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Score Irritating error message
Menno Hershberger - 29 Jul 2006 11:23 PM - 2 messages
[link] I usually run this computer at a fixed IP on my home network. However once in a while I like to bypass my router and change my TCP/IP properties to "Obtain an IP address automatically." ...
Score Networking options using satellite system for my ISPI have been using
Loring Hutchinson - 29 Jul 2006 10:58 PM - 2 messages
I have been using earthlink satellite system for my ISP.( I live in the country where the phone lines are not reliable) My satellite system uses 2 modems, 1 for transmit and one for receive. I use network cards and network software for connecting our 2 computers (we ...
Score netdiag /test:winsock says I have win2k!
JClark - 29 Jul 2006 10:17 PM - 5 messages
Hello Group: I have been trying to troubleshoot a problem with networking two Windows XP Pro/SP2 computers, connected through a linksys router. The problem:  Shared files on computer A  are not seen by computer B, whereas computer A can see shared files on computer B. ...
Score networking and sharing files between computers
Vickie - 29 Jul 2006 7:49 PM - 5 messages
I have a desktop running XP and a laptop running xp and have a lnksys router so i can connect to the internet my question is this how do I share files and such form both computers? Thanks in advance ...
Score IE 6
southern_clansman - 29 Jul 2006 5:49 PM - 2 messages
this is probably so basic but i cannot find any help on it. how do i get IE 6 to open a new window for each web page that i browse or can it not be done? I want to compare notes from different sites. ...
Score Strange Network Problem
Dave A - 29 Jul 2006 12:50 PM - 10 messages
In my home network (wired) I have 2 computers that get limited or no connectivity.  If I plug in my laptop, everything is fine with the connection.  If I move the computers from the 2 rooms to another room, they ...
Score dialup connection constantly pops up while using broadband connection
Alan - 29 Jul 2006 12:08 PM - 4 messages
I connect to the internet by broadband most of the time, but also have to keep a couple of dialup accounts for maintaining a couple of websites. Whilst using the net in general, via broadband, the network connection dialog box frequently pops up half-way through loading a web page. It ...
Score Can i make things better
marianna.stewart - 29 Jul 2006 6:06 AM - 2 messages
Ok last year my family decided to get wireless internet at the time we had 2 destop computers witch was great execpt when the phone rang for some reason and then my dad bought one of the new dells and made that ...
Score My Network places has gone
B.W. - 29 Jul 2006 4:33 AM - 2 messages
I have a desktop and laptop on a desk next to it connected by an Ethernet cable.  All has been working well for some time but now suddenly I cannot see My Network Places in Start.  On the laptop all seems O.K. ...
Score Unknown Internet Connection Sharing Device
drw170 - 29 Jul 2006 3:11 AM - 2 messages
I have a Sony laptop that has been working great from many months. After I ran the network setup wizard, I have a strange problem.  My wireless connection connects as normal but I cannot connect to any network resources or the internet.  When I look at my network ...
Score Scanners
Andrew - 29 Jul 2006 12:53 AM - 3 messages
I was just wondering if one could use remote desktop connection to use a scanner on a pc on a home network and if so how do you set that up effectively so each computer using remote desktop can access it? ...
Score Port Busy Problems
Tessiree - 28 Jul 2006 11:50 PM - 2 messages
Hello I am stuck in the middle of nowhere for about 6 more months and there is no high speed internet available.  So I am stuck using an old computer and good ole dialup.  But I've got a problem.  I have been having trouble with a new ...
Score perpetual pings
yawnmoth - 28 Jul 2006 7:30 PM - 2 messages
I'll occasionally lose my internet connection and when that happens, I ping, periodically, google.com, to see if it's back up.  Instead of having to redo it by hand every 30 seconds or so, though, it'd be ...
Score internet connection problems
zholo - 28 Jul 2006 7:16 PM - 4 messages
hello, 1. last week I lost my connection at my home computer, can't use i-explorer, outlook express and my av program won't update (trend micro) yet an old file-sharing program is working. 2. yesterday same thing happened at work on a different computer. No ...
Score can't access network places folders...
shiki - 28 Jul 2006 5:46 PM - 2 messages
....I have 1 computer and i was able to access my network places folders until a couple of days ago. Now it says that the folder name is invalid and won't let me in. The couple of times that it accepted the folder name, it asked for ...
Score Sharing my scanner
Andrew - 28 Jul 2006 4:34 PM - 2 messages
Hello, I just installed the Netgear WPN824 wireless router to my network and have two cable attached PC'S and my wireless laptop running through it and everything seems to be fine.  The problem is on my main PC the wired one which I signed up to my provider ...
Score New computer on LAN only stays visible for a short time.
BudKTorMaxx - 28 Jul 2006 2:27 PM - 3 messages
We have added a 6th computer to our office Workgroup LAN. All units are running Windows XP Professional (SP1, except the 6th which has SP2). The original 5 units operate normally on the network. The newest unit only stays visible in View Workgroup Computers (or to the "net view" command) for a ...
Score computer not browsable in workgroup... any help out there
aken - 28 Jul 2006 12:54 PM - 6 messages
hi,    i have this one computer in my workgroup which dosent seem to be browsable via network. when clicked on the computer icon in network neigh'd, it displays this message: \\computername is not accessible. you might not have permission to use this ...
Score net gear
George - 28 Jul 2006 12:40 PM - 2 messages
how can i test a router to see if it is still working after a storm? testing the modem was easy hooked up a modem that i knew worked and sure enough the modem was bad replaced that and got on line. ...
Score internet connection sharing on XP family
paulzuliani - 28 Jul 2006 9:40 AM - 4 messages
Hello i'm trying to share my internet connection on home PCs with XP home editions. when i go on to the connection properties on the advanced tab, where i normally (like on a xp pro) would see the internet connection sharing ...
Score delete a network
tony - 28 Jul 2006 4:41 AM - 2 messages
how do i go about deleting a network from my computers running xp pro i want to delete the network and star again with diferent shared programs and devices ...
Score Pnly some computers can see each other; all can connect to interne
pulykamell - 27 Jul 2006 11:05 PM - 2 messages
Long story short, I have 3 computers hooked up to a wireless router: Computer A: desktop PC running XP Computer B: desktop PC running XP Computer C: MacBook Pro running OS X 10.latest Netgear Wireless Router model WGR614 v6 ...
Score no local area connection icon
lindsey22 - 27 Jul 2006 9:39 PM - 4 messages
hi.  i have a weird issue with one of my pc's.  i am able to work fine - get on the network, get on the internet, etc.  i installed pcanywhere the other day, and to configure it, i have to go into network connections and assign it ...
Score XXXXXXX is not accessible. You might not have permission to use th
Chaz - 27 Jul 2006 8:27 PM - 4 messages
I recieve this when I try to access a certain folder on another networked drive, I can access other folder, but one perticular folder wont allow access. the shared setting are the same as other folders one Desktop and Laptop and network perfectly, the second laptop can access ...
Score winXPproSP2 can't be found on network.
ColoradoAg - 27 Jul 2006 7:28 PM - 2 messages
Functionality: PC1 can access files in the shared folders of both PC2 and PC3 PC2 and PC3 can access files in the shared folders of each other PC2 and PC3 can not find PC1 on the network. I've been having this problem betwen PC1 and PC3 for sometime (even ...
Score Username / Password windows opens when no passwords are set
delta179 - 27 Jul 2006 1:55 PM - 2 messages
I have a small workgroup network that contains 4 computers running Windows XP Pro, Windows 2000, and Windows MCE.  All computer in the existing workgroup can access shared resources on the workgroup and have no local profiles that contain passwords to login.  I have added a new computer to the network, no ...
Score Ethernet (modem/router) + Wireless Connection ??
phil - 27 Jul 2006 11:23 AM - 8 messages
I have an ADSL router/modem that is connected to my PC via the ethernet port. I want to use this to connect to the ethernet. ALSO I have an external hard disk connected to a wireless router. However, using both at the same time...... ...
Score Which firewall ports should be open for accessing a shared printer on another LAN computer?
Peter Eisenman - 27 Jul 2006 9:36 AM - 3 messages
On computer A in an inhouse-LAN I installed successfully a printer. I allowed sharing for this printer. On computer B in the same LAN (Workgroup / NOT Domain) I want to access the printer on the neighbor computer A. Unfortuantely I (resp. others) setup personal firewalls and entered a couple of firewall rules. ...
Score ~Not allowed to see MSHOME~
CmosDriver - 27 Jul 2006 3:36 AM - 2 messages
I'm running an XP PRO that's connected to a 2WIRE home portal via ethernet. I have a Win2k PRO that's connected wirelessly to the same 2WIRE portal. Both have access to the internet and both desktops can ping each other but the XP ...
Score Problems with "My Network Places"
Andrew Virnuls - 26 Jul 2006 10:12 PM - 8 messages
Hello! I'm having problems with My Network Places and have been searching the web for several days to find a solution, but haven't had any joy. When I double-click My Network Places (in Windows XP Professional x64), the ...
Score What needs to be done to let a computer from a domain act as a Server out the web?
mafu0 - 26 Jul 2006 10:05 PM - 8 messages
Hello, It´s kinda a newbie question. My computer is in a domain in my company which communicates to the server with a firewall. Doing some tests with free services in internet, i found the basic opened ports, for example ports 21, 80. But the server is not acting as ...
Score can ping from pc1 to pc2 but not vice versa
gvm999 - 26 Jul 2006 9:20 PM - 4 messages
Hi all, I have 2 pc's, pc1: multiboot suse linux & windows xp pro pc2: windows xp pro these are connected to each other with a router. Both are in the same network and have same subnetmask. ALL firewalls are disabled (maybe there is one blocking the traffic but ...
Score SP2, proxy; largish (>~1-3Meg) download probs; TCP/IP shrinking RCV window
Ms. Linda A.W. - 26 Jul 2006 5:30 PM - 3 messages
I just got a new computer that came with SP2. This is a technical question that has 1st-3rd level (non-redmond) support baffled. My windows computers are behind a proxy on an unroutable subnet.  My home subnet is in the 192.168.xxx.xxx range.  With SP1 (et al.), I don't have ...
Score Mixing wirless with a wired home network
Andrew - 26 Jul 2006 4:19 PM - 4 messages
Hello, I have had a successful home network connected through a wired hub for sometime.  I just recently purchased a laptop with wireless capability and a wireless hub however I do not yet have the to desktop PC's equiped with ...
Score XP Pro <> XP Home Issues
ronbo613 - 26 Jul 2006 2:12 PM - 7 messages
Hello everyone-I've networked two computers, one XP Home SP2 and one XP Pro SP1 via crossover cable. The hardware is working correctly and the network seems to be working, but I have a "Limited or no connectivity: The connection ...
Score adding password disables network drive
mike - 26 Jul 2006 1:46 PM - 2 messages
when i add a password to the "supervisor" acct it disables the networkd drive. if i remove the password from the acct, then the network drive is accessbile. why does this occur and is there a way to fix it?? ...
Score Simple routing question (?)
heycarnut - 26 Jul 2006 1:39 PM - 5 messages
Sorry if this is a double post - hit return by accident! Based on the suggestions given for a prior post I made re: providing access to a game server from both the LAN and WAN, I setup my game box as follows: ...
Score networking
dazzyb - 26 Jul 2006 1:07 PM - 2 messages
at last i have connected my laptop to desktop, and i can access the internet via the desktop. I  cannot access files on it though!!! it shows up as not authorised. Any ideas anyone? ...
Score Slow opening files across the network
John - 26 Jul 2006 11:40 AM - 2 messages
I am looking at a setup which has 3 pcs running xp home across a network. The network is created via an adsl wired modem/router. 1 of the pcs is used for the general file storage which are accessed from ...
Score Networking domain and non-domain PCs together
Frank - 26 Jul 2006 11:26 AM - 5 messages
Hi, I have a laptop supplied to me by my employer, running XP Pro. This is part of a corporate domain so when I log in I have to specify a domain name. I have my own PC at home running XP Pro which is not part of a domain but a ...
Score xp pro, domain, roaming profile
Leonard - 26 Jul 2006 8:52 AM - 3 messages
i have recently had to reload a xp pro workstation, after the reload was finished, the used logs onto the PC but it does not load their roaming profile thats stored on the server. This user can logonto another machine on the network and the profile loads ok ...
Score Network Bridging 2 Computers
tgrgyXI - 25 Jul 2006 11:37 PM - 2 messages
I have 2 computers in my home in separate rooms that I would like to bridge but do not know how (if it is even possible). They both have Windows XP. Computer A is a desktop and is connected directly to my DSL modem via USB ...
Score XP Pro will not aquire address from DHCP server.
scottdog129 - 25 Jul 2006 9:06 PM - 4 messages
It just sits there trying.  What is wrong? ...
Score Computer Name Problems
Wayne Newcomb - 25 Jul 2006 7:38 PM - 2 messages
I added a computer to the network.  To test it I gave it the name New_Warehouse.  After testing completed I changed the name of the computer to Shipping and reconnected it.  I use a backup server (MIRRA) and when I ...
Score missing support tab in local area connection status window
MarcApril - 25 Jul 2006 4:42 PM - 2 messages
I cannot connect to the internet thru my cable modem. When i check the status window of my local area connection the support tab is missing. Does this mean i have a problem with my nic and if so what do i need to do next. tx,marc ...
Score Networking, but can only access via IP address
oceanclub - 25 Jul 2006 3:29 PM - 4 messages
I have 3 machines running XP Home, which I've networked. They can access each other, but only via IP address, not machine name. Also, this is rather slow. Does anyone know the fix for this, or what I've ...
Score Creating a Newtork - What do I need?
dogman_2000 - 25 Jul 2006 3:14 PM - 2 messages
Hi All My appologies if this question has been asked a 1000 times already. I have 2 Windows XP machines (both high spec desktops) and want to create a network between the 2 of them and I don't want to use wireless ...
Score Ping timed out
prasankapoor - 25 Jul 2006 8:27 AM - 2 messages
Hey guys i am a little new to the windoZE netowrking so had a little prob connecting 2 PCs to the internet... well the stats are PC 1: WindoZE XP (AMD 3000+ , 512 MB RAM) 2 NIC cards , 1 on board and ...
Score Accessing a printer on PC from laptop through a network
Gail - 25 Jul 2006 7:01 AM - 7 messages
I have a small wireless network running in my home which consists of a PC and a laptop with printers attached to the PC. I would like to see the printers from my laptop so that I don't have to ...
Score Local Network Failure
Droberts34 - 25 Jul 2006 1:29 AM - 2 messages
After receiving a new desktop computer with recent WIN XP installed, it was connected to an existing home network through a wired router.  Initially, the network functioned correctly and three computers could communicate.  The second day after transferring many files, and establishing internet ...
Score MSHome Network and cable?
beamish - 25 Jul 2006 12:14 AM - 2 messages
Hello, Two units with WindowsXP Home SP2 all security updates. 56k modem connection.  Both have NIC's and are connected with a crossover cable. Using MSHome Network, sharing files and printers. Plan on aquiring a cable connection, thru local cable company. ...
Score Forward all traffic from wan to lan?
heycarnut - 24 Jul 2006 11:57 PM - 2 messages
This seems like a simple problem, but I'll be %^%^ if I can figure it out. Here's the scenario: I have a server running on a windows XP box (a game server). The box has 2 NICs, one with a lan address (192.168.0.xxx), the other outside ...
Score VPN Won't Connect - Error 720
Nolan - 24 Jul 2006 10:14 PM - 2 messages
Hello! I'm having trouble connecting to my VPN with one system.  My other systems on the same network connect without any problems to my work VPN, however, one system does not.  It won't connect to ANY VPN. ...
Score How to remove network logon prompt
Dennis - 24 Jul 2006 8:25 PM - 2 messages
I finally (don't know how) got my winXP talk to Win2k via LAN. However now everytime XP is asking me password for administrater when it boots up. I would like to remove this step even if I have to uninstall the network. But I ...
Score Internet access denial
Sandy - 24 Jul 2006 8:02 PM - 2 messages
I was wondering if there are any setting in Windows XP that can be set to only allow one or two web pages to be accessed. ...
Score Can't access websites after logging in..
AndreaSC - 24 Jul 2006 7:51 PM - 2 messages
...such as yahoo email, msn email, ebay, myspace, etc. I am able to access the homepages to these websites okay, but once I enter my user name and password, the page just sits and sits, and after about two minutes I receive an "unable ...
Score Slow network browsing
Techmanblues - 24 Jul 2006 7:38 PM - 2 messages
When I try to navigate to network resources using Network Places, it takes a long time but eventually it does get me to my network shares. However if I know the UNC path and type it in the Run window, the network share opens up ...
Score Screen sharing program
Techmanblues - 24 Jul 2006 7:34 PM - 2 messages
I am looking for a program where through TCP/IP I can share an application window on my PC with another computer in the same or even different subnet. For example, let's say there 2 PCs at work: mine and a co-worker's. At the ...
Score P2p Dummy needs your help
MYOB - 24 Jul 2006 7:01 PM - 3 messages
Greetings, I'm trying to setup a p2p on two of my brother's computers. The last time I did this was on Win95 so it's been 8 years and obviously the process has changed dramatically from 95 to XP. ...
Score Can't Network Two Win XP Home SP2 Laptops
Dell Boy - 24 Jul 2006 6:01 PM - 3 messages
My friend has two Windows XP Home SP2 (plus latest updates) laptops he wants to network via his wired ADSL Router. The first machine has been networked before and has had the Windows Networking Wizard run on it. It has a shared folder which has both the ...
Score workgroup disfunctional
grandfunktraffic - 24 Jul 2006 5:56 PM - 2 messages
I'm configuring a home office in the most basic workgroup/peer to peer configuration.  All computers are XP home.  We recently changed from DSL to cable.  Our DSL was previously set with a complicated Linksys router with a Dell ...
Score Windows-XP Home, ,wireless network
algrossi - 24 Jul 2006 3:20 PM - 13 messages
I hooked up a wireless router/DSL to link my desktop and laptop for file sharing and internet access. Desktop is hard-wired using cat-5 cable and accesses internet OK. Laptop is using wireless card and accesses the internet ...
Score Renoving IPX causes the following issue...
David Howard - 24 Jul 2006 2:37 PM - 4 messages
We have XP Pro, SP1 (we are a corp network that has reasons not to be on XP2). We have removed the IPX protocol from out network adapters, but find upon reboot the PC does not get it's mapped Win2000/2003 server drives. The ...
Score PCs on home LAN can't see each other
dcgboulder - 24 Jul 2006 2:34 PM - 2 messages
I have a home LAN with 3 PCs.  Two of them are running XP Pro, and one is running XP Home Edition.  I ran the network setup wizard on all 3 PCs so I could use File and Printer sharing between them.  I set them all up for the ...
Score intermittent network problems
Del - 24 Jul 2006 2:04 PM - 5 messages
I have a small business network that is driving me nuts!! It contains 1 W2K server, 1 xp platform, and 2 win98 platforms. The problem usually occurs at morning startup. The xp machine can't connect with the server until the ...
Score Network Drives
flux blocker - 24 Jul 2006 1:18 PM - 2 messages
Our network consists of several Windows 2000 SP4 servers and less than 100 Windows XP SP2 clients.  Windows firewall is disabled and no other personal firewall software is being used (network is behind a hardware firewall).  Just about every client PC on the network gets this same annoying balloon at ...
Score Cannot view other computers in the entire network in a domain env
Srikanth - 24 Jul 2006 11:58 AM - 2 messages
We are having Windows 2003 as a domain controller. All Windows XP professional machines are added to the domain. But from the xp machine i can view only certain computers in the entire network, and also from server i can ...
Score BROWSTAT VIEW (Why no IP?)
lurker - 24 Jul 2006 11:34 AM - 2 messages
Just curious... Why no IP address on the only DHCP fetched IP? (Wizard) browstat vw Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{EA051C55-D2F3-4A2F-B263-BB3332A5FAF3} \\queenie 4 entries returned.  4 total. 21 milliseconds \\KING-DADDY NT 05.01 (W,S,PQ,NT,PBR)    king-daddy 192.168.1.51 ...
Score creating Local User Profiles in a domain environment with command
kacper86 - 24 Jul 2006 10:19 AM - 5 messages
hi! does anybody know how to create(with command line or maybe by script) a user (XP Local User Profiles in a domain environment), that will log in for domain (not for the computer)? to be clear, after joining the domain, i'd like to ...
Score parallel network between windows xp and dos
Dante_HiCks - 24 Jul 2006 6:00 AM - 2 messages
I have been trying to setup a parallel network between a Windows XP machine and a computer running DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 and have made absolutly no progress does anyone out there have any idea on how to ...
Score Windows XP VPN client/server problem
z - 24 Jul 2006 4:20 AM - 2 messages
I'm trying to set up a simple VPN connection to another Windows XP Pro PC from my Windows XP Pro, but I'm unable to connect from either computer. I followed the guide at [link] ...
Score MN-700 wireless router disconnecting
Dale - 24 Jul 2006 3:29 AM - 5 messages
I have used a Microsoft MN-700 wireless router for my home network for approximately 1 1/2 yrs without too many issues.  However, this weekend I have had nothing but problems after two changes were made to my ...
Score Replacement Router...Limited or No Connectivity
NM Comeau - 23 Jul 2006 7:31 PM - 5 messages
OK, so I had a Netgear Router WGR614 v4 which fried, so I replaced it with essentially the same router v6.  Setup was a snap, just like last time...except my laptop has exceelent signal strength but limited or no ...
Score Logon problem--missing domain.
kwabena.afrani - 23 Jul 2006 6:16 PM - 3 messages
I have a Dell laptop. Under User Profiles I saw two names, one as guest and the other as, I suppose, the Administrator, all bearing the same name. I might have deleted the guest user  in error. Now  I cannot ...
Score slower connection speed than before
andre - 23 Jul 2006 4:30 PM - 4 messages
my internet (dial-up) connection speed was 52kbps and i was satisfied with it. but then suddenly it drops to 46kbps without any reason i can think of. the speed always stays the same no matter how many times I re-connect... ...
Score Disable/Repair Wireless Network
JohnSk - 23 Jul 2006 3:39 PM - 2 messages
I am no longer able to disable or repair my wireless network from my Wireless Network Connection folder or from my taskbar icon.  Clicking on the "Disable" option produces the following: "It is not possible to disable the connection at this time.  This connection may be using one or more protocols ...
Score cant find the text i updatet om a webpage
find the text i updatet om a webpage - 23 Jul 2006 3:13 AM - 2 messages
cant find the text i updatet om a webpage and don´t want to write it all again, when i did push next to register/save the text, it was gone, where om my pc can i find it please help me.... ...
Score Could SOMEBODY respond to the question I asked over a month ago???
USCCompEng - 23 Jul 2006 1:57 AM - 6 messages
Hi all, I asked this on June 14 and then reposted it a few days later.  I am still waiting for a reponse.  The basic problem is due to some kind of corruption above the IP layer in which even though I have a valid IP address, ...
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