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Originally Posted by Ramrod
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The bit before the > is my prompt (ie current directory). All you need to type at the prompt is
net view \\systemname
It looks like your path variable has got messed up, and could be the cause of the problems. At a command prompt type in
path (you may need
c:\windows\system32\path or
c:\winnt\system32\path !)
Normally this will report something like
PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\Sys tem32\Wbem (no spaces in this string!)
You can change this temporarily, ie add your 'system32' directory, at cmd prompt -
PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;%path%
or
PATH=C:\WINNT\system32;%path%
Now commands like ping, ipconfig and net view should work.
The IP addresses look fine, so I would set the path correctly and try the net view commands again.
The set the path correctly permanently you need to get into the 'system' control panel applet (right click on 'My Computer and select properties), select the advanced tab and click 'Environmental Variables'. In the bottom half of this screen are system variables, one is Path. Change it so that your system32 directory is first in the path. Then reboot both systems and see if that helps.
Eitherway, get back to us in the morning - time for some sleep!
HTH