Truly newbie question regarding networking....help!

[jakobkraft]

Had a network configured at workplace, still configured actually, but one person had their pc replaced and their identity on the network has been lost.
How do I give them another one - this is a small office and our IT guy is on vacation and, rather sadly, I'm the most knowledgable pc person here.
Any help would be immeasurably appreciated...!
thanks

 

[Alptraum]

Please be more specific. What type of network is it? When you say they lost their "identity" are you referring to their user ID? OR something else? More details would help greatly in trying to figure out whats wrong.

 

[jakobkraft]

It's just a local office network, three computers, more than that I couldn't say....I just need to create an identity since one person had their computer replaced; they are still connected to the network, can see the other users but has no identity herself...

 

[ryandmiller]

It sounds as if the computer in question isn't showing up in network places/neighborhood. Is that correct? If you right click on the local disk c drive and select sharing, then ok etc, wait for a couple of minutes and then go to another computer and look at the network places/neighborhood does that solve your problem?

 

[StraightPipe]

what OS are you running?

if in XP just run the networking wizard and makesure that that PC is on the same work group "MSHOME" is default, but if you open the network neighborhood (on a comp that is connected correctly) and you should be able to see the netwrok name.

98 has a wizard too, but it's been a while since i messed with it.

if this dsnt fix it let us know, but you'll have to give some more details (are you on a router? what OS's,...)

 

[jakobkraft]

Originally posted by: ryandmiller
It sounds as if the computer in question isn't showing up in network places/neighborhood. Is that correct? If you right click on the local disk c drive and select sharing, then ok etc, wait for a couple of minutes and then go to another computer and look at the network places/neighborhood does that solve your problem?

That did it, thanks so much