Network password,trying to map network drives in windows

Yep ip addresses start with 192.168.x.x. What does this mean??My win 7 machine works why is there a problem with the xp machines?

Its a Thomson TG585 v7 router if that helps

I am thinking
(a) there could be something not quite right with the IP configuration
(b) there could be something corrupted/broken with that one XP system's IP network software
(c) Some malware might be lurking on the XP machine
(d)...

Without more information it would be difficult to sort. As posted earlier, any IP addresses in the above ranges are perfectly safe to post. BTW, if your IP addresses are not in those ranges, your router is likely mis-configured.

BTW, what happens if you enter \\NASIP\SHARENAME in the windows explorer address bar for that machine?

StephenB wrote:
BTW, what happens if you enter \\NASIP\SHARENAME in the windows explorer address bar for that machine?

http://postimage.org/image/bhgoiahxz/

I entered the user name, admin and the password and then the above window appears after on my dads pc.

did you enter it in the web browser address bar? Or Windows Explorer? (starting from "my computer" for example). In your picture you are ending up in the web browser, logging in as admin to Frontview. To complete that login you would need to enter admin as the user name and the NAS admin password. On the v1/pro you would then need to deal the IE security exception due to the self-signed certificate (I expect the same is true on the v2). However, I am thinking you didn't intend that login anyway.

also, is media the only share you tried?

Nummy01 wrote:
Yep ip addresses start with 192.168.x.x. What does this mean??My win 7 machine works why is there a problem with the xp machines?

Addresses are both in the 192.168.x.x range - that means they are private. There are millions and millions of other people using those identical addresses, so there literally is no way to route back to these addresses. (your router replaces the 192.168.x.x private address with its own "real" internet address from your ISP when your devices access the internet). So posting the addresses/subnet masks does not create a privacy or security issue. Posting your router's external address would be different. Read this, it might help you: http://whatismyipaddress.com/private-ip

Why your XP machine doesn't work is of course what we are trying to figure out. From your posts, it sounded like only one XP machine was mis-behaving. Is the other one acting identically?

Sorted it now, the xp pcs are on a different workgroup. Changed it to so they are all the same. Cheers :)