Re: How to let my device connect to the host by Paul
Paul
Tue May 16 14:11:21 CDT 2006
Is the device assigned an identity that the desktop PC would recognize as
one of its users, but one with no authority to access that share? It works,
generally. You can ping the desktop PC from the Windows CE box?
Paul T.
"Peter King" <wangzilue@tom.com> wrote in message
news:uWrwe4HeGHA.3572@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Paul,
>
> Thank you very much.
> I try 'net use * \\jmdv\setup '.
> It works in the emulator, but does not in device ,it notice 'Command
> failed: status 53'.
> Thanks again,
>
> Peter
>
>> Yes, you should be able to play a media file from the server, although
>> doing that by file sharing seems like a silly way, to me.
>>
>> You probably do this just as you would on a PC where Explorer wasn't
>> available to browse shares:
>>
>> 1. Map the shared folder to the local filesystem using the NET program:
>>
>> net use * \\<server>\<sharename>
>>
>> This creates a folder which is actually on the network in the \Network
>> folder (in the example case, it would be called "\Network\<sharename> on
>> <server>".
>>
>> 2. Open and play whatever file you want from the folder mentioned in 1,
>> above.
>>
>> The best way to learn this is just to do it. You'll see what it's doing
>> pretty quickly.
>>
>> Paul T.
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