Windows Newsgroups: Windows XP Networking

Sporadic network issue XP Pro

dean - 28 Jan 2006 8:41 PM - 12 messages

I am having some weird network issues and I hope someone knows how to solve this for me. I am running windows XP Pro service pack 1 with all the Microsoft updates applied. My issue is this.. I have been noticing some slow traffic from this computer to a server I have ...

"Finding site:" ???

Joel Lyons - 28 Jan 2006 7:23 PM - 2 messages

When i browse to a web site (mymsn, for example), the status bar in IE says: Finding site: my.msn.com for about 10-15 seconds before finally loading the page. This happens with every domain i browse to. ...

windows xp network with a switch, router and cables .

crack - 28 Jan 2006 9:46 AM - 3 messages

just dont know how to configure settings and not understanding the ICS facility. have two pc's, one of them always get connected to the isp but in case of the other i get a error message, "remote computer not ...

why do i get a gray box when i go to some websites

dan - 28 Jan 2006 6:55 AM - 2 messages

when i go to some websites all i get is a gray box one of the websites is wimp.com ...

http blocked!

msnews.microsoft.com - 28 Jan 2006 6:55 AM - 4 messages

Hi, Guys, I can only surf WWW for a very short time (about 5 mins) after rebooting. and then HTTP will be blocked. However, other TCP services, such as FTP, newsgroup, POP3/STMP, remote desktop, netbois file sharing, will work all ...

Cannot surf internet coming out of standby

Cervino - 28 Jan 2006 4:48 AM - 4 messages

Hi all, I'm running XP Prof XP2 and and a DSL connection that is always hot. I have noticed that when my computer comes out of standby, even though the DSL modem shows all things go with my internet connection and my router indicates ...

One Laptop on Two Workgroups

Dillby - 28 Jan 2006 12:35 AM - 3 messages

My question is can I be on two different workgroups at the same time, example, i have a workgroup name for my home network, my wireless connect to it automatically, then when i go to my mates place my wireless connects ...

dial-up and wireless networking

blackmon - 27 Jan 2006 9:41 PM - 34 messages

I have two computers, a desktop and a new laptop. Both are running Windows XP. We are not able to get a high speed internet connection in my rural area, so I only have dial-up service. I'd like to network these two computers and ...

Could not Flush the DNS resolver cache

Geraldo - 27 Jan 2006 5:47 PM - 4 messages

I bought a new laptop (HP ZD8320us with MCE 2005) and cannot conect internet... IÂ´ve tried to repair the connection without success... the error: "windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following action cannot be ...

XP Peer to Peer Question

Brad - 27 Jan 2006 4:50 PM - 2 messages

In my office we have a Win SBS 2003 server with a domain that all users log into. All user are running Win XP Pro. When travelling, user still log on to their laptops with the sam domain and user info. I need to be able to have ...

Still behind a firewall (home edition sp2)

parker - 27 Jan 2006 4:34 PM - 3 messages

I am having trouble getting my firewall turned off on my windows xp home edition sp2 laptop. I am trying to install a remote desktop server (home edition only includes the client). I have uninstalled my zone alarm and removed any startup files using msconfig from the run menu. I have turned off ...

search engines

doc0875 - 27 Jan 2006 3:43 PM - 2 messages

How do I clear those annoying search engine histories that drop down every time I use a search engine (such as Google)? How do I prevent those from being saved each time? ...

Internet Explorer viewing sent items.

chrisandimaynard - 27 Jan 2006 1:49 PM - 2 messages

How do I recall and review items I've sent by email on internet explorer? ...

Can't network XP and 2000 at home.

JimK - 27 Jan 2006 12:38 PM - 7 messages

I have added an XP SP2 computer to my home network of two 2000 machines. The only way I can browse to the other computers on the newtwork is by using "Search for Computers" and keying in the IP address of the computer I am ...

What can cause ICS to go missing?...

Eggy - 27 Jan 2006 10:49 AM - 5 messages

ICS is mysteriously missing from an XP Home system. Under the 'Advanced' tab of network connection properties (for dial-up link) the middle section of the window, pretaining to ICS, is simply blank -- as if the ICS didn't exist(!). ...

Win XP - Registry and Network connections

Matt - 27 Jan 2006 10:15 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I have Windows XP Professional (SP2) installed on my laptop. Recently I was receiving a lot of blue STOP screens, but these have been fixed by replacing faulty RAM and removing ZoneAlarm firewall (which somehow was corrupt). At the same time when I started receiving the STOP screens, when I'd click ...

Access to ISA proxy from terminal

redtux - 27 Jan 2006 9:46 AM - 3 messages

I am using XP pro sp2 and am connected to an ISA proxy server. I can connect to the internet via either ie or firefox. However I cannot connect via the terminal. I have used the same creddentials in the terminal as to access via browser but I get an access ...

My god! SomeOne killed the chinesehacker-2 Monitor.......a messenger service....

Naeem Qureshi - 27 Jan 2006 7:04 AM - 3 messages

plz let me know how to fix this messenger service which is coming on my screen after every 30 seconds. if u anyone of u have a solution to this thing plz let me know. i'll be grateful to u!! ...

DSL problem with PPPoE

subbu - 27 Jan 2006 7:03 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I am having Ethernet LAN enabled on my PC(Inbuilt Ethernet). DSL Modem is inserted in the PCI slot of the PC. (DSL connection with PPPoE) If i create a PPPoE dialler (PPPoE comes with winxp) and try to dialout ...

Cloning a MAC address

Dr. Georg N.Nyman - 27 Jan 2006 6:26 AM - 2 messages

Hello to everyone, my ISP assigns only fixed addresses and has required that I tell them the MAC address of my LAN adapter. I have two computers which I do not use at the same time but want to have to option to use one at a time. ...

workgroup

plainclothman - 27 Jan 2006 5:59 AM - 5 messages

I want to set up a workgroup. Is there any restriction on the number of pc in workgroup? How many pc can be as a part of it? ...

share Internet Connection with Windows XP

plainclothman - 27 Jan 2006 5:51 AM - 3 messages

I want to set Up Internet Connection Sharing. It is said that I need to designate a Windows XP computer as the host and This computer must have two network adapters, one for your internal network and one for the Internet ...

Iolo's System Mechanic 6 Disables all Windows Folder Sharing!

Nethog - 27 Jan 2006 3:22 AM - 17 messages

Well I am extremely frustrated with the result of running Iolo's System Mechanic 6 demo. At one point I was actually quite impressed and was going to purchase the software until I realized that it prevented all netbios access ...

DNS bug

Chris Popoff - 27 Jan 2006 2:30 AM - 3 messages

Hi I have an interesting problem with one of my office machines. I am not sure how, but I have set up static ip's for all my machines, and I use the server itself as one of my dns entries. ...

building a web site

admin - 27 Jan 2006 1:35 AM - 3 messages

I just got back working on my website. Its taken a long time to finish but I am getting there. I got great web hosting at [link] where I got a free .com name and a good site builder. Im going to keep working on it ill let you all know how im doing. ...

Help with home network

birndorf - 26 Jan 2006 10:55 PM - 14 messages

Hi All, I'm wondering if anyone can help me network my home computers. I've done this in the past, and am pretty tech savvy, but for some reason, I can't get it to work... I installed a new D-Link 524 wireless router. I've got a Dell p4, XP, ...

changing client computer's time on a domain

tim - 26 Jan 2006 10:52 PM - 2 messages

Hope this is the right place to ask this question! What I want to do is change the time on a XP Machine running IIS and SQL to test multiple time based scenarios on a web app, however changing a time on ...

Mapping Extranl drive to network

Martin Racette - 26 Jan 2006 10:14 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I'm trying to map an external drive that is connected to my desktop computer, to my laptop and everytime that I attempt to do so I received the following error message: "Not Enough Server Storage to Process this Command" ...

workgroup and internet

ljuba.v - 26 Jan 2006 9:55 PM - 2 messages

i netwoked 6 computer in Workgroup.All of computers on Win xp Pro.The computers are connected on switch.I puted name of computers on this workgroup,IP addresses.I closed windows firewall. I hava a problem 3 computer don't work because a cable.I will change ...

Can network diconnect privileges be enabled for a limited-user acc

Jimbo - 26 Jan 2006 7:12 PM - 2 messages

I need to be able to disconnect and reconnect from the LAN while logged on with a limited user account. The only alternative is to grant administrative privileges to the account. but this risky when on the internet. As a matter of procedure I only use an administrative login when I have a ...

Max 10 concurrent users

David De Bono - 26 Jan 2006 6:35 PM - 9 messages

Hi, In Windows XP SP2 there is a limit of 10 concurrent users using the same share on a XP machine. How can I go around this ? David ...

Network Neighborhood computer asking for username/password

J. Bryan Wehrenberg - 26 Jan 2006 6:21 PM - 4 messages

One of the machines on my network always asks for a user name/password whenever it is being accessed through network neighborhood by anyone but an administrator. And unless you give an administrators username/password, you cannot open it up to see the shares. The shares are EVERYONE read only ...

networking w two win xp home w/ sp2

jeffchele - 26 Jan 2006 6:00 PM - 4 messages

i am trying to network 2 winxp w/ sp2. using usb direct link cable. run netwrok setup host can see and get files from guest and use internet through ics. guest cannot see host. rerun network wizard several times and twice now ...

HOSTS file problems

Warren - 26 Jan 2006 5:22 PM - 6 messages

Hi all, Got a problem with the HOSTS file on this machine. All web browser and PING requests just seem to be completely ignoring it. I can confirm: - the file is called HOSTS (without an extension located in %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc) ...

Sharing over a network

shaoen01 - 26 Jan 2006 4:21 PM - 5 messages

I have 2 computers(1 labtop and desktop) in a network connected using a router. Both are able to access each other's shared files. My desktop is able to write and read in my labtop's shared folder/files. However, my labtop is ...

How to network xp pro with win me

lynda - 26 Jan 2006 3:49 PM - 3 messages

I have a host pc running xp pro, how do I network a pc running win me as a client to it? so far I have got into a terrible mess with it ...

sharing and security

James - 26 Jan 2006 3:47 PM - 3 messages

I have a network of 2 computers, on of which is a laptop, the other a desktop. I use briefcase to synchronize the laptop to the desktop. I generally use Wordperfect but also use Word. However, any new document ...

Please help with networking for file sharing only.

Michelle T - 26 Jan 2006 3:40 PM - 6 messages

I am trying to connect 2 computers to each other with a hub and ethernet cords. Each PC runs Windows XP and has access on it's own to the internet. I am simply trying to share files without having to email them. ...

Workgroups

Mortgage Warehouse - 26 Jan 2006 3:00 PM - 8 messages

Our company has different workgroups. For example admin/sales/mshome. Up until about an hour ago, I (im in admin group) could view anything in the sales and mshome workgroup. Now I cannot view the sales workgroup and everyone in the admin workgroup is ...

Network Key

ahaldridge - 26 Jan 2006 2:52 PM - 2 messages

I am setting up a laptop that is wireless to be able to access my wireless office internet. When doing so I keep getting asked for the Network Key. How can I find it? ...

usb mass storage disk cannot be accessed

joesan - 26 Jan 2006 1:43 PM - 2 messages

The main PC has an external USB disk (called my pc(J) ) it is not accessible by any of my other 2 PC's even though their main hard disks are talking to each other alright. When I try to access that drive it says: ...

determining blue screen of death message

frey - 26 Jan 2006 11:26 AM - 2 messages

hey there i already sent out one post for a problem i have and this is the second one in the stage. basically, my laptop would restart everytime i tried to connect to dial up dodo internet. a blue screen would flash (apparently ...

sharing my network

playIT@home - 26 Jan 2006 6:31 AM - 6 messages

I have a home network setup behind a netgear router. All machines are running XP Pro (SP2). In addition I have an inside AP (d-link) that my elderly neighbor can see at her location and I want to allow her XP Pro (SP2) ...

firewall blocking computer access

Daniel - 26 Jan 2006 4:43 AM - 3 messages

my windows Xp firewall is blocking me from accessing my computer over LAN i still want the firewall on but how to i enable people to acces my computer? ...

Can't see other computers in workgroup to set permissions...

ryangrasley - 26 Jan 2006 4:24 AM - 6 messages

Well, this is an interesting issue to which I am totally stumped. Here's the setup: I have three PCs in my home, two running XP Pro, one running XP Home. All connect to a router, which connects to a DSL modem. ...

networking 2 pc's w/ router

cableguy - 26 Jan 2006 4:14 AM - 2 messages

I have a home network of two systems w/ win xp home. Accessing internet through a D-Link DI-604 router. I have no problem connecting to the internet or loss of speed, but when I tried to setup a home network in order to share ...

One computer XP Professional the Other XP Media

networkmama - 26 Jan 2006 3:50 AM - 3 messages

We have two computers on a network. Currently both computers run XP Professional as the OS. However, we just purchased a new computer that runs XP Media OS. Will I still be able to share documents between these computers ...

Do web services run in standby or hibernate mode?

Mateusz Rajca - 26 Jan 2006 3:30 AM - 3 messages

Do they? Thanks! Mateusz ...

Network path.

Lee Moeller - 26 Jan 2006 3:26 AM - 3 messages

My desktop and laptop are networked via direct cable connection. In trhe past have had access to the network. have reinstalled connections on both computers and both show connected. The desktop won't display the workgroup, and when trying access the workgroup get the message."Not ...

VPN error: 651

xfile - 26 Jan 2006 2:59 AM - 5 messages

Hi, Trying to establish VPN connection between two XP Pro systems but always got the following error message: Error 651: The modem (or other connection device) has reported a problem. Searching the net and MS KB did not help much as seems most people got this ...

A user that only has access to shared network folders

billypurdue - 26 Jan 2006 12:26 AM - 4 messages

I am wanting to create a user for my XP Professional machine that will only be able to select network folders. By this I mean that I am able to setup users, yes, but each of those users is able to sit down at my ...

Upgrading NT to 2003 How will XP clients react?

Barney Evans - 25 Jan 2006 11:50 PM - 2 messages

I am upgrading my NT domain PDC to a 2003 AD Domain Controller. Current domain name is "irvine" and will become "irvine.local" for 2003 AD. How will my current XP clients react? Will they automatically update to the new domain name, or will I have to remove and rejoin each machine? I assume ...

network set-up

Tony - 25 Jan 2006 10:01 PM - 3 messages

Let me start by saying I am a networking "noob". I have two computers running xp pro. One is connected to a dsl gateway via ethernet. The other is connected to same gateway via wireless. Both computers connect to the ...

Opening file from Xserve extremely slow with XP Pro

ddirks - 25 Jan 2006 8:16 PM - 2 messages

I have a user that is experiencing a very slow opening when he double clicks on a file. This file is stored on an OS 10.4.3 Xserve. The client computer is running XP Pro SP1. Do you think upgrading to SP2 ...

2 networks using 1 nic

Ian - 25 Jan 2006 8:04 PM - 3 messages

Is it possible to have 2 networks in the same location using 1 nic xp pro sp2 with static ip, subnet, dns and gateway? Network 1 ip 10.10.10.100 ...

How to close LAN session and login as another credentials

Adil Akram - 25 Jan 2006 5:39 PM - 4 messages

I didn't find any solution since Windows 95 upto Window XP/2003 to close a currently running file sharing session and login as another credentils on remote computer in LAN. For example if I'm accessing a file share in another computer in LAN as ...

local area network connection

Bobby Samuels - 25 Jan 2006 5:37 PM - 7 messages

Help can anybody tell me can I delete a Ethernet connection which is no longer needed for I have gone wireless: Every thing I try when I reboot It comes back I disable it but I know Its there wating for me....... ...

Problems networking 2 pc's

alison - 25 Jan 2006 5:35 PM - 5 messages

I'm trying to network 2 pc's together with a crossover cable. Keep getting network cable is disconnected. Have checked the cable and set up, and have specified IP addresses in my network. Both Pc's say that all hardware is ...

10 connection limit

Short_Bus - 25 Jan 2006 5:22 PM - 6 messages

Is there any way to get past the 10 connection limit in WinXP Pro? We're running a test lab and need to connect up to 20 computers to a WinXP Pro box to run a simulation. Thanks! ...

Network Printing - Please Help!!!

Wilbert - 25 Jan 2006 4:38 PM - 3 messages

PC1 is physically connected to HP LaserJet 1012 and can print with no problem. PC2 connects to the same printer through PC1 within a workgroup and was printing. Lately PC2 cannot print. It sends spooled files to PC1 which become oK ...

ICS and DNS resolution

Ken L - 25 Jan 2006 3:44 PM - 4 messages

Greetings and Salutations! I am trying to work through a problem. I am sharing a wireless broadband connection using ICS. The system is XP Pro SP2. The clients get IP's and can get web pages if accessed via an IP address. ...

Connecting a wired nic to two different networks

bookemdano - 25 Jan 2006 2:40 PM - 2 messages

Is there a way to create two different connections for one wired nic? Sometimes visitors to our company want access to the Internet. We have a dynamic connection to the Internet setup, but if the visitor has a static connection setup to TCP/IP for their home network they can not get connected ...

XP Home and XP Pro on the same network

DT in Glasgow - 25 Jan 2006 2:40 PM - 3 messages

I have a PC with XP Home and a laptop with XP Pro networked via a Belkin wireless router. Both can access the internet OK. My problem is that on my network, the desktop PC can see the laptop and ...

Shutting down when trying to connect

frey - 25 Jan 2006 1:01 PM - 3 messages

hi everyone i got another problem. its to do with my laptop. basically, it shuts down when i try to connect to the internet. it is dial up internet with dodo and i'm using it now on my desktop so the internet seems to work fine. ...

newbie question:crossover cable and accessing file ?

saturnlee - 25 Jan 2006 9:38 AM - 2 messages

I connect 2 pc using crossover cable, and set up the ip 192.168.0.1 for 1st pc, 192.168.0.2 for 2nd pc and also subnet 255.255.255.0 for both. One PC is using xp home,and the other is using win2k. ...

ICS conection limit

rsinfo - 25 Jan 2006 6:23 AM - 5 messages

How many connection can ICS handle at a given time ? I am running SP2 with all the patches installed, Windows Firewall. ...

ICS is not available on my stand alone PC

lanshark - 25 Jan 2006 2:39 AM - 3 messages

and I have tried everyhtintg to install it. I do have a dedicated IP address with specific DNS info, is that the problem? When I run the network wizard it acts like it is going to work, shows the netowrk connection being shared, ...

gigabit ethernet

Steve T - 25 Jan 2006 1:04 AM - 6 messages

If I replace my integrated 10/100 base-T network interface with a PCI 10/100/1000 Mbps gigabit Ethernet card, will my download and upload speeds increase? A friend of a friend swears by it but does not have any numbers ...

Slow Share connection

Eman32 - 25 Jan 2006 12:10 AM - 9 messages

Small business network all setup in a workgroup LAN. 2 Win 2003 servers. No, DNS or DHCP server. Recently upgraded 35 PC to WinXP from 2000 and we are now experencing slow connections to our network shares. We didn't have this ...

Joining a domain

HenryG - 24 Jan 2006 11:26 PM - 5 messages

We have a couple of PC's that when trying to join another domain, it prompts us for the username and password and enter the Administrator user account and password and it gives an Access is Denied. When we rebuild a PC and join the ...

Problems with Network

TH - 24 Jan 2006 9:06 PM - 4 messages

Hi We're trying to enable a network for 4 pcs of varying ages - 3 XP's and 1 ME - in fact we've been struggling with it for about a year now! We're using a Linksys router but it's quite an old one - it's a WRT54G v.2. ...

Event 8003 causing reboot

BoatPerson - 24 Jan 2006 8:59 PM - 12 messages

I have captured what I believe to be the event that occurs just prior to the reboot -- it follows below -- I did Google "Event ID 8003" and they say I should disable forwarding of UDP broadcasts by our router, but I'm not sure ...

problem creating a site with photogallery

Pascal - 24 Jan 2006 8:43 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I tried to create a photogallery on my site using "automate web photo gallery" (an option in Photoshop). I'm using Photoshop 6. The problem is: I only see the thumbs on the url [link] ...

Desktop and 2 Profiles

Harvey Kennett - 24 Jan 2006 7:17 PM - 2 messages

Hi, Yesterday, a Windows 2000 PC went bang so I needed to install a new PC and decided to take the opportunity to install a new XP Pro PC. However, no matter how hard I try, I cannot seem to get hardware profiles to ...

Problem networking Win XP and Win 98 SE

kaban@ix.netcom,com - 24 Jan 2006 4:32 PM - 13 messages

I'm having a problem networking a WinXP Media Center computer with an older Win 98 SE machine. Both computers connect to the Internet through a Router and a DSL modem The XP computer has a shared printer attached, and some shared directories. ...

Delayed Write Failed saving to network

doncasters - 24 Jan 2006 3:11 PM - 4 messages

Hi i currently have a user experiencing a problem thats kind of 2 errors in one, his main one being saving a powerpoint presentation file to a network drive. The user opens a file from the shared drive makes any changes and ...

wireless network as default Internet connection

Ralph D via WindowsKB.com - 24 Jan 2006 1:58 PM - 4 messages

Does anyone know how to make the wireless connection the default internet explorer connection when you are using both a wired and a wireless. The wired is our company network and the wireless is a test network. we would rather ...

Slow Web Browsing/Timeouts

Ben - 24 Jan 2006 12:14 PM - 3 messages

Hi, We've got a really annoying problem, that I can't seem to find the source of. In the past week, internet browsing has become really slow, with some pages taking 2 or 3 minutes to load, or even timing out, but then load when ...

Win2k & WinXP network cross-compatibility

sadDann - 24 Jan 2006 11:58 AM - 4 messages

I have eventually started to set up a wired home network (just as everyone else gets wireless) between a laptop running win2000 and a desktop running winXP pro (service pack 2 installed). I have completed the network setup wizard, and then found out that the disk created here doesn't work on win2k ...

Network passwords

Denny - 24 Jan 2006 5:25 AM - 4 messages

Recently reinstalled XP professional on this machine. I can access other peer to peer machines, but cannot get to this machine from the others. I get a dialog asking for a user name and a password. I turned on simple file sharing, but this machine still wants a password. ...

2 NICs, 2 networks, need to seperate the traffic

Mike D. - 24 Jan 2006 5:18 AM - 4 messages

Hi - I have an XP Pro PC with 2 NICs and each NIC is attached to a different network. Each network needs to be seperate from the other network. Is there a way I can direct all IP traffic that is bound for 192.168.x.x ...

XP home network issue

nyc_sud - 24 Jan 2006 3:13 AM - 8 messages

I have 2 computers (XP home) connected to a wireless network. I was able to share files between the computers and share a printer as well. Up until a few days ago, I noticed that one of the computers (desktop) ...

Losing connection.

Montreal - 24 Jan 2006 2:44 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I have problems with my internet connection and would like to try to correct it. Sometimes I lose the ability to connect to the Internet. The solution is to power off everything and power back up. This happens a couple of times a ...

New window in IE blanks out the original

urrrr...annoyed!!! - 24 Jan 2006 1:37 AM - 2 messages

I am having an issue whenever a new window is created in IE, whether by choice, or a pop-up, the original window blanks out and I can't use it anymore, have to just close it. Nothing works, home page button, cancel or ...

How to get the latest DNS settings?

Sumu - 24 Jan 2006 1:31 AM - 5 messages

Hi, I have the following trouble with two machines on our network: I want to access a website that recently has changed hosts. Although my Linksys router is correctly tracing to the new IP address, the machine itself still goes to the old one. ...

My Network Places Showing Shared folders

Steve - 23 Jan 2006 10:57 PM - 5 messages

Does anyone know the registry setting for turning off My Network Places ability to scan the network for shared folders and printers? ...

XP networking to XP

stevek - 23 Jan 2006 9:09 PM - 2 messages

Connect from on XP box to another. OK Go the other way and I get the XPbox\Guest login. I have guest account turned off. Any help. ...

networking

tarra - 23 Jan 2006 8:17 PM - 2 messages

I am running a network based application, the ap fails when I try to run it. what steps do i take ...

problem w/ laser printer

tarra - 23 Jan 2006 8:14 PM - 3 messages

Here's the situation, my network printer is online and test pages print properly but none of the users can print to it. What steps should I take? ...

windwows xp

tarra - 23 Jan 2006 8:12 PM - 3 messages

what is the name of the windows xp sp2 server that controls tcpip port security? ...

Renewing IP Address

Rian222@gmail.com - 23 Jan 2006 6:12 PM - 3 messages

My computer seems to be working fine with the network most of the time, but every now and then I can't get through to the rest of the network. And when it does work, it is incredibly slow. Down in the corner there is a yellow ...

"Network Configuration Operators" & SP2

bmgoodmanva - 23 Jan 2006 5:46 PM - 2 messages

Prior to SP2 I had added my users to the local "Network Configuration Operators" local group. This allowed them to change their IP-related information (static-to-dynamic and back again, enable/disable, etc.). I have built a new image with SP2, but I find that users cannot change ...

My Network Places

nofx1728 - 23 Jan 2006 5:30 PM - 4 messages

Some of my shared folders wont appear in My Network Places. I right click on the folder, check share folder and allow other users to change content, and click apply and ok. The folder will then have the hand underneath it to show ...

Network not accessible on one machine

Steven Lyall - 23 Jan 2006 5:23 PM - 20 messages

I have networked 2 WinXP Pro machines together via a D-Link router and have run the Network Setup Wizard on both. On one machine, when I 'view workgroup computers', I can see both machines, but when I double-click the icon for the other machine, I get a 'not ...

Unknown IP address of computer without screen

neilsanner - 23 Jan 2006 4:59 PM - 7 messages

Hi, I need to know what's the IP address of a computer, just the box (without a screen, keyboard and mouse), connected to my laptop with a crossover cable. I've tried an IP scanner, but this could take forever. ...

Can't connect to the Internet with router setup test.

Larry - 23 Jan 2006 3:27 PM - 2 messages

I have tried to setup a Linksys router between my PC's Lan card and my cable modem using the setup disk provided by linksys. I use AOL 9.0 to log onto the Internet. I have no problem without the router, but cant connect when the ...

Lost default gateway

ikkemij - 23 Jan 2006 10:51 AM - 12 messages

Something strange is happening on a few new Windows XP (embedded) SP2 machines we recently placed. All of a sudden the machine will appear to stop working. At first we thought it was a coincidence, but all the machines (7) will stop at ...

ipconfig, browstat, arp blankwent !

Sonny - 23 Jan 2006 7:39 AM - 5 messages

This is probably something basic. I was playing around with my wireless network and IBM thinkpad T43P (changing the SSID etc). After a while all the networking commands at the command prompt stopped showing any information. This includes ipconfig, browstat, arp etc. What did I do wrong ? ...

Lost peer computer on network

Randy W. Sims - 23 Jan 2006 6:37 AM - 9 messages

I have a small peer network of computers running Windows 2000 Pro / XP Home. Used to be static IP, but was changed a while back to use dynamic IP/DNS except for one (Windows XP Home) notebook that didn't get ...

Problem seeing Workgroup

abchase98 - 23 Jan 2006 6:37 AM - 5 messages

Setting up a home network for the first time. Got 2 laptops and 1 desktop all connected wireless and able to see internet. Created workgroup and newest laptop can see other laptop but neither the old laptop nor the desktop ...

Multiple Networks in one office

Problems adding a new computer to existing network

Password protecting mapped drive

Explorer cannot connect but Outlook can still get mail

Network error message

Sharing Problem

Offline Files

Cannot download S/P #2 for XP!!!

The Semaphore timeout period has expired

can't share one computer-I've done the obvious

Multiple NICs... Which get traffic???

un able to display page on sites why?

Win XP SP2 connectivity issue

Connecting Two WinXP PCs with crossover cable