Windows Newsgroups: Windows XP Networking

XP Home computer missing from workgroup?

windman - 25 Mar 2006 1:51 PM - 2 messages

Help! I have 2 PCs (XP Home, SP2), 1 Mac (OSX 10.4.5), and a 5100 ReplayTV box on my home network (Linksys BEFW11S4 router). The only computer that can be seen on all other computers is on of the PCs ...

XP and XP Pro networking problem

george154302 - 24 Mar 2006 3:19 PM - 3 messages

We have 4 computers at my business. 2 runing windows98se 1xp 1xppro all on a network. The xppro was orig upgraded from 95-98se-2000pro to xppro. all of the units are talking to each other except the xp to xppro. The xppro has all ...

Web Posting Wizard

PaulMingard - 24 Mar 2006 12:51 PM - 3 messages

I have a website created in Publisher. Publisher suggests using the Web Publishing Wizard in Internet Explorer. This has now been incorporated in XP, but does not work the same way. It only seems to allow hosting by MSN ...

Windows XP pro ADSL problem

Andrew Kocsis - 24 Mar 2006 8:54 AM - 2 messages

I'm trying to connect my PC to INTERNET via ADSL modem. I have an SMC and a Realtek Ethernet card. I can make the connection, XP recognizes my network adapter. I've just established the PPPoE connection with my user account and ...

Wireless Networking

yit4s - 24 Mar 2006 7:55 AM - 2 messages

I have a ADSL 4-port network wireless router. I got 3 desktops hook up to the router, an internet connection and a laptop. The desktops are sharing files but not the laptop. The laptop only connects to the internet via wireless. ...

Com Port and Cellphones...

trevor - 23 Mar 2006 11:14 PM - 3 messages

Anybody have any tips on getting XP to recognize my phone when I connect it to my USB cabble? The only way I'm sucessful right now is to restart my PC. I have a Sony Ericisson phone, using software that I downloaded from their site. ...

NNTP service

rabidfoxcontrol@hotmail.com - 23 Mar 2006 7:31 PM - 6 messages

I am running Windows XP Pro with SP2 and have added IIS 5.1 so I can develop a personal web site on my hoome computer. I especially want to develop a form where users can click on an option as well as submit text data. I know I can ...

Help requested

JaimeZX - 23 Mar 2006 5:09 PM - 4 messages

Two XP Pro SP2 machines connected via LinkSys hub (just a hub, not switch or router) * SP2 firewall disabled * Computer Browser service running on only one machine (laptop1) * Workstation service running on both machines * Different computer names * Same Workgroup name ...

Home Networking

Robby - 23 Mar 2006 4:20 PM - 2 messages

I can use the internet from each comp, on the network, but can't talk between any of the computers ...

configuring the shared internet connection to others on my lan

Lulu916 - 23 Mar 2006 2:50 PM - 3 messages

Hi, Would anyone have the knowledge or information on how I can configure the Shared Internet Connection on my computer to allow other computers on my LAN to have access to e-mail (Outlook), for example, without them having Internet ...

default VPN routing help needed

Matthew Speed - 23 Mar 2006 2:16 PM - 2 messages

I have a Windows 2003 RRAS server set up behind a LinkSys ADSL router. When I connect to the server remotely from my XP system the default route on my machine gets set to the IP address of the VPN connection. As a result, all ...

sync files laptop to desktop

Lilybitt1 - 23 Mar 2006 1:44 PM - 2 messages

Have problem that I haven't run into before. Have files that were worked on the laptop out of the office. Plugged the laptop into the network when got back put the files in my network drive but now they don't show up on the ...

Network Logon Failure

Farhad - 23 Mar 2006 10:42 AM - 5 messages

I have 2 desktop computers running on Win XP Professional and have connected them using a network cable. I have run Network Setup Wizard. Everything is fine except that one of the 2 cannot access files of the other. On trying to open the other computer from my workgroop I get the ...

Problem with XP Pro Networking and ADSL connection sharing

Andrew Kocsis - 23 Mar 2006 10:01 AM - 2 messages

Hi All! I have a serious problem with my Internet connection at home. Help me please! I have a D-Link ADSL modem and an STLab 4 ports ROUTER and two computers with INTEL100 and SMC Ethernet cards. I have a wired network with cables. ...

Networking between home and office

Goyan - 23 Mar 2006 9:52 AM - 2 messages

Hi all, I am running an XP Pro SP2 machine at work (hostname: GOYANWORK). It is on the work domain (e.g.: WORK say) and I am not an admin on that domain. Therefore I have two logins: (1) WORK\goyan, which is just a ...

Yahoo email problem

Tom Brown - 23 Mar 2006 3:59 AM - 3 messages

I know it is strange to be posting on this forum, but since it references IP numbers, I thought maybe someone would be able to help me get it straigtened out. I am having trouble sending emails from Yahoo email to any address ...

Can't ping to computers outside of my netork

element4lifex8@yahoo.com - 23 Mar 2006 3:01 AM - 7 messages

I have a wireless network at home, and i can ping back and forth between the two computers but it says request timed out when i try to ping a computer outside of my home network. What is wrong, and how can i fix this, because i ...

2 seperate networks on 1 computer

Christian - 23 Mar 2006 1:10 AM - 6 messages

I am looking to run a computer that is connected to 2 different networks. One network card will recieved data from the outside world. the second network card will will be apart of the local network. I do not want to bridge the connection or use a router. the point is that ...

No Network Path Provided

SteveS - 23 Mar 2006 12:19 AM - 5 messages

I have a Windows XP (home edition & Pro edtion, both have Service Pack 2, on a workgroup - every computer is on the same subnet) machines on my network. They are the only two computers that cannot browser to other computer shares ...

home network problem

erichard777 - 22 Mar 2006 11:24 PM - 3 messages

We have several computers networked to this one. This one has Windows XP home edition SP2, and a satellite internet connection that the other computers use. I have had this network working for years like this in the ...

Using an XP Pro box as a Workgroup Server on a peer-to-peer LAN

Marianne B. - 22 Mar 2006 10:57 PM - 4 messages

Hi, We have 4 desktops, (1 XP Pro, 3 XP Home) in a workgroup on a peer-to-peer LAN that also has other workgroups on it. We want to prevent users other than the 4 in our workgroup from accessing our shared ...

Adding user accounts for file sharing purposes

Marianne B. - 22 Mar 2006 10:56 PM - 4 messages

Please correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that, with simple file sharing disabled in XP Pro, it is necessary to add users with the same usernames and passwords as the users that will be accessing files over the LAN, to the computer ...

XP Pro Networking ISSUE

Chris O - 22 Mar 2006 9:16 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I have a strange issue that I cant seem to find a resolution to. I have server and three clients (3 XP PRO/SP2 and 1 XP Media Ctr) using a DSL router/wireless AP. The Server is wired to the router using DHCP and the ...

Wired ethernet VERY slow off domain

Gaber77 - 22 Mar 2006 8:20 PM - 6 messages

Hello! Recently I had to rebuild my laptop from scratch. I used a fresh install of Windows XP SP2. I have reinstalled everything and things at work are running very well. However, when I take my laptop home I have severely ...

Wireless x64

Jim Dalton - 22 Mar 2006 8:08 PM - 3 messages

I have contacted all the major wireless pci card manufacturers, and none of them have drivers for Windows xp pro x64. is there a work around or untested software available? ...

Home Network Problem

Joe - 22 Mar 2006 7:07 PM - 2 messages

I'm having a problem adding a wireless router to a wired network (1 new pc). I had a 3com officeconnect switch (10/100) with shared DLS but each PC "dialed" in individually (1-XP Pro,1- XP home & 1-Win 2000). I had disabled ...

WebDAV and Windows XP

dodgetigger - 22 Mar 2006 6:53 PM - 8 messages

Using WebDAV (or Web Folders) on Windows XP with an Windows Server on the other side is really terribly slow. In fact, I see it as unusable. I tried with different client computers, Windows XP Home, Professional and different servers (Windows 2000 Server, 2003 Server). ...

Web page viewing

kevin - 22 Mar 2006 6:21 PM - 7 messages

Hi there When looking at web pages and scrolling over the page , an outlined box appears on some parts of the page and it highlights in a box 'CLICK OR PRESS SPACEBAR TO ACTIVATE & USE THIS CONTROL' Please can anyone help me to solve this problem ...

Wireless Networks

Brad Brening - 22 Mar 2006 5:57 PM - 5 messages

On my home wireless connection, I have a fixed IP address. However, when I roam and want to connect to another network, it (obviously) requires another IP address - usually one provided via DHCP. As I've said, my home connection (which I am on the most) is already ...

Network Neighborhood Password Cache

Moshin - 22 Mar 2006 4:50 PM - 3 messages

I am working on this xp workstation image. I need to access a resource on the domain, and I inadvertently check the remember my password box. Is there any way to clear the password out of the cache? I would hope that I do not ...

Internet ok, but can't network two computers

Lzollner - 22 Mar 2006 4:15 PM - 8 messages

I should start by saying I'm not very knowledgeable about this stuff. My husband and I have a wireless router and we have always had our two computers networked so we could both print from the printer that is hooked to a ...

XP SP1 / SP2 Workgroup Problems

Keson - 22 Mar 2006 3:11 PM - 6 messages

Hello, I have been looking around forums and have found similar but no definitive solutions to my following problem: I have a 3 machine wireless workgroup at home connected by a 3com wireless router, all do not use windows to configure the network and have no personal ...

Changing your workgroup withing Windows XP

mrz3r0 - 22 Mar 2006 1:42 PM - 2 messages

I have been trying for days now to located where in the registry of Windows XP (and in win2k) where the workgroup assignment is located. MSDN, Google, and now these newsgroups have turned up nothing. Perhaps there is a way to do so? We have 700 machines on this network and ...

WAN Miniports and drivers missing

georgesmailuk - 22 Mar 2006 12:24 PM - 3 messages

I am trying to fix my father's computer, but seems that although the network is there, it cannot send/receive data. It is running XP Pro On going to Device manager, Vew, Show hidden devices WAN Miniport (IP) is missing ...

Can't ping internet but have network

Tom - 22 Mar 2006 10:57 AM - 2 messages

Hi all Using XpHome on 3 pc's and a netgear router/modem/hud. All pc's talk to each other, however on 2 of the pc's from a command prompt I am unable to ping any internet sites e.g. Ping counld not find host ...

A question with two computers share files throug line

Chris Ge - 22 Mar 2006 8:47 AM - 3 messages

There are two computers with windows xp os,I use a line(568a&568a) to connect them direct. One is in a workgroup(home pc),another is in a domain(company pc),but I login to this comput with this computer's admin account,not in a ...

How to set up a wireless/wired home network for

JasonScott - 22 Mar 2006 2:39 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I have two pcs on a home network sharing a dsl internet connection - one is cabled into my Netgear wireless router and the other one is wireless... I want to add a third desktop which already has an ethernet card. Now, the pc ...

JAVA based IE 7 window automatically closes

murtaza - 21 Mar 2006 11:19 PM - 3 messages

hi i've upgraded to xp pro to IE7 beta i've multiple users on this PC if i login via administrator and try to [link], the traverse window opens in a sepeerate java based winodw asking to login and ...

Please Help! uninstall Cisco VPN client

roy_liao2001 - 21 Mar 2006 10:08 PM - 2 messages

My Cisco VPN client doesn't work now, I tried uninstall and reinstall several times, but failed. I tried Windows Installer Cleanup Utility once to clean up, and when I reinstalled again, it stuck in an infinite loop. I am using Windows XP 2002, with SP2. I set Windows firewall to Off, ...

have Ping but no network

mikebo - 21 Mar 2006 9:46 PM - 3 messages

I am trying to set up a small network (4 PCs: 1 ME, 3 XP). They are connected through a wireless router, i.e., the 3 XP PCs have wireless, the ME PC is connected through Ethernet. They are alls et up for DHCP with the router ...

ping does not work but net view \\computername does

pantherz - 21 Mar 2006 9:28 PM - 2 messages

I am having trouble with my home network using XP Home. When I ping my own IP address I get a time out, but when I use net view is is successful. The help file tells me that "If the net view command succeeds then the ...

lost external USB hard drive on peer to peer network

vern - 21 Mar 2006 9:08 PM - 10 messages

I have 3 up to date WinXP computers on a peer to peer network off a router and everything was working fine (one folder plus one USB external drive on one of the computers was being shared), then one day I could no longer access ...

home network via router

Kmon - 21 Mar 2006 7:58 PM - 4 messages

I recently bought 2 new Dell computers with WinXP Media Center addition. I have a cable modem and use a Linksys BEFSR41 V.2 router. I can connect to the internet via the router on both computers, but haven't been able to set ...

Computer freezes with Cisco VPN client

Hubert - 21 Mar 2006 7:55 PM - 3 messages

New Windows XP computer (Pentium 4) connected to ADSL can make connection through Cisco VPN client. After a few minutes, however, computer freezes completely. Only hard reset can make computer to get going again. This has happened with different versions of the Cisco client. Turning off firewall ...

FireFox and IE hoging up all my RAM memory

Hoodcom - 21 Mar 2006 6:42 PM - 3 messages

First I like to ask is why wont IE's popup blocker turn off. And my main question is, why is FireFox taking up 80MB of my system memory and IE taking up around 40MB of my system memory, this is not normal, is ...

Network setup wizard won't start

Gerry - 21 Mar 2006 6:40 PM - 2 messages

Is there any way to network two computers without using the setup wizard on XP? I have two computers that are networked through a router and sharing an internet connection but I can't set them up to see each other because for ...

Sharing Folders etc

TerryA - 21 Mar 2006 3:33 PM - 12 messages

Making progress with my network which is connecting my laptop and desktop via a crossed RJ45 cable, both using Windows XP. The host is the laptop which is connected to the internet. From my desktop I can see all the folders marked for sharing but from the ...

How to set up a remote network

acrs - 21 Mar 2006 2:55 PM - 4 messages

Over the weekend I was asked if I could set up a network for a relative in their office. The office network set up I am fine with, however they also want to be able to access the network remotely. ...

how to setup permissions for different pcs on my network

Fei - 21 Mar 2006 8:49 AM - 3 messages

I have 4 pc's connected to internet through same ADSL Router (which has adsl modem built-in and 4 ports). I want to share some folders only between pc A and pc B. e.g. I share a folder on pc B, I want only pc A has access to it, ...

Problems with shared dir-sharing perms for everyone but need pass

catchy - 21 Mar 2006 6:28 AM - 2 messages

I've got machine running Windows XP SP2 with latest updates hosting several directories which are shared. Some of them have 'read' sharing permission for everyone (filesystem permisssion is identical with sharing permissions). Some of them have read sharing permission for local user (local user is on ...

aquiring IP address

Yas - 21 Mar 2006 6:26 AM - 4 messages

I had a two computer network at home a laptop and a desktop and it was working and still working perfect.coupl days ago i perchased a new desktopand tried to connect it to host instead of the laptop but everytime i do i get ...

Two Broadband Connections

ghosta@tasmail.com - 21 Mar 2006 3:40 AM - 8 messages

I have two broadband connections to my home computer network- 1) ASDL connection through phone line 2) Radio broadband through dish on roof. Both connect directly to ethernet cards, I dont have a router. My other home computer is connected via a crossover cable/ onboard ethernet ...

Home network problem

Mike - 21 Mar 2006 1:05 AM - 8 messages

I have been trying for several days to set up my home network for sharing files, reading various suggestions on this site and Chuck's webpages. I have a pc wired to a belkin router and a laptop connected wirelessly to the ...

best way to do this...

ari - 21 Mar 2006 12:36 AM - 4 messages

hey all, what do i need to configure to be able to remote desktop into my pc at home from the internet? thanks, ari ...

change dhcp client servive timeout

Fabrizio - 20 Mar 2006 11:57 PM - 8 messages

Hi, is there a way to chenge the time that dhcp client lokk for a dhcp server. I read on many other forums that this parameter is not settable in the windows operating system enviroment. Is it true ? thanks Coraiola Fabrizio ...

Sharing Drives on Computers with Different Operating Systems

famcodenver - 20 Mar 2006 11:20 PM - 2 messages

I have just purchased a Dell Inspiron Notebook that has XPHome as the OS. My desktop has Windows 2000 Pro as the OS. I have set both computers up in a "Workgroup" named MS Home. I'm unable to map the ...

How to network printer

John - 20 Mar 2006 10:56 PM - 4 messages

Hi. I have WinXP SP2 and cannot share a printer connected thru lpt1 on my computer. I selected the printer properties, sharing tab, share this printer. I do not have a security tab which I do not know why. I am trying ...

File Sharing solution for XP sp2

A1videonut - 20 Mar 2006 9:03 PM - 3 messages

Ok, this is kind of a cross post but this will solve a lot of the similar problems I've been reading about on this thread. Sometimes Microsoft makes thing too complex. Go to the following web location then read the section ...

Can't see SharedDocs

Peter Aitken - 20 Mar 2006 6:55 PM - 3 messages

I have a 3 computer network and per recommendations have limited sharing to the SharedDocs folder on each. All of a sudden the SharedDocs folder on one computer is not accessible from the other two. I cannot figure out how to ...

network device not in IPCONFIG

hsdirt - 20 Mar 2006 6:51 PM - 3 messages

I installed a wireless PC card in my laptop. I installed the drivers fine and shows up in device manager with no issues. However it does not get detected in IPCONFIG /ALL and therefore does not authenticate me to retrieve an IP. I ...

DHCP client failing on Windows XP

WTM2002 - 20 Mar 2006 6:45 PM - 2 messages

I'm trying to enable DHCP on a Windows XP client that was previously setup with a static IP address. The system requires a reboot whenever the IP address is changed or set to DHCP (like NT4), and upon rebooting does not ...

# of devices connecting to wireless router

Elizabeth Stuart - 20 Mar 2006 5:04 PM - 4 messages

Can a 4-port wireless Linksys router accommodate more than four devices if some are wireless? I.e., does each device, whether wireless or hard-wired, take up a port? ...

Library Software Hunt

Will Repair - 20 Mar 2006 3:43 PM - 6 messages

I am putting together a CD of freeware for library computer users. For instance, downloading large files are impossible on a library computer because of the one hour use limit and IE's not resuming downloads. So I use Win32Get.Exe and a CD-RW. However even that has ...

Network via crossed RJ45 cable

TerryA - 20 Mar 2006 3:06 PM - 2 messages

I have connected my laptop and desktop via the above cable and can ping both computers. However, when I set up a network using the Network Setup Wizard, the options given for connection do not include an ethernet port nor ...

Ink

mshawjr - 20 Mar 2006 12:28 PM - 2 messages

Sorry guys. The spam stuff was not my intent. I do oppoligies and won't happen again. I have never been on newsgroups before and not sure how to work them. I hope you guys can forgive a bad choice. Murphey ...

How to map drives to dynamic ip addresses

Mark - 20 Mar 2006 6:56 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I am in a university department, and we want to map some network drives across the local departmental network. I have done this by identifying the computers whose drives are to be mapped via ip addresses. The problem is that the department has run out of fixed ip addresses, so ...

ipconfig /renew

Hans L - 20 Mar 2006 6:42 AM - 10 messages

I have problems with Firefox 1.5.1 in that in about 25 % of all cases, when I try to connnect to a web page, I get the following error message: "Server not found ..." When I click the button Try Again, Firefox connects to the website in ...

internet connection sharing of a dialup

bugman771977 - 20 Mar 2006 1:31 AM - 4 messages

I am trying to set up a network in the home. I have successfully created the link between the two pcs using a wireless system (pc cards and router). My problem is establishing the internet connection for a dialup. We have a free ...

No Adminstrative Rights

Warrior - CILO - 20 Mar 2006 1:31 AM - 3 messages

How can I overcome the obstacle of not having admin rights to install or download on a "Work" PC? Recently assigned a new PC, however, I can not reload my personal programs I'd previously used in order to complete my ...

XP Home connecting to shares on 2k Pro

Christopher Isherwood - 20 Mar 2006 12:49 AM - 2 messages

When I move in the next month, I will be an old computer running 2000 Professional as a mini file server for my home network of 2-3 XP Home and Professional machines. To protect certain documents and such, I want to set file sharing ...

Multi-Computer accounts

Andrew - 19 Mar 2006 10:27 PM - 2 messages

Is there any way to have one account accessable from multiple computers running XP? If so what are the steps for making an account accessable from both computers? ...

XP Pro Can't see Computer Tab to change domain

bobefax - 19 Mar 2006 9:00 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I am looking at a toshiba A40 with XP Pro SP2 all up to date, I need to change the domain it is currently using to a new domain. The Laptop logs onto and works perfectly with its current domain abc1 ...

Automatically Connecting to WPA Protected Wireless Network

Christopher Isherwood - 19 Mar 2006 6:36 PM - 5 messages

In my current house, I have an 10/100 T-Base Ethernet network of 2 computers. Within the next month, I will be moving to a new house. Because the new house has 3 floors, I will be instituting a wireless network w/ WPA security ...

Removable harddrive accessing problem.

Barynm - 19 Mar 2006 4:56 PM - 3 messages

I took out my old harddrive from my old computer and installed it as a removable one on my new comp. When I open the drive some of the folders tell me that the folder is not accessible "access is denied". Is this because I ...

XP Home Edition Firewall blocking Local Connection

Moax - 19 Mar 2006 3:36 PM - 2 messages

I have been pulling my hair out for three weeks trying to fix this problem. I had my home network up and operational. Simple file and print sharing. Somewhere along the line i must have downloaded an update that has made it ...

solved: " tesco internet security " crashed Windows 2000

q_q_anonymous@yahoo.co.uk - 19 Mar 2006 1:39 PM - 4 messages

I saw a w2k comp appeared to be running fine(don't know if it woul have restarted ok) It had tesco internet security installed (some mumbo jumbo all in one anti-virus and other things thing). I then installed AVG, then BAM comp restarted without asking ,and from ...

A second subnet

jeffuk123 - 19 Mar 2006 1:03 PM - 9 messages

Hi I have to setup a new mobile classroom for users with laptops, who only need access to the Internet. The current setup of this company I believe is as follows:- They are running Windows Server 2003 with 11 wireless PCs. They have a ...

Bandwidth priority

nickdevx - 19 Mar 2006 7:18 AM - 3 messages

Hi any software out there for application based bandwidth "allocation", ie. bandwidth for lower priority apps will be throttled automatically whenever higher priority apps requires bandwidth? ...

Web Cam Quit Working!

Teresa - 19 Mar 2006 1:06 AM - 2 messages

I'm running Xp Web cam work last week..Won't work now...I all restalled my cam It still doen't work..Someone please help ...