Extra Network Resources in My Network Places

I have a home network with 3 computers on it sharing the
internet via a router. One computer runs ME, one runs XP
and the 3rd runs 98. The network works fine (and I
hesitate to mess with it) but I have one problem.

On the ME computer when I double click on My Network
Places, Entire Network, the WG name and then finally the
ME computer name, I get a list of the network resources
available from the ME computer. The C drive shows up, but
not the D drive even though both are shared resources.
One CD drive shows up but not the other.

The printer that is actually installed to the ME computer
does not show up, but there are eight or ten other printer
icons that do show up. For instance, there is a printer1
and a printer2 -- I don't know what printer these
represent. I have an occurrence of 5 iterations of the
same printer which is no longer on the system at all and
hasn't been for a very long time.

These "extra" printers do not show up in the printers
folder, only in the Network Places folder. I can't delete
them without installing them, but can't install them
because they don't exist. Can anyone tell me how to get
rid of these listings?

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"S. Kayser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0acb01c3667c$f8076d40$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a home network with 3 computers on it sharing the
> internet via a router. One computer runs ME, one runs XP
> and the 3rd runs 98. The network works fine (and I
> hesitate to mess with it) but I have one problem.
>
> On the ME computer when I double click on My Network
> Places, Entire Network, the WG name and then finally the
> ME computer name, I get a list of the network resources
> available from the ME computer. The C drive shows up, but
> not the D drive even though both are shared resources.
> One CD drive shows up but not the other.
>
> The printer that is actually installed to the ME computer
> does not show up, but there are eight or ten other printer
> icons that do show up. For instance, there is a printer1
> and a printer2 -- I don't know what printer these
> represent. I have an occurrence of 5 iterations of the
> same printer which is no longer on the system at all and
> hasn't been for a very long time.
>
> These "extra" printers do not show up in the printers
> folder, only in the Network Places folder. I can't delete
> them without installing them, but can't install them
> because they don't exist. Can anyone tell me how to get
> rid of these listings?

I don't see anything on the web page that you sent the
link for that helps my situation. I went through all of
the steps to restore each computer to the suggested state
at the web page, but then none of it worked and I still
had the numerous extra printers in the list. Any idea
where these resource listings are stored? Any other
suggestions?

S. Kayser
>-----Original Message-----
>www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
>
>Carey
>
>"S. Kayser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:0acb01c3667c$f8076d40$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have a home network with 3 computers on it sharing the
>> internet via a router. One computer runs ME, one runs
XP
>> and the 3rd runs 98. The network works fine (and I
>> hesitate to mess with it) but I have one problem.
>>
>> On the ME computer when I double click on My Network
>> Places, Entire Network, the WG name and then finally the
>> ME computer name, I get a list of the network resources
>> available from the ME computer. The C drive shows up,
but
>> not the D drive even though both are shared resources.
>> One CD drive shows up but not the other.
>>
>> The printer that is actually installed to the ME
computer
>> does not show up, but there are eight or ten other
printer
>> icons that do show up. For instance, there is a
printer1
>> and a printer2 -- I don't know what printer these
>> represent. I have an occurrence of 5 iterations of the
>> same printer which is no longer on the system at all and
>> hasn't been for a very long time.
>>
>> These "extra" printers do not show up in the printers
>> folder, only in the Network Places folder. I can't
delete
>> them without installing them, but can't install them
>> because they don't exist. Can anyone tell me how to get
>> rid of these listings?
>
>
>.
>

Thanks again -- deleting them was not an option -- I
tried. They didn't show up in the Printers folder. I
finally opened the registry and searched for one of the
bogus names. I found them all listed under a single key
and deleted them. This has fixed the problem I asked
about.


>-----Original Message-----
>Just delete the printers. Click once on each unwanted
printer and hit the
>delete key on each PC. They won't come back.
>
>Carey
>
>"Scott Kayser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:059c01c3678a$d30c1cc0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I don't see anything on the web page that you sent the
>> link for that helps my situation. I went through all of
>> the steps to restore each computer to the suggested
state
>> at the web page, but then none of it worked and I still
>> had the numerous extra printers in the list. Any idea
>> where these resource listings are stored? Any other
>> suggestions?
>>
>> S. Kayser
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
>> >
>> >Carey
>> >
>> >"S. Kayser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >news:0acb01c3667c$f8076d40$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> I have a home network with 3 computers on it sharing
the
>> >> internet via a router. One computer runs ME, one
runs
>> XP
>> >> and the 3rd runs 98. The network works fine (and I
>> >> hesitate to mess with it) but I have one problem.
>> >>
>> >> On the ME computer when I double click on My Network
>> >> Places, Entire Network, the WG name and then finally
the
>> >> ME computer name, I get a list of the network
resources
>> >> available from the ME computer. The C drive shows
up,
>> but
>> >> not the D drive even though both are shared
resources.
>> >> One CD drive shows up but not the other.
>> >>
>> >> The printer that is actually installed to the ME
>> computer
>> >> does not show up, but there are eight or ten other
>> printer
>> >> icons that do show up. For instance, there is a
>> printer1
>> >> and a printer2 -- I don't know what printer these
>> >> represent. I have an occurrence of 5 iterations of
the
>> >> same printer which is no longer on the system at all
and
>> >> hasn't been for a very long time.
>> >>
>> >> These "extra" printers do not show up in the printers
>> >> folder, only in the Network Places folder. I can't
>> delete
>> >> them without installing them, but can't install them
>> >> because they don't exist. Can anyone tell me how to
get
>> >> rid of these listings?
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

That fix is already mentioned at www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"S. Kayser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:065601c36826$ddd2c6d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks again -- deleting them was not an option -- I
> tried. They didn't show up in the Printers folder. I
> finally opened the registry and searched for one of the
> bogus names. I found them all listed under a single key
> and deleted them. This has fixed the problem I asked
> about.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Just delete the printers. Click once on each unwanted
> printer and hit the
> >delete key on each PC. They won't come back.
> >
> >Carey
> >
> >"Scott Kayser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:059c01c3678a$d30c1cc0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> I don't see anything on the web page that you sent the
> >> link for that helps my situation. I went through all of
> >> the steps to restore each computer to the suggested
> state
> >> at the web page, but then none of it worked and I still
> >> had the numerous extra printers in the list. Any idea
> >> where these resource listings are stored? Any other
> >> suggestions?
> >>
> >> S. Kayser
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
> >> >
> >> >Carey
> >> >
> >> >"S. Kayser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> >news:0acb01c3667c$f8076d40$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> I have a home network with 3 computers on it sharing
> the
> >> >> internet via a router. One computer runs ME, one
> runs
> >> XP
> >> >> and the 3rd runs 98. The network works fine (and I
> >> >> hesitate to mess with it) but I have one problem.
> >> >>
> >> >> On the ME computer when I double click on My Network
> >> >> Places, Entire Network, the WG name and then finally
> the
> >> >> ME computer name, I get a list of the network
> resources
> >> >> available from the ME computer. The C drive shows
> up,
> >> but
> >> >> not the D drive even though both are shared
> resources.
> >> >> One CD drive shows up but not the other.
> >> >>
> >> >> The printer that is actually installed to the ME
> >> computer
> >> >> does not show up, but there are eight or ten other
> >> printer
> >> >> icons that do show up. For instance, there is a
> >> printer1
> >> >> and a printer2 -- I don't know what printer these
> >> >> represent. I have an occurrence of 5 iterations of
> the
> >> >> same printer which is no longer on the system at all
> and
> >> >> hasn't been for a very long time.
> >> >>
> >> >> These "extra" printers do not show up in the printers
> >> >> folder, only in the Network Places folder. I can't
> >> delete
> >> >> them without installing them, but can't install them
> >> >> because they don't exist. Can anyone tell me how to
> get
> >> >> rid of these listings?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >