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Internet sharing problem (Xp Pro)

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Name: bingo2001
Date: July 2, 2003 at 23:15:38 Pacific
OS: win xp pro
CPU/Ram: f
Comment:

i try to share the internet and i get this error massege:


Cannot enable shared access
Error 2: The system cannot find the file specfield

i can share files!
thank you



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Response Number 1
Name: Davy H
Date: July 3, 2003 at 06:24:23 Pacific
Reply:

A bit more info needed.

What type of internet connection. How is it connected to your machine.
Which OS does the other machine have.
How are the computers networked together.
What steps do you take before the error message comes up.
How did you get on using the network wizard.


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Response Number 2
Name: bingo2001
Date: July 3, 2003 at 06:45:53 Pacific
Reply:

other machine has XP Pro too.
i just check the box that tell:
Sharing internet connection, and when i press Apply its tell the message


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Response Number 3
Name: bingo2001
Date: July 4, 2003 at 10:09:59 Pacific
Reply:

please!! please!!
please!!
please!!
please!!



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Response Number 4
Name: Davy H
Date: July 8, 2003 at 07:02:03 Pacific
Reply:

See response 1


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Response Number 5
Name: Kebast
Date: August 29, 2003 at 08:45:16 Pacific
Reply:

Here is a possible solution...

On a newly built Windows XP system with no printers configured, the
registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Device

...does not exist. This causes /etc/profile to emit this message
every time it runs:

Error (2): The system cannot find the file specified.

One possible fix is appended.

- Pat

--- profile.orig 2003-08-20 15:01:13.000000000 -0400
+++ profile 2003-08-20 15:06:27.000000000 -0400
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
# Define default printer
case "`uname -s`" in
CYGWIN_NT-*)
- PRINTER="`regtool get '\user\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Device' |
+ PRINTER="`regtool -q get '\user\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Device' |
sed 's/,.*$//'`"
;;
CYGWIN_9?-*)


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