On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 at 06:57, Allen Mulvey wrote: > Looking at the network adapter IPV4 advanced settings it > occurred to me that your problem may be much simpler than > all that. Go in there and make sure NETBIOS over TCP is > turned on. > > Shades of DOS3.1 (afair) Checked. Off on both PCs I'm trying to get this going on initially. Turned on on both. Still doesn't work :-) This is reminiscent of the joys of early microsoft LAN networking decades ago. Will look at your & others other suggestions in due course. Many thanks to all for input so far. I'd been staying away fro "password protected sharing" but Dwayne's latest suggestion sounds worth looking at. Russell > > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .