Windows Newsgroups: Windows XP Networking

trouble installing KB826942 wireless rollup

Lawrence Stromski - 30 Apr 2005 11:16 PM - 4 messages

Hi All, I've been trying to install KB826942 the Wireless update rollup package for XP on a laptop running Windows XP Home Edition SP2 to enable me to use WPA-PSK wireless pre-spared authentication mode. I downloaded the KB826942 package for 32-bit and ran the install, it did the ...

Modem > Ethernet routing under XP?

Scott Ehrlich - 30 Apr 2005 7:58 PM - 3 messages

Is RRAS or some variant of available for/under WinXP Pro? I want to experiment with routing an incoming data call to a modem and route that call out the Ethernet port. Thanks. Scott ...

â€œunlimited_or_no_connectivityâ€

Melvin Edward - 30 Apr 2005 5:20 PM - 2 messages

I have a client that turned her computer on (Windows XP home SP2 installed) and wasnâ€™t able to connect to her high speed cable network. The error was â€œunlimited or no connectivityâ€ I verified the connection with my laptop and all worked ok. I installed Pest ...

routing and Remote Access Error 2147483720

Hypertone - 29 Apr 2005 8:38 PM - 2 messages

Hello I have windows XP Home edition with SP2 installed. I'm current;y trying to make a new incoming connection. After choosing "Accept incoming connections" and clicking next, theres a long wait then I get this error "Incoming Connections depend on the Routing and Remote Access service which ...

No Default Action for Double Click on Mapped Network Drvie

Nigel - 29 Apr 2005 6:56 PM - 4 messages

I have an XP Home SP2 Sharing a subdirectory, and an XP Pro SP2 connected to it in a workgroup, with a mapped drive. The Client can read and write to the 'servers' drive fine and browse from within an application's open/save applet. ...

Alternate IP

Martin - 29 Apr 2005 1:12 PM - 10 messages

I have a small problem with the Alternate IP of Windows XP. At the office, I need to have a fixed address IP for my laptop. Once Alternative Configuration is configured, I tried to reach the Internet or my LAN (which is a domain ...

Networking xp with 98

Liz - 29 Apr 2005 2:02 AM - 3 messages

I am working on a network that consists of 3 98 PC's and one XP laptop. Previously there was an additional XP desktop. At that time the network was up and running great, but the XP desktop crashed. Now only one 98 desktop ...

P L E A S E H E L P ! ! ! ! !

Lori - 28 Apr 2005 9:32 PM - 13 messages

Hi. My computer is the host and we are using a D-Link DI 624 router. Since this is a four-port router, we have three other computers plugged in, all using Windows XP. Everything works fine MOST OF THE TIME. However, for some ...

assign lpt to network printer

CStock - 28 Apr 2005 5:16 PM - 7 messages

We are running an older program that requires lpt assignment for printing. I can access the network printers but cannot assign them to a specific lpt port. I have used the following process: Start, Printers, Add, Network printer. It lets me add the printer but I can only address as a network ...

Unable to access companyweb

Mervin Williams - 28 Apr 2005 1:05 PM - 2 messages

I have Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 installed with the SBS intranet web site (companyweb) setup, as well. Users who are logged onto the domain can access the companyweb site fine, but those who try to access it externally receive the error message "The page cannot be displayed." ...

Can't access folder in user account over network

Lobster - 27 Apr 2005 7:33 PM - 10 messages

I have a small home network of 3 PCs running Windows XP Home edn. One PC (the kids) is configured with two user accounts, one specifically for my kids (which is a 'limited' one) and my own (which is an administrator ...

Mapped network drive missing subfolders

Uday Menon - 27 Apr 2005 2:22 PM - 4 messages

Our LAN comprises a Windows Server 2003 machine and Windows XP clients. All clients have their E drive mapped to the server's 'ads-serv/ads' directory. There are 5 subdirectories under this directory and I can see all 5 from all other ...

How to connect laptop to both home (workgroup) and office (domain) networks?

Philip Herlihy - 26 Apr 2005 2:07 PM - 16 messages

I have a laptop running XP Pro. I connect to the office network (via a docking station with Ethernet connection). At home I can connect to the Internet via a wireless PCMCIA card linking to an ADSL modem. So far so ...

"Preparing Network Connections"

Neil Rashbrook - 26 Apr 2005 1:52 PM - 5 messages

This step has vanished from the startup sequence of a Dell laptop. Instead it skips straight from "Windows is starting up" to the logon screen (require Ctrl+Alt+Del is disabled), which unfortunately is unusable until the network connections have been prepared. Can anyone ...

VERY slpow wireless network - PLEASE HELP!!!

Bogdan Zamfir - 25 Apr 2005 1:06 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I'm getting desperate using my wireless network I have two PC's. Both was WinXP before, but I installed Win2003 Server on one of them And a dLink wireless router (802.11b/g) and two USB 2.0 802.11g adapters ...

Using 2 networks

MichaelB - 24 Apr 2005 1:02 AM - 3 messages

I have a notebook with XP pro. What I want to do is to connect to the network at work (which has a domain) and my home network (which uses workgroups). The home network accesses the internet through a switch and ...