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Mapping a network drive to the new computer is not shown.

I just added a winxp computer to the network.  The server that is running is a 2k.
For some reason when i try to map a network drive from another computer to the new one, its empty.
Now, when i try to map a network drive from the new computer itself, all the files which are sharing are shown.
My question is, how do i map a network drive from another computer to the new computer to transfer files?
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Are you in a domain?
Offhand, I'd say perhaps the workstation wasn't joined to the domain and/or the local accounts/groups don't include the domain groups...

Check the permissions on the shares/drives...make sure that sharing is set to Full/Everyone and Security has correct permissions set allowing remote access under the credentials you are using...
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after you have checked permissions and all looks ok, open windows explorer then go to the tools menu, then map network drive, select a letter the in the folder type the full computer name and path like this (example) \\computername\sharename
Then click finish and you should have a mapping to the share you specified.
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