Windows Newsgroups: Windows XP Networking

Access denied to XP Home computer

Makrolon - 12 Nov 2005 7:16 PM - 6 messages

I have a network running through a 3Com router giving internet access. Three computers are connected, one running XP Home and two running XP Pro. Sharing folders, I can access shared folders on the XP Pro computers from all computers. When I share a folder on the XP Home computer, however, it ...

Re: Choosing from multiple network connections

HrundiBakshi - 12 Nov 2005 6:52 PM - 8 messages

Is this so regardless of the metric tweak outlined below? Tried this trick with my two connections, and it didn't really work. After a while it kinda defaulted to the wired connection regardless of the fact that it had a (considerably) higher metric value as compared to the wireless NIC. ...

Access permissions

Johnny340 - 12 Nov 2005 5:33 PM - 5 messages

I have two XP Pro computers connected via a 4 port router and I have set up a network with the Networking wizard. Everything was fine for a while but now one of the computers can't access the other's shared folders. They can still ...

Enabling and disabling for limited a/c

gunz - 12 Nov 2005 3:35 PM - 3 messages

I wanted to know how to allow 'limited user' on a Windows XP SP2 PRO to enable and disable a LAN connection,because when a limited user logs on he is not able to enable or disable the LAN connection in "network connection" ...

Problem on connecting WinXP SP2 to Win Arabic 98 SE

Babak Majidi - 12 Nov 2005 11:05 AM - 2 messages

Hi to All I have problem on connecting to a PC with Wina98SE from another PC with WinXP SP2 by "Network Places". But I can connect it by IP Address. Please guide me to solve this problem. Regards, B.Majidi ...

Windows firewall and bittorrent

Remush via WindowsKB.com - 12 Nov 2005 7:28 AM - 4 messages

Does anybody here know how to use bittorent ? ...

XP Pro: drive sharing permissions: works with "everyone", not with users

George - 12 Nov 2005 3:48 AM - 5 messages

I have two XP Pro PCs. I would like to share entire drives, using user permissions. (ie, not 'simple file sharing'). I think I went through [link] - I created user accounts on both PCs, with the same names and ...

Getting full access to one of my computers on my home network

scomar - 12 Nov 2005 12:24 AM - 2 messages

I want to know what I need to do to get FULL access to one of my computers on my home network. As it is I can access everything on my computer downstairs except for the admin's (which I am on both my computers) document and ...

Dial up connection intteruption

Kyle Wylie - 12 Nov 2005 12:19 AM - 7 messages

Hi, I don't know if this is the right place for this so if not I'd appreciate if you could point me in the right direction. On my PC I'm having trouble maintaining a diap up connection. For some ...

IE bails out when trying to go online: 2nd attempt

Tim Anderson - 11 Nov 2005 11:51 PM - 2 messages

We went into IE and clicked on Stop as soon as it tried to load a webpage and it allowed us to go to Tool/Add-Ons to disable all of her add-ons (AIM, Windows Messenger, Java, Google, etc.). We then closed IE and reopened it ...

One Way Networking Problem

Chris Fearon - 11 Nov 2005 8:33 PM - 5 messages

I have two desktop computers. I have Linksys router (WRT54GS) hard wired to â€œMAINâ€ computer. This Linksys router is also hard wired to a D-link DSL modem. The â€œALTERNATEâ€ computer has Linksys wireless PCI card (WMP54GS). ...

VPN connection routing

Andy Lai - 11 Nov 2005 7:37 PM - 2 messages

Hi all, Our network is 192.168.1.x/255.255.255.0 and we need to connet to our sister company in VPN that uses 192.168.1.x/255.255.255.255. No problems on VPN connection but how can I access that ip? I try to access ...

Internet exploring crashing

powerman - 11 Nov 2005 7:16 PM - 2 messages

heres a dumb (newbie) question my internet has crashed 4 times since i upgraded to DSL and the computer will not let me make my bellsouth ethernet modem be the default modem it wants to use the dial modem i have contaced hp and ...

Network setup

chas638 - 11 Nov 2005 6:50 PM - 7 messages

Hello, I just bought an Linksys wireless WPC54GX adapter. I have an old Linksys dsl router. I'm trying to create a network with set up home network. My desktop is connected with cable and my laptop is wireless. I can connect to the ...

Which adapter is used ?

Polaris - 11 Nov 2005 6:29 PM - 6 messages

Hi Experts: I have two adapters on my PC (Windows Xp); one is regular Ethernet card (100 mbps), and the other is wireless card (54 mbps). Both are enabled and in working states. I just wonder, when I browse the internet, from which adapter the network ...

extension problem

rowan flindal - 11 Nov 2005 6:16 PM - 4 messages

hi recently put in a phone extension in my house as i want to use my laptop in another room , used one of these kits from b&q , problem is , phone works fine but connection problems and slow games play on laptop any ideas ...

Window Authentication failing?

Nick B - 11 Nov 2005 5:01 PM - 2 messages

We have an Intranet site that has Windows Authentication turned on. It has been working great for years and we have never had a problem with Windows 2000 clients. However, now everyone once in a while a Windows XP Pro computer ...

A BT1800 ADSL router and a Netgear Switch nightmare!

Nathon Jones - 11 Nov 2005 2:47 PM - 6 messages

Hi, Hoping someone with sufficient knowledge can help us out. We have a BT1800 ADSL modem/router which has 4 ports. We have a Netgear 8-port Switch. We have 6 PC's in the office. Is it possible to plug the Switch into one of the ports of the ADSL ...

sudden restart

ravi middha - 11 Nov 2005 2:46 PM - 3 messages

i am using windowsxp professional edition and when i share internet connection and then my system shows a message: system shutdown the system is shutting down. please save all work in progress and log off. any unsaved changes will be lost. this shutdown was initiated by NT ...

Network adaptor status always equal "Acquiring network address"

CdeBlue - 11 Nov 2005 1:25 PM - 6 messages

Hi, I am Wondering why the status is always this. My Network works but it this seems odd to me. Thanks for any suggestions. Larry ...

Internet Connection

rabbro - 11 Nov 2005 11:07 AM - 3 messages

hi, I have a Network of 3 computers; one Windows Server 2003, and 2 Xp Professionals. I have a ADSL Modem Router which connects to the Internet and then I have set my computers to run through this to connect. ...

Dial up Connection - Pinging but cannot browse

AshitG - 11 Nov 2005 8:52 AM - 6 messages

I have Windows XP Prof. on my home PC and connect through a dial up connection. After successful connection to the ISP, I am not able to browse the internet using Internet Explorer or Firefox, nor can I check my emails on ...

Odd Networking Issue

Sicorius - 11 Nov 2005 5:03 AM - 4 messages

I am having a problem with my home network, here goes... 3 Computers: 1 - Laptop P3 650Mhz,20GB,128MB,NetGear 108MBWireless Network Card 2 - PC's 1 - Dell GX260, NetGear USB Wireless ...

Network and ICS

Shawn - 11 Nov 2005 3:20 AM - 5 messages

Ok here are the details: I have an IP address for my router. Everything looks fine, however, my XP computer will not resolve names. If I ping [link], I get nothing. If I ping the IP address, it's fine. I ...

Network connectivity at startup

dc - 11 Nov 2005 12:20 AM - 3 messages

Windows XP SP2 connecting to a Doamin; Windows 2003 and 2000 domain controllers. When the workstation is started and user starts to logon as soon as the logon screen appears, the logon script, group policy and other domain/network associated functions fail. But if the users lets the machine ...

Who is on my network ?

Jennifer W - 10 Nov 2005 10:31 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I've been thrown into the network abyss at work. I'm running a peer to peer network - no server. Mostly win xp machines. Can somebody tell me of a command (windows or dos) that tells me who is on ...

Can't get my laptop to connect to an existing ethernet connection

Girlwatcher - 10 Nov 2005 7:57 PM - 4 messages

When attempting to connect to a existing ethernet connection I get a limited conectivity message and cannot access the internet at all. The laptop I have is a Pavilion zv6000 and runs Windows XP. I have used Windows ME since it came out and was completely happy with it, but ...

Isolate several machines on one subnet

Harry Putnam - 10 Nov 2005 7:24 PM - 3 messages

I don't see any other general network winxp group so hopefully this goes here. First a quick summary of my current setup: INTERNET ...

How to get a username from ip address

mc123 - 10 Nov 2005 7:15 PM - 2 messages

I am trying to find a username from an ip address by querying active directory, any ideas? Thanks. ...

laptop frequently looses connectivity

tarun - 10 Nov 2005 9:16 AM - 3 messages

Hi, iam facing a strange problem. My network consists of 4 systems -3 laptops and i desktop. Desktop is configured as win2003 for dhcp and wins server. basically it is a peer to peer network with no domain. Out of 3 laptops i ...

Activedirectory Roaming Profiles

gdalewack89 - 10 Nov 2005 7:39 AM - 2 messages

Ok i need to get a roaming profiles up and running. I have 3 computers that need to be able to have these profiles on it. I am running windows 2003 server. I have been able to get one profile to be roaming ...

Is it a Wireless Hub I need? - help appreciated!

iceman - 10 Nov 2005 7:25 AM - 8 messages

I'm thinking of buying the Netgear DG834GT wireless broadband router/modem and the WG511T PCMCIA card for my laptop. In a separate part of my house, I sometimes have two or three other PCs, each with it's own NIC. (These have previously been cabled to my existing ...

ICS setup twist

Remush via WindowsKB.com - 10 Nov 2005 5:26 AM - 6 messages

I've got ICS working on my 2 computers at home, one is xp pro sp2, the other is xp home sp2. The pro machine is the ics host with a dial up internet connection. The xp home machine is the client. I've set the tcp/ip settings ...

My Routine @ Favo...

Den - 10 Nov 2005 4:37 AM - 2 messages

When I activate my favorites on AOL , I get a line showing My Rourine....... I can't get rid of this line. I cannot find it in Search.This line came by itself. ...

Window XP stop responding after user login

SH Hussain - 10 Nov 2005 4:02 AM - 2 messages

dear all i have windows 2000 server with window XP clients during last few days when some users(not all users) try to login on network after accepting password windows stop responding and user profile does not load. if we goto ...

WAP

VAL - 10 Nov 2005 2:36 AM - 3 messages

Do I need a wireless access point if I want to connect a desktop computer and a wireless router to the same cable modem? What is a wireless access point? How do I connect a wireless router to my cable modem while having my desktop ...

XP SP2 Not Appearing in Network Browse List

Keith Jakobs, MCP - 10 Nov 2005 2:21 AM - 6 messages

Greetings to All: As the subject says, for some bizarre reason, my Windows XP SP2 station refuses to appear in the network browse lists on our domain. I checked the 'net config server' setting, and indeed the workstation is NOT ...

Eail

mark - 10 Nov 2005 1:54 AM - 2 messages

I have a program to send emails for my business and it asks for my smtp mail server and I do not know what this is. ...

Network Problem

per0w - 10 Nov 2005 12:37 AM - 2 messages

I am having an unusual problem with a home network i have setup. I have 1 PC running Win98SE and the other PC running WinXP Pro. Both connect into a 4port HUB, using CAT4 or 5 cable. Both are set to "WORKGROUP" etc and i can access ...

Cannot View Work Group \ Network Computers

Danny - 10 Nov 2005 12:33 AM - 6 messages

I am running windows XP media edition 2005. This computer is hard wired to a router. I have two other wireless computers. All can access the internet. Searched other posts and found some ideas, but done solved problem to date. ...

Connecting Laptop To Network

VAL - 10 Nov 2005 12:29 AM - 8 messages

I need to set up a wireless network. I currently have my desktop computer connected directly to my cable modem. How can I create a wireless network leaving this computer directly connected to the cable modem and adding a wireless router for my laptop. Is it possible to connect the cable modem to ...

Guest User Account, XP Pro

TR - 10 Nov 2005 12:29 AM - 4 messages

Does this indicate a problem? Should the Guest account be "active" when it is "off" Thanks TR Guest Guest Account is off run cmd net user guest .. .. .. Account active Yes ...

Belkin Wireless connection

Bernie Kilshaw - 9 Nov 2005 9:41 PM - 2 messages

Folks, I have a Win XP Pro SP2 system (Dell Inspiron 8200), recently I added a Belkin USB Wireless Adapter and yesterday I added a USB VOIP phone. Since then I've been plagued with popups with the message: "WLanCfgG.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." (About every 30 seconds when I have the Wireless network enabled.) ...

Prot Forwarding

Justin - 9 Nov 2005 8:10 PM - 5 messages

I have setup all my PC's with PC Anywhere and opened ports on my router under port forwarding for each PC. I now have another PC to add but do not have any more text boxes to add or open the ports. Can I use the UPnP Forwarding ...

Cannot access networked computer

HLAMUTHNOSPAM - 9 Nov 2005 7:22 PM - 14 messages

This is a variation of what has been posted. I have run into a bit of a wall....maybe this is a pun. Configured a wireless router to host three hard connects and a wireless laptop. No internet connection yet. Then configured router as ...

Workstations jumping to different subnets

Terry - 9 Nov 2005 6:20 PM - 4 messages

I just had a client call and say his workstations are "acting strangely". If they are set to DHCP they are getting assigned different subnets so they can't communicate. If IP and subnet is entered manually everything is okay. ...

IE6 not connecting

Chris H - 9 Nov 2005 2:37 PM - 14 messages

hI I have a laptop with XP SP2. I am trying to connect to the internet via the built in modem. I can dial up my ISPs servers, and connect, but IE refuses to surf the internet. All I get is the no connection page, or sometimes an error ...

DNS auto Addresses

Will - 9 Nov 2005 11:45 AM - 2 messages

From Msinfo32, Net Diagnostics fails one of the two automatically assigned Dns Server address in Dns search order test on the network adapter. Ping times out on that one and retuns address on the other. So I override automatic by entry of the good one in Tcp specification. ...

ICS and File shring

fatdave - 9 Nov 2005 10:55 AM - 6 messages

OK, hear is the problem. 4 computers on a workgroup. I am using ICS to get on the internet on one computer. All computers can get on the net. I am also using File and print sharing on 2 computers. One is ok, but the other one ...

Please help this error: Error MrxSmb

Jackal - 9 Nov 2005 10:21 AM - 2 messages

I have this error and it cause halt of whole system: The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer HOME-D499E9391C that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{1E873C14-057. The master browser is stopping or an ...

Mapped Network Drives

juniorpie - 9 Nov 2005 9:41 AM - 2 messages

I have an XP SP2 Pro machine on an NT Network, with a mapped drive that takes 15-20 seconds to appear (moving flashlight) It is only 1 network drive out of 6 on the PC that takes so long. ...

Which one is faster?

D - 9 Nov 2005 5:48 AM - 3 messages

Is what is the full amount of 100.0 mbps in kps. Which one is faster? Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! ...

Connection Problems

ryanburge - 9 Nov 2005 5:16 AM - 6 messages

My girlfriend got back to her dorm and her internet wouldn't work, but her roommate who was on the same connection, same router and modem, and her computer worked fine. I told her to restart her computer, reboot the router and modem. She ...

How can I share my laptop on my network and not on another network

see.cher - 9 Nov 2005 4:20 AM - 6 messages

I want to be able to share all my laptop when connected to my home network but not share when it is connected to another network. How can I configure this to work automatically, without resetting the share each time? ...

Internet Time - RPC Failure

Jeff - 9 Nov 2005 1:00 AM - 3 messages

My XP Pro pc (all the latest updates) can not update time via Internet time server. Error: "The RP server is unavailable". I have disabled all firewalls and made sure RPC services are running. Any ideas? TIA, ...

Network Revived, File Sharing Confused

jercarrier - 9 Nov 2005 12:11 AM - 2 messages

The File-Sharing Network on my XP SP2 Home machines spontaneously revived, but only after I did a lot of fumbling that seems to have affected my ability to compare files of the same name that are shared by two ...

Network Revived but File-Sharing Confused

jercarrier - 8 Nov 2005 11:59 PM - 6 messages

The File-Sharing Network on my XP SP2 Home machines spontaneously revived, but only after I did a lot of fumbling that seems to have affected my ability to compare files of the same name that are shared by two computers. ...

Setting up home network using direcway dw4000 series modem

ausrob99 - 8 Nov 2005 11:16 PM - 4 messages

hi, I'm using a direcway satellite system (dw4000) for internet on my desktop pc and i've been trying to set up a home network to connect my wifes laptop (she's still using dial up or disconnects my pc and plugs her laptop in) to ...

Can't access home network

Marko - 8 Nov 2005 10:39 PM - 2 messages

Having trouble accessing My Network Places. I get the following error message: Home is not accessable. You might not have permissions to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. ...

Setting up a wireless Network with XP

GordonJBell - 8 Nov 2005 10:01 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I recently bought a Linksys wireless router and am trying to set up a home network with my PC and laptop. The PC is running XP professional and the laptop XP Home. Both machines can link the web okay but I cannot share files between the ...

Setting up a wireless network

Martin - 8 Nov 2005 7:13 PM - 2 messages

Hi All, I would like to set up a wireless network consisting of my 2 desktop computers and my laptop. I have bought a Netgear DG834G 54Mbps Wireless ADSL Modem Firewall Router and a Netgear WG111 Wireless 54Mbps USB 2.0 Adapter. ...

Networking two laptops

Alex H - 8 Nov 2005 4:35 PM - 4 messages

Hi i need to transfer abouit 10GB of data from one laptop to another Both running XP Pro Whats the best way please. can i just connect with straight throough cable, set both to same IP range, make the source drive as shared and then copy the data over? ...

LAN problem

Axel1 - 8 Nov 2005 4:11 PM - 2 messages

I have LAN limited or interrupted connection behind the firewall.Windows couldn't solve this problem to renew IP adress.It says there is a mask undernet-automatic personal adress.Please help me solve this problem!!! ...

NOt getting the user and password window

guillermo - 8 Nov 2005 4:00 PM - 3 messages

I'm using windows xp pprofessional sp1. When trying to create a website on a site with the Frontpage extensions, after entering the address and hitting yes, it stays there forever, without asking for the the user and password. Same thing when trying to publish from ...

Cannot Create File in Shared Folder

mikes - 8 Nov 2005 2:37 PM - 2 messages

I have a Win XP Pro machine with SP 2 running on a domain with a mix of Win XP, Win 2000 and Win 2003 machines. I have been developing a new DotNet web application feature which writes a file it creates to a shared folder on a ...

Exchange Server problems

PHNX - 8 Nov 2005 2:08 PM - 3 messages

sue 1: Okay we have just loaded up Exchange Server 2003. We set up the initial Admin that they ask you to set up when you are going through the whole initial thing. Well now I'm trying to set up mailboxes up ...

Lan Problem

Himanshu - 8 Nov 2005 11:14 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I have one Lan card in WinXp, connected directly to Broadbad modem. It was working fine, but last two days, after every 2 mints I get the messege network cable unplugged & immediately after I get It is connected. ...

Losing Wan miniport continuously

Spudda - 8 Nov 2005 10:26 AM - 2 messages

I have windows xp professional and I keep losing my bridge (wan miniport or PPPoE) connection out of network connections. Microsoft's only response is to reinstall xp. I can't keep doing this every couple of days, and placing my ...

Internet Connection Sharing & Ping

James Kilner - 8 Nov 2005 7:59 AM - 9 messages

I have XP Home (Laptop) and Win2k (desktop). I have a network cable giving a direct link between the two of them. I can view shared docs on each of them, but I cannot ping between the two or share my internet connection. ...

my Icon goes off

Himanshu - 8 Nov 2005 7:32 AM - 2 messages

I am using winxp media center sp2, my machine has dual boot option(second one is Server 2003), I generally use XP. I dnt know what happen to machine when I start my machine using xp, it get start & I get all the desktop Icons ...

Problem after connecting to the internet!!

Karthik Krishnamurthy - 8 Nov 2005 5:33 AM - 2 messages

I am using Windows XP professional With SP2. Iam having a DSL connection.Iam facing a problem recently. After connecting to the internet, if I try to open any applications like notepad,yahoo messenger or even taskmanager... they don't start. After some 5 - 10 mins they all open at once. After that period ...

can't log on to the domain

Ankit Shah - 8 Nov 2005 5:30 AM - 2 messages

I have a new windows xp pro box and i can't add this computer to the domain. I right clicked on my computer and click on property and then click on the computer name tab and then change it from workgroup to domain. i added my ...

Browser Problems

pcronce - 8 Nov 2005 5:09 AM - 2 messages

OK, this is my first time here and I am not very tech head savvy so be gentile. My issue is with my browser. I have cleaned out the cache, deleted the temp internet files, and cleared history but I am still having a problem ...

Home Network Issue

per0w - 8 Nov 2005 3:51 AM - 2 messages

I am having an unusual problem with a home network i have setup. I have 1 PC running Win98SE and the other PC running WinXP Pro. Both connect into a 4port HUB, using CAT4 or 5 cable. Both are set to "WORKGROUP" etc and i can access Win98's Shared ...

well I am still having a problem with my network

Michael - 8 Nov 2005 3:41 AM - 6 messages

Can someone please help me instead of telling me to do something, and then not going into detail as to how to do it?? I have a windows XP host computer that is connected to Cable internet, I also have a Windows 98 client that can connect to the internet through the ...

Win98 client cannot connect to XP host resource

Michael - 7 Nov 2005 11:02 PM - 7 messages

asks for a Password for the shared resource on the XP host, the problem is, I have not set up any type of password on the host computer for file sharing. What can solve my problem? ...

Problem Comparing Shared Files.

Joseph Carrier - 7 Nov 2005 10:07 PM - 5 messages

Before my File-Sharing Network on my XP SP2 Home machines miraculously revived, I had done a lot of experimenting. Some of that experimenting seems to have messed up the ability to compare some shared, same-named, ...

Basic query

KiwiBrian - 7 Nov 2005 9:54 PM - 6 messages

If I connect 3 XP SP2 PCs to a ethernet Hub (SOHO-8 brand) and run the Network Setup Wizard on each, giving the correct answers to the Wizard in each case, what IP Addresses will be given to the 2 slaves and where do they ...

http Error 403.2

jmilla via WindowsKB.com - 7 Nov 2005 9:28 PM - 3 messages

when I try to visit a certain website I get the HTTP Error 403.2. I have visited this webpage many times before and had no problems out of it. But for the last two weeks I have been getting this error: ...

Cannot access Files and folders on one pc.

qyte - 7 Nov 2005 9:10 PM - 4 messages

I have a DSL connection that is seen as lan inside the network connections. I connected two computers to each other using a cross wire on ethernet cards. Apparently the one connected to the modem is a ICS Server and the other a client. During the network wizard usage i turned ...

Cannot access the internet

cacho - 7 Nov 2005 8:31 PM - 6 messages

I have a laptop with windows XP home edition that doesn't connect to the internet, the wireless card connect to the wireless network picks up a dhcp address but cannot browse the internet, I cannot ping any address like ...

High CPU usage while copying trough network

Jasper - 7 Nov 2005 7:41 PM - 2 messages

Hello everybody, I have an wired network between 2 pc's. 1 running server2003 and the other one running windows XP. When I'm copying large file's from one computer to the other one (trough 100 mbit lan) the cpu of the windows xp machine (800 ...

Cannot see shared folders or printers on one pc

Derek Richards - 7 Nov 2005 3:55 PM - 2 messages

Hi I have a workgroup of 3 pcs. All can see each other in the workgroup, however the shared folders & printer on one pc cannot be seen from the others. There is no firewall switched on. I have run XP repair, no ...

PC Slow to connect to Network location

Michael Wright - 7 Nov 2005 3:54 PM - 4 messages

I have four computers all connected with a simple network. Each computer is running XP-Home, SP2. I connect to computer A from the three other computers. Something strange is happening. All three other computers will connect to computer A fine, ...

Adding a New PC to an Existing Office Network

labsmom3 - 7 Nov 2005 3:37 PM - 3 messages

I am not real PC literate so please bear with me. We have an existing office network run thru a DSL line modem (ehternet connection). We currently have 6 PC's configured to be tied together in this office network. They are all ...

SUS Problems

PHNX - 7 Nov 2005 3:28 PM - 10 messages

I must have done something wrong. I'm trying to run SUS but it doesn't let me set up clients and I dont know how to fix that. I'm not sure what I did wrong i went over all the steps to set up SUS and i have ...

Virtual Private Network

Izzo - 7 Nov 2005 2:28 PM - 3 messages

I have 2 computers (a desktop and a laptop) connected to a wireless broadband router (Level One WBR-2400TX) via LAN - not WiFi. It says in the manual that 'VPN Pass through Support. PCs with VPN (Virtual Private Networking) software using PPTP, L2TP and IPSec are transparently supported - no ...

XP SP2 drops network connection

Harry658 - 7 Nov 2005 2:03 PM - 5 messages

I am running 30 XP SP2 tablet pc's They are all built from the same image and as thus are identical in all but name. 25 Are running smoothly but 5 keep dropping the network connection and saying you are now working offline. ...

Determine Active Network Interface From Registry

kris_scheyer - 7 Nov 2005 1:22 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I have two network interfaces on a machine and was wondering if it's possible to determine which one is active and which one is not through the registry. I know that the network interfaces are all under /LM/SYSTEM/CurrentControlset/Services/tcpip/parameters/interfaces/xxxxxxx ...

SImple networking with 2 XP PCs and router

Robaxeman - 7 Nov 2005 1:10 PM - 9 messages

Hi, This issue appears a lot in forums but I never seem to find the answer! I have 2 PCs running XP, connected to Belkin 4 port router, whcih in turn connects to cable modem for broadband internet. Both PCs can access the ...

Problem Accessing Shared Folder On Win 98 Box From Win XP Machine

Dell Boy - 7 Nov 2005 11:06 AM - 6 messages

I'm an IT technician at a centre for the disabled where most of our machines are Win 98SE. We run a simple peer-to-peer network and one of the Win 98SE machines acts as our file server (it has a shared folder on it). I've just ...

Reading wireless channel

Mal Osborne - 7 Nov 2005 5:23 AM - 2 messages

Stupid question, using XP-SP2 without any third part utilities, how do you tell what channel wireless bases are transmitting on? Often when setting up a new base there are several in the area already, it would be good if I ...

What application is using my network

JimS - 7 Nov 2005 1:34 AM - 5 messages

On all of my computers, I'm seeing network activity on my net adapter (flashing light) coordinated with disk activity, but not applications are running. Now, I am running msn messenger, but not signed in. And of course, dozens of processes of myriad names. ...

problem with connection to router

LyndoninLondon - 7 Nov 2005 12:23 AM - 4 messages

I just had to reinstall windows after formatting myhard drive, however now I cant access t'internet, or the routers setup page (192.168.2.1 eventhough I can ping it and Ping webpages ihave tried everything i Can thinK ofincluding ...

Can't access shared folders

diddy_david - 7 Nov 2005 12:06 AM - 4 messages

I have 1 windows xp PC connected to a Windows xp Laptop via a netgear adsl router with dhcp. both systems can ping the router and the laptop can ping the pc but the pc cannot ping the laptop. Neither can see each other in my ...

networking xp and 98

RipperT - 6 Nov 2005 10:39 PM - 7 messages

I am attempting to add a Windows 98 (not SE) machine to an existing network of two xp machines with a DLink DWL-520 wireless card thru a Belkin G router. I should mention that I've had a 98 machine (not sure if it was SE) ...

Dell 1350 WLAN will not connect to Hawking HWR54G

Tony - 6 Nov 2005 8:28 PM - 3 messages

I have recently set up a 802.11g network in my home using the HWR54G wireless router. Everything at home works great, using Hawking's wireless adapters in my home PCs. I occasionally bring my laptop from work to my ...

1394 Connection not needed?

T. Duprex - 6 Nov 2005 5:27 PM - 2 messages

I am running on WindowsXP Pro. Not experiencing any problem. I am seeing an icon for a 1394 Connection in my quick launch area (where the clock resides). I started looking into this and have a few questions. ...

Blocking programs with Windows Firewall (my pesky problem)

DestroyerLXXVII - 6 Nov 2005 5:11 PM - 5 messages

Hello, I'm rather new to this google groups windows topics whatever. But I was wondering if the firewall could block a program (what it's supposed to do anyway) that's been annoying me. Anyhow this program keeps on putting web pages in my browser ...

PC on network loses Internet connection

Leef - 6 Nov 2005 5:05 PM - 2 messages

Setup: workgroup (STUDIO) with three pc's wired to a Netgear switch, this switch plugs into a Linksys 54G wireless router for sharing internet connection and for allowing access for the downstairs wireless notebook. The problem I am having is with one (ALF) of the computers (wired to netgear ...

Cannot access workgroup

Are there two ports 1234 (outgoing) and 1234 (incoming) or only one which can be used only exclusive

Can reach the internet, but cannot share.

Internet connection sharing twist

Networking WXP Professional laptop to WXP Home Desktop

Help with shared permissions

networking