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PC and Mac not talking this week.

Anonymous
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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.
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Aussie John
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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).
Cheers John
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Anonymous
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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?