Dear List , I thought I should feedback on how I solved a problem with Home networking. Recently my Advent Netbook died on me and I had to replace it with an Acer. I am pretty happy with it though the keyboard is not quite as good as the Advent that died on me. The biggest frustration was the inability to set up the Acer for home networking. This was no problem with the Advent but seemed impossible with the Acer.
Basically I could see the Acer from the Desktop but could not access files. The Acer could see nothing on the network at all apart from itself. To cut a long story short I became suspicious of the bundled MacAfee software with came with the Acer. I went to theEset site and ran the MacAfee uninstaller from there . I then installed Nod 32. As soon as I uninstalled MacAfee the Acer could pick up on all the computers in the network and could print through the network printer. I now remember that a laptop I used to use which for years obstinately refused to hook up to my home network also had MacAfee installed on it. The moral of the story appears to be if you want to network your home PCS you need to get rid of MacAfee and install something else. On the Advent I had Avast which also allowed home networking and on my desktop I have AVG Internet Security which is completely tolerant of home networking so it does appear to be a MacAfee problem. Regards David Griffith ,. Regards David Griffith For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
