topic Re: PC and Mac not talking this week. in Installation & update

PC and Mac not talking this week.

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:39:43 GMT

All of a sudden our Dell laptop and my Mac won't talk so our Teamwork won't work. Our PC is the "server" but my Mac simply can't find it. Last week we could talk, but not now.

We have no good ideas.

I provide the Dell (server) with a name and password but get "The alias of [the Dell] could not be opened, because the original cannot be found." Thus the computers see each other, but don't communicate.

Ideas anyone? Hopefully this is a simple oversight on our part.

Re: PC and Mac not talking this week.

Aussie John — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 05:11:49 GMT

Jay wrote:
"The alias of [the Dell] could not be opened, because the original cannot be found." Thus the computers see each other, but don't communicate.

this usually means the computers CANT see each other. Is networking working to other computers ( ie could be a cable problem).

Re: PC and Mac not talking this week.

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:42:14 GMT

It is also possible that the path has somehow changed so that the alias can no longer find its target.

Have you tried browsing the network?