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From: Desk Rabbit on 15 Jan 2010 10:15
On 15/01/2010 14:34, BertieBigBollox(a)gmail.com wrote:
> Got laptop which boots from windows 95 into DOS.
That's a clever trick! How do you do that then?

> Loads network
> drivers
> etc. IP address is 10.1.99.7 (255.255.255.192) and gateway is
> 10.1.99.10.
> 10.1.99.10 is windows 2000 server with shares on.
>
> From laptop 10.1.99.7 (255.255.255.192) I can ping 10.1.99.10.
>
>
> However, if I do :-
> NET USE \\PXE-SERVER\SHARE1
> or NET USE \\10.1.99.10\SHARE1
>
>
> I get ERROR 53-Computer name specified in the network path cannot be
> found.
>
>
> How can this be? I've specified an IP address?
>
>

Try adding a username and password to the command.

net use /? will give you guidance.



Also telling us exactly what you are trying to do and why with these
antique operating systems might yield some different answers to your
problem.

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