Thread: WinXP file sharing - Mapped drive vs UNC path?
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Old 15-04-2004, 09:40   #9
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Re: WinXP file sharing - Mapped drive vs UNC path?
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Originally Posted by s1lv3r
does mapping to an IP address rather than machine name make a difference?
I never do machine name mapping.

I right click on My Network Places and click on Search for Computers...

Then search by IP, which comes back with the machine double click which reveals the shared resources. I right click on the drive and and map, which works.

Then I double click on the new mapped drive and it freezes. It freezes with an hour glass, like it's trying to find it or trying to authenticate, but no timeout occurs, like when you don't have sufficient permissions, the hour glass just stays there, spinning me into an early grave!

As I say I can see the files as I need to via UNC, but I need it as a mapped drive, cause some software needs a mapped drive to work.
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