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Aspirant

Jun 15, 2017

RN204 and Windows XP

Hi - Im new a network guy - but am trying to help a friend out windows X machine, cant see the NAS (RN204)... other machines in his office can (win7 and win10)... so, i think RN204 is set ...

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StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Jun 15, 2017

Is the issue about discovery or access?

That is, if you enter \\nas-ip-address in the Windows Explorer address bar, does it show you the share list?

Aprado

Aspirant

Jun 15, 2017

Thanks for your reply -

its discovery and access - as I cant see any of it

when I enter \\192.168.1.7 (NAS address) - it returns a not found.

I figure its some network setting on the XP computer ...

any ideas?

thanks

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 15, 2017
What happens if you open a dos box and enter

net use * /delete

net use t: \\192.168.1.7\data /user:admin nas-admin-password

Be careful on slash directoin and spaces.
- Aprado
  Aspirant
  Jun 15, 2017
  great tip -
  
  but, still showed as network not found...
  
  I'll keep plugging away at it
  
  thanks
  
  Al
  - mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Jun 16, 2017
    You should update from XP to a newer version of Windows. Although Microsoft took a highly unusual step recently to release a security update for Windows XP you can't expect to get security updates for it now the extended support is over.