how to add a network place. As a matter of fact I
created two. Neither works... Now I'd like to remove (delete) these network
places, but could not find any way how to do so...
May someone please give me step-by-step instructions or direct me to a
manual on the Net?
I'll appreciate your help.
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In My Network Places, right-click the undesired entry, then click
Delete in the menu that appears.
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Steve,
thanks for your suggestion. Sure, it works fine. However, what I would like
to do is to delete MSHOME in My Network Places > Entire Network > Microsoft
Windows Network. When I right click on it, there is no option to Delete...
I'd like to delete it before building a new network. May you suggest how to
remove this MSHOME?
Regards,
Ilya
 
"ilyaz" said:
Steve,
thanks for your suggestion. Sure, it works fine. However, what I would like
to do is to delete MSHOME in My Network Places > Entire Network > Microsoft
Windows Network. When I right click on it, there is no option to Delete...
I'd like to delete it before building a new network. May you suggest how to
remove this MSHOME?
Regards,
Ilya
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You're welcome, Ilya. MSHOME is a workgroup name, and there's no
explicit way to delete a workgroup name.

If you changed the workgroup name on all of the computers to something
else, MSHOME might go away eventually.

Why do you want to delete MSHOME? It wouldn't make your network work
any better.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
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Actually, I don't care about MSHOME per se. What I want is to set up a new,
working home network and would like to take MSHOME out of the way. The
MSHOME and new network are for the same computers using the same router etc.
My concern is they will interfere with each other... Is my concern valid?
Furthermore, if the second network is not working, then I'd like to set up
the third etc. How many bad (not working) networks could I have without
burdening my system?
Ilya
 
"ilyaz" said:
Actually, I don't care about MSHOME per se. What I want is to set up a new,
working home network and would like to take MSHOME out of the way. The
MSHOME and new network are for the same computers using the same router etc.
My concern is they will interfere with each other... Is my concern valid?
Furthermore, if the second network is not working, then I'd like to set up
the third etc. How many bad (not working) networks could I have without
burdening my system?
Ilya
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You only have one network: the physical connection (router, cables,
network cards, etc) between the computers.

MSHOME is a workgroup name. A workgroup is just a logical grouping of
computers that you can define for organizational purposes. Workgroups
have no effect on network access using My Network Places. A single
network can have any number of workgroups, and a computer in any
workgroup can access a computer in any workgroup.

Creating a new workgroup wouldn't create a new network. There would
be no advantage to creating a new workgroup, and there would be no
disadvantage to keeping MSHOME as the workgroup name.

As you can see from reading messages in this news group, network
browsing through My Network Places is inherently unreliable. You can
spend a lot of time troubleshooting and trying to fix it, but I don't
think it's worthwhile.

So, I recommend not using My Network Places at all. To access a
shared folder, type its computer name and share name in the Start >
Run box in this format:

\\computer\share

To see all of the shared folders on a computer, type:

\\computer
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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Steve,
thanks a lot for your explanation. However, I'm afraid, you've overestimated
my computerability... I understood everything you wrote up to the
recommendation not to use My Network Places... After that, I was lost. Since
I have two computers named OLD and NEW, on which one or on both should I run
this command? Should I create a new network or it is possible to use this
command on the old network?
I will appreciate a step-by-step instructions, if it's possible.
Thanks again for your assistance.
Ilya

 
"ilyaz" said:
Steve,
thanks a lot for your explanation. However, I'm afraid, you've overestimated
my computerability... I understood everything you wrote up to the
recommendation not to use My Network Places... After that, I was lost. Since
I have two computers named OLD and NEW, on which one or on both should I run
this command? Should I create a new network or it is possible to use this
command on the old network?
I will appreciate a step-by-step instructions, if it's possible.
Thanks again for your assistance.
Ilya
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You're welcome, Ilya. Changing the workgroup name wouldn't create a
new network. Workgroups and network are completely different things.
You can't create a new network, and you don't need to. The workgroup
name(s) that you assign to your computers are completely irrelevant.

When you're sitting at the computer named OLD and you want to view the
shared disks and folders that belong to the computer named NEW:

1. Click the Start button.

2. Click "Run" in the Start menu.

3. Type this in the "Open" box, then click the OK button:

\\NEW

When you're sitting at the computer named NEW and you want to view the
shared disks and folders that belong to the computer named OLD:

1. Click the Start button.

2. Click "Run" in the Start menu.

3. Type this in the "Open" box, then click the OK button:

\\OLD

If "Run" doesn't appear in the Start menu, add it:

1. Right-click the Start button.

2. Click Properties.

3. Click Customize.

4. Click Advanced.

5. Scroll down the list of start menu items and put a check mark in
the box "Run command".
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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Steve,
this was my level! Thanks! Sure, it worked after some tweaking... First,
when I entered just OLD, I got an error "Old not found". But then I browsed
to MSHOME and from there was able to open the C:\ drive (I set sharing C:\
drives on both machines). Although I can open some folders on C:\, the
access denied to the files. For instance, I can open Documents and Settings,
but when I tried Owner - access was denied... Do I need to change
permissions for every folder on my HD?
Regards,
Ilya
 
"ilyaz" said:
Steve,
this was my level! Thanks! Sure, it worked after some tweaking... First,
when I entered just OLD, I got an error "Old not found". But then I browsed
to MSHOME and from there was able to open the C:\ drive (I set sharing C:\
drives on both machines). Although I can open some folders on C:\, the
access denied to the files. For instance, I can open Documents and Settings,
but when I tried Owner - access was denied... Do I need to change
permissions for every folder on my HD?
Regards,
Ilya
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To access the computer named OLD directly, without using My Network
Places, type the line in the Start > Run box exactly as I showed it,
including the two backslash characters:

\\OLD

By design, Windows XP blocks networked access to these folders:

1. Program Files.
2. Windows.
3. Individual users' folders (such as Owner) within Documents and
Settings.

If you have Windows XP Home Edition, the best solution is to put
documents that you want to share in the Shared Documents folder. To
create the Shared Documents folder, run the Network Setup Wizard.

If you have Windows XP Professional, you can disable simple file
sharing, which removes those sharing restrictions:

1. Open My Computer and click Tools | Folder Options | View.
2. Scroll to the end of the advanced settings.
3. Un-check "Use simple file sharing (recommended)".
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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Steve,
it seems that I'm deeper in the woods than ever... Yesterday, I told you
that I was able to reach the C:\ drive on both computers. But this was
yesterday. Today, it's a different story.
I'm unable to reach another computer from both machines. No matter what I
do, I go nowhere. Typing \\OLD causes an error "The network path was not
found". Using "my way" - typing \\OLD and then browse to My Network Places
and drilling to MSHOME, causes the error "Access denied..."
For some reason, something went wrong...
What would you suggest: to clean this mess somehow and start from the
scratch, or disregard this and start a new network, or forgetaboutit and use
two separate comps...
Your advice is appreciated.
Ilya
P.S. I have Win XP Home Edition. Typed \\OLD in the Run as you directed...
Could not get through... Will try again...
 
Steve,
this is to let you know that finally I was able to set up a working network
using your suggestions. Apparently, there was some error in the names of
computers. I changed names and everything worked as you promised!
Thanks again for your help. I appreciate it.
Ilya
 
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