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Whats the DOS command to browse other computers on the network?

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 5:38 pm
by succubiss
I remember seeing this guy on my computer browse another computer's file system from a Command window.

it was something like:

C:\ NET ??? COMPUTER_NAME

Anyone remember this?

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 6:01 pm
by succubiss
i found it.

2 steps:

map temp folder to f drive.

C:> net use f: \\sam-dt\temp

C:> f:


then release the connection after.

C:> net use f: /d

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 6:47 pm
by Absolut Talent
Originally posted by succubiss
i found it.

2 steps:

map temp folder to f drive.

C :> net use f: \\sam-dt\temp

C :> f:


then release the connection after.

C :> net use f: /d
thats all well and good, but I cant find the :> button
is that off some new animated keyboard or something? I just just got standard letters and symbols like !,@,#,$,%,^,&,*,(,),_,-,=,+, <,>, : , ; ',",/,? and [,}
there is no :>

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 7:31 pm
by FlyingPenguin
I disabled smiles in his post :)

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2002 6:38 am
by leerus
Here's the MS Technet url for instructions of net use. Just in case the other computer has some security on it and you need to get in: password use/shares/etc.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treevi ... et_use.asp

I perfer net use * [computername] thise gives next available drive mapping without have to pick which one you want. Just typing in net use at prompt will show all present drive mappings. Works on NT, ME, XP, W2k....not sure about win9x products.

Check out all the net service commands here. Powerful tools when needed, thrill and amaze your friends and neighbors.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treevi ... ubcmds.asp

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2002 2:17 pm
by succubiss
Nice link. Thanks. C :>