Windows XP Networking - Week 1, 2007

Connection problem due to event id 2505

Rob - 6 Jan 2007 10:33 PM - 5 messages

Hi, I read the previous messages on this subject and they suggest to turn on file and printer sharing in the LAN properties. Furthermore to make sure that there are not two computers with the same name in the network. In my case there are no computers with the same name and ...

Network Connection

JJF1312 - 6 Jan 2007 9:58 PM - 2 messages

In My Network Connections my connection shows up as LAN/HIGHSPEED INTERNET Local area connection and shows the speed from Router to PC ie. 100mbps Sometimes I get another connection showing INTERNET CONNECTION this shows the true connection speed ie. 5.2 ...

Quick VPN setup?

Noozer - 6 Jan 2007 9:50 PM - 5 messages

The wife is out of town for a while, so I'd like to set up a VPN between her PC and and my PC. Does anyone have a site with a quick rundown on how to do this? Both are running XP Pro SP2. We both have routers between the PC's and the ...

FTP Issue In Windows XP Pro

Andrew Bernstein - 6 Jan 2007 8:52 PM - 5 messages

i was unable to FTP from a browser or ftp client on my PC. was fine from another pc on my network who is getting internet via ICS running on my PC. but not from my pc. after poking around I came across some info on a service ...

Unable to view network icon is task bar

rsmbbdad - 6 Jan 2007 7:39 PM - 2 messages

I have a strange problem I have not been able to solve for weeks, despite multiple searches, etc. Windows XP Home, all updates installed, clean scans with AVG Antivirus, Adaware, Spybot, etc. I go to Start>Control Panel>Network Connections>right click on Local ...

Cannot ping computers on network

Dave - 6 Jan 2007 6:10 PM - 4 messages

I have a small office network with Windows 2003 server and Windows XP workstations. Although all of the computers are on the same internal subnet (192,168.200.x), I cannot ping the XP workstations. I can ping the Windows ...

Networking problems with windows 98 and 95

Volny DE PASCALE - 6 Jan 2007 6:04 PM - 4 messages

Well, in fact the problem is only between win95 and Xp. I have a fixed IP network, with four or five computers, most with win98se, one with win95 (OSR2.0) and one with Xp pro. from any of the win98 computers I see every computers, and all the ...

Network connection

Edy - 6 Jan 2007 3:45 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I was ever wondering how it works in Windows XP. On a freshly setup WinXP there is one Network connection "Local Area connection", if one NIC is installed. However I have discovered several times when I remove the NIC card from Device Manager and let XP ...

XP File and printer sharing

edwgolz - 6 Jan 2007 1:45 PM - 20 messages

I have 5 PC's on a home network, some wired, some wireless. All work like I want them to, except for 1 which can access the others, but they can see but not access it. I have file and printer sharing turned on and am using Nortin ...

Remote Desktop, port forwarding, a newbie question:

la_panza - 6 Jan 2007 11:28 AM - 4 messages

Hello, If I have two PC's on a LAN behind an ADSL router, how can I configure them to individually access them via Remote Desktop from outside ? I know I must open a Port forwarding for port 3389 to these machines's ...

Wireless Network Connection

Andy Graham - 6 Jan 2007 10:30 AM - 5 messages

Hi Recently updated my SMC wireless AP to a Zyxel router/wireless AP. My PC found the new network straigtht away and when asked for the WPA key the network accepted it straight away - great. My laptop, however, finds the ...

Cost of connection to hotmail? or just an explorer 7 problem?

seans - 6 Jan 2007 8:21 AM - 8 messages

Unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server. Account: 'Hotmail (1)', Server: '[link]', Protocol: HTTPMail, Server Response: 'Service Unavailable', Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 87, Error Number: 0x800CCCF0 ...

ICS DHCP allocator stops

Roadie - 6 Jan 2007 6:20 AM - 2 messages

Hello, I have been using ICS on a home network successfully for a couple of months now, but in the last week, a problem has appeared. Two laptops that connected successfully via wireless (Netgear WGT624 with DHCP disabled) previously now ...

Connected computers warning when you shut down XP Pro

Harvey - 6 Jan 2007 12:34 AM - 3 messages

When you are sharing files from one computer (not a file server, this is a 3 computer share) and that computer is going to shut down you used to get a warning that someone had files open and do you want to continue to shut down. ...

Maximum of ICS clients on XP pro and Home

michail iakovou yos - 5 Jan 2007 8:56 PM - 5 messages

I want a proof of this statment given to me by someone: That XP home can have only 5 ICS clients and XP pro can have only 10 ICS clients due to the limitation of connections (see here) [link] ...

IE7

SligoGuy - 5 Jan 2007 7:56 PM - 2 messages

i have IE7 installed on my dell desktop and also on my inspiron 9300. when im browsing bebo and other similar sites there is certain content that i find i cant access and also thread that i cant see. when i log onto the same sites ...

VPN error 619

Jokerz24 - 5 Jan 2007 7:40 PM - 3 messages

I am having a problem connecting to a VPN. I have 6 different computers right now, the only computer that can connect to the VPN is the computer with Windows ME. The other 5 are all running XP Prof. SP2. None of those ...

netgear keyword blocking problem on yahoo

Rob - 5 Jan 2007 7:30 PM - 3 messages

I have keyword blocking enabled on my router to block but something yahoo does with its redirection makes it so I can't click on links from a yahoo image search. Even when my search is not relevant to any keywords that are ...

Trouble Connecting VPN

Chaplain Doug - 5 Jan 2007 7:08 PM - 3 messages

Windows XP SR2. One of our remote systems is having trouble getting a VPN connection to our network up and running. I have set up the VPN identical to other remote systems. All other systems connect, but this one does not. The ...

Add new PC to home network

DougE - 5 Jan 2007 6:41 PM - 10 messages

I bought the new HP Pavilion with Media Center Edition to replace a Sony VAIO desktop PC with XP Home Edition. The VAIO is Ethernet-connected to a LinkSys BEFSR41 DSL Router in another room. There is a second SONY PC with Windows XP ...

File Sharing in a Workgroup With Controlled Permissions

sardonic.smiles - 5 Jan 2007 3:08 PM - 4 messages

Network Topography: File "Server" - XP Pro SP2 Client Computers (4) - XP Pro SP2 Router All the PCs are up to date, no updates need be applied. Simple file sharing has been turned off and NTFS permissions are set up to allow all users full control over shared folder 1, and to allow user ...

Network DVD burner "is not accessible"

John Hupp - 5 Jan 2007 2:38 PM - 4 messages

On a peer network with an XP Home machine and an XP Pro machine that has a DVD burner, I wanted to use the XP Pro machine's burner to back up files from the XP Home machine. So I enabled sharing for the DVD burner drive and ...

networkable recycle bin, a reality yet?

Greg - 5 Jan 2007 1:45 PM - 2 messages

Using XP...Is there any possiblity of creating a recycle bin that can be used by computers connected to another computer or hard drive on a network yet? If not, will Vista have it? It just seems like something that would be ...

hi

jansant - 5 Jan 2007 7:25 AM - 2 messages

hi I just would like to introduce myself. Im wayne and am an MCP (2000) A+ network+. I have just started a web-page with how to's for win2000 and some other more general windows info. Its kinda in its formative stages ...

Can't Access Documents and Settings, Program Files, Windows Folders

Glenn - 5 Jan 2007 5:09 AM - 3 messages

Hi. I just got a new PC and to get my files mover over to the new computer, I created a Workgroup and hooked up my old computer. I'm finding from Microsoft that sharing of the "Documents and Settings", "Program Files", and ...

Why can't one computer see the other?

CJ - 4 Jan 2007 9:43 PM - 4 messages

I have 2 computers set up on a network. Computer 1 can "see" computer 2, but computer 2 cannot see (or ping) computer 1. Both computers are connected to a switch, which is connected to the DSL modem. Each computer is configured ...

Internet sharing with two PCs

il barbi - 4 Jan 2007 8:19 PM - 2 messages

I've a little LAN with two PCs connecteed with a crossed Ethernet cable, I've succeeded in making the PCs see one another but I can't share the Internet namely in order to enter Internet Explorer from the client PC I'm ...

ICS for direct parallel connection

Mark - 4 Jan 2007 7:40 PM - 4 messages

I think I understand the issue from reading all the other threads here, but I just wanted to verify.... I have an older laptop running XP Home SP2 connected to my desk top running Pro SP2 through a direct parallel connection. Even with the connection made, ...

Sharing Files With XP Home

scottdog129 - 4 Jan 2007 7:23 PM - 3 messages

I have set up a wireless network between a desktop and two laptops, all running XP Home. When I set them up to share their files I can see the computers in the My Network Places, but I cant see the shares or do anything ...

Remote Desktop connecttion

Todd - 4 Jan 2007 3:58 PM - 10 messages

Trying to connect between work and home w/ xp pro at home and xp home at work (realizing that I cannot go from pro version to home version ). I can connect to other computers on our LAN at work remotely but when I try to dial into ...

DNS Server IP getting changed on Workstation

SPECAdmin - 4 Jan 2007 3:32 PM - 2 messages

I have discovered a problem with several of my workstations. The user will be working along fine and all of the sudden the internet seems to stop working. I have found out that the DNS Server IP that the workstation is ...

Can't connect anymore to my wireless network

Peter Everix - 4 Jan 2007 1:55 PM - 2 messages

Hello, Suddenly i can't connect anymore to my wireless homenetwork from my HP nx9420 laptop ! I get the icon in the system tray but when i'm trying to view the available networks, i get an error saying that WCZ is not started. ...

Wireless network duplicating a wired network

Enquiring Mind - 4 Jan 2007 1:06 PM - 5 messages

Hi, Following my previous 2 posts, can anyone help with the following questions: 1. I have two computers, a desktop and a laptop, that I normally connect with a wired network connection for the purpose of file and printer sharing. ...

Open Network Places second time does not work

KillerBob - 4 Jan 2007 10:39 AM - 6 messages

Hi, I can open the Network Places one time, and have no problems seeing all the shares I have on my other 2 PCs, and my NAS (all connected via a Gigabit switch). However, when I try to open Network Places again, it does not work, nothing ...

setting up home network help needed

kjknights - 4 Jan 2007 8:38 AM - 4 messages

i am trying to connect to the internet in my room as my friend has the main computer downstairs, however it will not connect. i have ran the wizard but nothing happends. i have the monitors in the bottom right of my screen and it ...

Error 800 vpn

seans - 4 Jan 2007 6:42 AM - 2 messages

I just downloaded microsoft explorer 7. I can no longer connect my Outlook express to my hotmail account. I get an "Error 80: unable to establish vpn connection". I have tried to set up other vpn connections and I get the same error. ...

Strange Internet Explorer problem loads https sites, not http site

paddy - 4 Jan 2007 3:31 AM - 2 messages

I have an answer. To a problem I and many others have had and wanted to share this new found information. After 10 days and numerous hours spent troubleshooting by me. Apparently my uninstalled Cisco VPN Client didn't uninstall fully. It ...

Workstation Service (And Other Related Items) Won't Start

Travis - 4 Jan 2007 2:40 AM - 2 messages

I'm posting this here as a "service" (pun intended) after over 20 hours and 2 days of research on how to solve the problem of the Windows XP Workstation Service and other related items (RDR Device Driver, MRxSmb Device Driver, and ...

Restrict LAN Access by User Account on XP Network

psmith - 4 Jan 2007 1:59 AM - 7 messages

Hi, I have several XP computers at home which are connected by Wireless Lan to an XP "file server" computer. It is a simple peer to peer workgroups set up. I can easily assign a different directory security access for each user ...

home networking

smiley - 3 Jan 2007 10:57 PM - 2 messages

i have setup a home network but only the internet works. i have dsl modem conected to a host threw ethernet card 1 then out threw card 2 too the ethernet hub two laptops conected . i have norton 2007 on all com's and all ...

Mapped network drive limitation

Sue Henderson - 3 Jan 2007 10:34 PM - 9 messages

Hi, I have to administer a small peer to peer network of 10 PC's 1 of those acst as a central file server. All PC's are running XP home. I discovered only a couple of weeks ago that XP Home limits the number of direct ...

Shared Printer Problem

MGP - 3 Jan 2007 8:57 PM - 3 messages

I have a small office network workgroup with two computers and a printer (Savin 9945dp) connected directly to the router (it is also used by other workgroups). My hard drive died last month on one computer (lap top) and since then ...

Account permission for workgroup access

Brossyg - 3 Jan 2007 8:09 PM - 5 messages

I have a wired home network with 5 computers. All are members of the same workgroup and they all share files. However, I want to lshut off one computer's access to all of the others (basically take it out of the ...

how to cancel domain membership

apdxer - 3 Jan 2007 6:54 PM - 5 messages

I cannot run the "network setup wizard' to join my home network because my laptop belongs to a domain established for a company that no longer exists. Can someone help me safely terminate my domain membership so I can join my ...

Novice question

Gordon - 3 Jan 2007 6:02 PM - 5 messages

I bought a new computer. I still have the old one, which has 2 perfectly good hard drives on it. I use a LinkSys router so that I can go on line with my laptop. Is there any way I can use the router to ...

Group policy extension

Gilbert - 3 Jan 2007 5:07 PM - 2 messages

I have a question about adding Group Policy extension to support Wireless networking. I've done numerous Google searches and I found a lot of articles that talk about it and what it does but I haven't found anything to download ...

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Bill - 3 Jan 2007 4:37 PM - 5 messages

Okay so im not reallly good in computers but when i plug my ipod in it says that a HI -SPEED device is plugged into a non HI-SPEED port so i mean how do i get the Hi-speed port? ...

RE: Internet Explorer Error

Disconnected - 3 Jan 2007 4:03 PM - 2 messages

Thats funny, I did that! and am still being disconnected by error reporting! yet only when I am playing games on msn! and every inquiry I make is never answered! I believe I may be getting that old "cover up" feeling! 3 monthes ...

Plug and Play doesn't detect Graphics card?!?

Corky - 3 Jan 2007 3:48 PM - 3 messages

I recently rebuilt my XP OS, only to find that in the reinstallation process XP did not detect my Graphics card. Its an old AGP 4X NVidia Geforce4 TI-4200. After discovering this problem, I downloaded the latest NVidia driver ...

Home network not working

noname - 3 Jan 2007 3:00 PM - 3 messages

(1) I connected 2 pentium 4 one with windows xp prof. and otherxp home with d link router which is itself connected to dsl cable modem. untill yesterday both were connecting to internet, but now non is connecting although when I ...

Unable to ping an XP workstationconnected to workgroup

Peter - 3 Jan 2007 10:18 AM - 3 messages

We are still running Novell as NOS and all workstations belong to the same Windows workgroup. One of the XP workstations that connected to the network is able to access all network drives (In Novell) and connect to proxy server for Internet ...

home networking

smiley - 3 Jan 2007 9:16 AM - 3 messages

i have internet working but network can't see each other spent days help! ...

Local Area Network

shaik - 3 Jan 2007 6:38 AM - 2 messages

can we trace who is accesing our shared folders or is there any software for that. thankyou ...

wirelessHomeNetwork

Choche - 3 Jan 2007 5:59 AM - 2 messages

Assuming I have all the proper hardware in these older and newer machine(s) Is winXP and, win2000 compatible for a wireless , router config? Is winXP compatible with win98? for the same config? Thx. ...

can connect to internet but not shared printer

svetaohio - 3 Jan 2007 5:30 AM - 4 messages

I am not very technically proficient, so I hope that this makes sense. I am on a three-computer home network. Computers A and B are both Windows xp, I think, but C is Windows 98 or so. I'm not really the one running the network, ...

can't setup network

matt_kimball - 3 Jan 2007 3:06 AM - 6 messages

i have time warner's road runner and a linksys wrt54g router. I have no trouble accessing the internet with my original computer, but i have added a second computer in an effort to create a network. I can't see ...

possible to delete a workgroup?

BobW - 3 Jan 2007 1:11 AM - 2 messages

I'm seeking to delete a work group from my home "network" because I want to start over on the network setup. Currently I'm getting messages which indicate I can't access the other workgroup computers, because I need ...

Gratuitous ARP on Vista?

Polaris - 2 Jan 2007 11:32 PM - 6 messages

Hi Experts: I have noticed some differences on Windows Vista regarding to the gratuitous ARP: I have a virtual adapter, under Windows XP, when IP Helper function "IpRenewAddress" is called for the virtual adapter, gratuitous ARP packet is generated by the system; but under Windows Vista, this seems is not ...

Port 21 blocked?

Ron - 2 Jan 2007 10:37 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I cannot get my ftp client to work. Obviously I have a port blocked but cannot seem to find it. Where should I start looking? I don't have a firewall nor do I see the port blocked by windows' firewall. ...

Networking PC's

Alan - 2 Jan 2007 9:54 PM - 4 messages

I have 5 PC's on a network all using the same workgroup. Two are WIN NT 4.0 systems , two are Win XP Pro systems, and one is a Win 2000 Pro system. Last week I was able to see all computers from all machines, today when I ...

Cannot set up a home network

ilyaz - 2 Jan 2007 9:34 PM - 2 messages

I have 2 Win XP Home SP2 machines connected wireless to Interned via a router. While running a network wizzard, I get an error message <The Routing and Remote Access service terminated with service-specific error 2147483720 (0x80000048)>. However, the Remote Access Service is Started in the System ...

No Internet Connectivity-Dialup and LAN

Scott B - 2 Jan 2007 6:24 PM - 2 messages

We recently loaded PeoplePC, as we only have dialup at home, on our two laptops to do email. We were successful with one (Dell Latitude) but not the other (Dell Inspiron). While the software says we have a connection, we get ...

corrupt downloads

Ellis - 2 Jan 2007 5:34 PM - 7 messages

For some time, a large percentage of files I download, either from email or the internet, have been corrupted. The larger the file, the more likely it is to be corrupted. DSL modem, router seem not to be the problem, since the ...

Preferred Laptop Configuration (XP Laptop / 2003 Domain)

Lotsa Cabo - 2 Jan 2007 5:32 PM - 3 messages

What is the best / preferred way to configure a corporate laptop for both internal and external usage? Is it best to configure the laptop with only local computer accounts and then force the user to attach to shares using their network ...

Deterministic Network Enhancer

viktor - 2 Jan 2007 5:15 PM - 2 messages

I install Netgear Prosafe VPN client which installed Deterministic Network Enhancer. After reeboting my computer can't conetct to any device on the network, can't ping any thing eather, but the computer get the ip address from th edhcp server. ...

Connectivty on home network

Jim - 2 Jan 2007 5:08 PM - 4 messages

I have four systems that I'd like to be able to share information between. Not using a "server" approach, but a "workgroup" approach. However, there is a twist. Specifically: 1) Using a four port router to permit internet access for three systems. ...

Restrict Wireless Client to only our network

Mark V. Cox - 2 Jan 2007 4:43 PM - 3 messages

We have laptops running Windows XP Service Pack 2. For security reasons, we wish to restrict the 802.11 card to only connect to our access points. We can add our networks to the preferred list using group policy, however, there ...

downloads crashing computer?

Joe Granto - 2 Jan 2007 4:37 PM - 2 messages

I am running Windows XP Professional SP2 with all current hotfixes. Recently, and I cannot narrow down things to an exact date, I have been experiencing an issue where downloading a file from my system via web (IIS) or FTP causes the system to lock up. Hard. ...

Internet Connectivity at Office and Home

Lead_Foot - 2 Jan 2007 3:46 PM - 2 messages

I recently set up my iternet conection at home. I use a cable modem for that and it is working fine. But now I'm unable to connect at work. That conection is wireless. What did I change that is causing thisnot to work now? ...

Wireless networking questions

Enquiring Mind - 2 Jan 2007 2:45 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I have a desktop computer that doesn't have a wireless network interface, and a laptop that does. I normally connect the laptop to the desktop using an Ethernet network cable, and I network between the two for printer and ...

Home network only allows one-way traffic

Axfangli - 2 Jan 2007 2:09 PM - 4 messages

I have 2 laptops which access the Internet via a wireless router. I set up a home network to link both machines, enabling file and printer sharing on both. Laptop A can read and write to the shared folders in Laptop ...

Blocking automatic dialing

TLD - 2 Jan 2007 12:52 PM - 2 messages

I want to prevent XP from ever automatically dialing through a DSL connection. I want to connect only when I do it manually. What settings do I make? ...

Network sharing for only certain users - WinXP Pro

Brattex - 2 Jan 2007 12:09 PM - 4 messages

Hi there I seem to be experiencing problems with network sharing. We have three users, on the following subnets; 146.230.34.184 146.230.34.192 146.230.92.xxx I want to share a folder on the first xxx.xxx.34.192 machine which all ...

New Year MSIE 7 Conundrum

Albert - 2 Jan 2007 1:59 AM - 3 messages

Hello and Happy new year! I have my two home computers networked, one wirelessly (WinXPHome) and one with cable (WinXPPro). Is there a way of synchronizing the MyFavorites from MSIE on both computers? I just downloaded a very cool program from Microsoft named SyncToy, and I ...

Can't connect to computers in my workgroup

josh - 2 Jan 2007 1:38 AM - 3 messages

I have 3 computers in my workgroup. i can connect to one of them, but the other i cannot connect to and that one cannot connect to mine. I want to share folders between the two computers. ...

How do i keep my XP Home computer awake

Larry Beberdick - 2 Jan 2007 1:11 AM - 4 messages

I am using my XP home edition computer as a print server. Works great until the computer goes to sleep. I have tried PRESENTATION and ALWAYS ON but it still goes into standby or asleep. How do i keep the computer awake, so i ...

Sharing printer problem

carl43m - 2 Jan 2007 1:03 AM - 2 messages

I set up my desktop and laptop with the same workgroup name. I then went to desktop and identified one of my direct connected printers as n"sharing" and gave it a name. Then I went to the laptop and used "add a printer". Then ...

List Of Servers Not Avaliable

jhorak101 - 1 Jan 2007 5:41 AM - 2 messages

When I click on network places I can see me workgroup but when I click on it I get an error message dialog window that says MSHOME is not accessable and the list of servers not avaliable I need some help with trying to map network drives. ...

Sorry to start a new thread here, but ---

Nancy - 1 Jan 2007 4:45 AM - 2 messages

I need help! I installed XPHome on the second computer, and it STILL won't connect to the network! It *says* it's connected, and I have ICS set up on the host computer, and IT says it's connected. But I can't browse the internet on the client! ...

Networking

KB-1 - 1 Jan 2007 12:03 AM - 5 messages

I have to pcs both running WinXP Pro. I tried to hook them up as a network. Each computer can see one another but can not access each other. They want to sign in as a guest and there is no option to change the "guest" to the ...