Windows XP Networking - Week 48, 2007

guest cannot connect to host computer

Joanne - 29 Nov 2007 3:42 PM - 2 messages

I am running WinXP Pro on my desktop and my laptop I have set up a wireless connection using lynksys The desktop sees the laptop just fine, but the laptop cannot see the desktop, preventing me from sharing the printer on the desktop. ...

Possible Router Problem?

Jim - 29 Nov 2007 3:31 PM - 7 messages

My high speed service provider is Comcast for the past several years. During this time, I've always had the same fixed IP address. In the past month or two, I've been losing my internet connection about every 10 days or so. I've discovered that if I disconnect the power cable to ...

hardware interrupts and the deferred procedure calls = 80% CPU with DLINK DWL G650

thai bear - 29 Nov 2007 2:09 PM - 2 messages

Laptop Fujitsu-seimens amilo L-7300 PCMCIA network card= DWL-G650_revC Operating System: Windows XP Home hello, I want some help with the above pcmcia card. fist of all I am a tech so I know what i am doing... I am using the latest driver only from windows ...

Problem with Network Adapters

Rohas - 29 Nov 2007 8:21 AM - 2 messages

I am experiencing a strange problem with my network adapters.Windows can't load the drivers required for the devices. Even though i uninstall them (uninstalling comes up with an error "failed to uninstall the device. the device may be required to boot up the ...

OEM...Buying Windows xp 64 bit for installation on a mac

Dani - 29 Nov 2007 5:35 AM - 2 messages

OEM...Buying Windows xp 64 bit for installation on a mac. I have recently purchase a new mac pro with leopard and wish to dual boot Windows xp 64 bit. However I have not been able to find a version that is not an OEM which must ...

own IP connection

jac - 29 Nov 2007 12:23 AM - 4 messages

Hello, I'm trying to view my home PC from another PC outside the local network but Explorer times out with failure to connect. I set the router firewall to forward to the PC with Internet Information Server with access through port 80; I switched off Windows ...

Weird DNS behavior from Verizon Actiontec modem

jtpr - 28 Nov 2007 10:49 PM - 4 messages

I have a FIOS connection with a system on it connected wirelessly. It had a Netgear adapter that I wasn't happy with so I removed it and replaced it with a noname card. The Netgear had received a ...

Wireless connection problems caused by virus??

Nickyxx5 - 28 Nov 2007 10:19 PM - 4 messages

My friend has a Dell Inspiron laptop running Windows XP. He has recently found that he is unable to connect to his home wireless network. He receives the error message that there is "limited or no connectivity", but at the same ...

Cannot Access External http sites

Alexander Higgins - 28 Nov 2007 9:16 PM - 4 messages

A client computer on our network is having a weird problem. The Pc can access network resources on the local lan and internet using all protocols except HTTP. nslookup, ftp, ping (icmp) etc all work fine. The PC can access our Intranet website via HTTP, but when trying to ...

Strange Wireless Networking Issue

John Schneider - 28 Nov 2007 8:58 PM - 5 messages

My daughter has a new Gateway laptop with wireless networking capability, running XP Home SP2 and all current updates. I'm trying to get her connected to my home wireless network (D-Link DI-634M). I have the router set to not ...

IIS and router question

Maincat - 28 Nov 2007 7:58 PM - 4 messages

Windows XP Pro SP2 - cable modem into router into three machine LAN. When I type in my public IP address, the router details appear on screen wanting my username and password. Is that the normal behaviour? It happens ...

Win XP and 802.11x in wired network

Marek - 28 Nov 2007 7:57 PM - 5 messages

Does anybody know or can describe the defult behavior of a Windows XP computer with 802.11x authentication enabled on a wired network? Something like a time line while computer starts. When computer starts to negotiate authentication after what and how long ...

Blocking ranges of IP address

Gis Bun - 28 Nov 2007 7:36 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I'd like to block a range of IP address (actually a whole subnet like 172.16.1.0) but ***not*** using a firewall. Can this be done through a LMHost file? It's more like I don't want anything trying to access that segment. ...

Printing to network printer

Andre - 28 Nov 2007 7:07 PM - 2 messages

I have a small office (12 Workstations) in a domain and we have one network printer (HP 4240N). I have one worksation that when we try to print to it, it seems to lock up the application (excel, word) but if i wait 10-15 mins it ...

How to Reinstall IE 6.0 in XP Home SR2?

Jim Snively - 28 Nov 2007 3:04 PM - 3 messages

I recently worked on a blind person's PC that was riddled with spyware. After getting those problems cleaned up I tried to install the McAfee security software that comes bundled with Comcast High Speed Internet. This installation failed when a McAfee installation program that is supposed to ...

Remote Desktop disconnects instantly with no error

Andrew - 28 Nov 2007 9:43 AM - 3 messages

Hello there! I'm having a very unusual problem trying to connect to just one machine in an office via remote desktop. The client connects but then instantly disconnects (within a small fraction of a second), failing silently with no error message. ...

Laptop..... problems acquiring network address

goflynn - 28 Nov 2007 8:24 AM - 2 messages

I'm having a problem with my new Trendnet 802.11g wireless router, (TEW-432BRP) I have comcast cable and my laptop initially connects fine to the router and I can surf the internet. After a period of ...

LAN and Wireless

Daniel - 28 Nov 2007 8:05 AM - 8 messages

I connect both LAN and wireless at the same time in my office which allows connection for both. When a user needs to go for a meeting, he disconnect the LAN at his desk and at this point of time, he is still connected to the ...

VPN using L2TP and certificates

Michael Ellis - 28 Nov 2007 7:54 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I am trying to create a VPN using L2TP with authentication by a certificate. I have created the certificate (PKCS12), imported into the Certificates (LOcal Computer)\Personal\Certificates. When trying to use the L2TP VPN connection (client), Windows reports ...

VNP setting is unaccessible

KCav - 28 Nov 2007 1:40 AM - 3 messages

I have notebook computer connected to a LAN which is connected to Internet through a DSL line. I want to VPN into a server that is also connected to the Interent. I open Create a network connection. Select ...

Netbios over TCP/IP

il barbi - 27 Nov 2007 8:58 PM - 7 messages

I read on a tutorial that Node type=Broadcast would be the correct value for a small LAN with no DNS and WINS server and for address resolution NetBios over TCP/IP must be explicitly enabled when connecting to a router since ...

mapped drives keep being disconnected after logout

Ed Cohen - 27 Nov 2007 8:42 PM - 2 messages

I know this problem has been addressed before, but I cannot find the exact symptoms . So, here is what I have. I have two pcs running as a peer to peer network at home. One running Windows XP Pro with SP2. The other pc is running ...

Jokwmp trojan

Bill W - 27 Nov 2007 6:34 PM - 2 messages

Has anyone encountered this virus/trojan? My daughter had the toolbar as well as internet site redirection. We were able to kill it, but I still don't see any mention of it on Symantec or McAfee. Any additional input ...

Home Edition Network Capability

Tim Miller - 27 Nov 2007 5:12 PM - 2 messages

Having a little trouble finding the clear statements I'm looking for on the web... With XP Home Edition, am I able to: - Connect to a share on another XP computer with the standard \\computer\share format? - Connect to a shared printer in the same fashion. ...

Slow network

Peter F - 27 Nov 2007 2:16 PM - 3 messages

Hi All, Please can someone help. I have a home network consisting of a PC connected to a Linksys 4 port router. I have a Cat5 cable from the router into a cisco 3550 switch and from the switch a further 3 connections made up of 1 PC and 2 work laptops. ...

Some XP PCs can't access Maxtor Shared Storage but some others can

Oliver Breitfelder - 27 Nov 2007 1:02 PM - 4 messages

Hello. We are using a AFAIK samba-based NAS drive called "Maxtor Shared Storage II" in a network with 10 Windows XP PCs (Home and Pro machines). We created a private (= password secured) share on this network drive. Unfortunately we are experiencing some difficulties when trying to access ...

Not able to connect to rdc.

billy - 27 Nov 2007 7:31 AM - 3 messages

I am using the linksys wireless N router. I have a desktop which is running Win XP Pro and I have setup the computer allowing remote desktop connection. I setup this computer under the DMZ. I am able to connection to this computer ...

Hi Guru's

Ranjith - 27 Nov 2007 12:11 AM - 2 messages

Hi There I am having a laptop running on XP pro with dual nic card [wired] . i want to know how can use this to connect to my ADSL [Intranet ] as well as office lan.Office nw is on 10.x.x.x.x and the adsl router is on 192.x.x.x.x ...

Accessing share with user already tried

gudel - 26 Nov 2007 10:07 PM - 2 messages

I have a laptop where it is a member of a domain, but it is in remote. It connects to the main network by the built-in Microsoft VPN. I'd like to map network share, but I'd get the error pictured below. ...

LAN Computer Share Access Problem - SOLVED!!!!!

NewMan - 26 Nov 2007 9:19 PM - 2 messages

I have 4 computers on a small LAN at home. All computers running WinXP. ONE of the computers would not let any of the other computers browse into the shared socuments folder - or let other computers share it's printer! ...

how to share files and other documents in our home network

sharing - 26 Nov 2007 11:01 AM - 2 messages

somebody could help me please. we have wireless connection in our home and consist of 3 laptops and 1 desktop. we wanted to share some files and documents in our network. can somebody provide me a detailed configuration on how to do it? ...

Fixed Lease DHCP Doesn't Work After Connecting Different Network

John Shwon - 26 Nov 2007 7:49 AM - 5 messages

At my office the DHCP server leases me a specific IP address based on my MAC address. I require this IP to use certain network services that are restricted based on IP. Everytime I use my laptop on another network and get leased an IP and then ...

Setup has detected a newer version... Error after uninstalling IE

Cindy - 26 Nov 2007 5:06 AM - 2 messages

I have uninstalled IE 6 as well as edited the registry for IsInstalled (REG_DWORD) for IE 6 to 0 and have rebooted. (multiple times) I am not able to install and am getting this error: Setup has detected a newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on ...

Need Help in nforce ethernet adapter after formatting my laptop

Sam - 25 Nov 2007 7:07 PM - 2 messages

Hello,i really need help,yesterday i just reformat my laptop,later,i found out that my Local Area Connection at network connection had lost,and left only 1394 network connection,I try to plug in my modem to online but it ...

can't access files from shared folders now that VPN is installed

Altrokr - 25 Nov 2007 5:54 PM - 2 messages

I can no longer access files from shared folders on my PC (PC #1)now that I have a VPN installed. I can see, and access files from my other PC (PC #2), but not vice versa. I can see it as a workgroup computer but none of the ...

cant connect to Localhost

Old Grizzly - 25 Nov 2007 11:42 AM - 10 messages

Hi 3 machines networked from linksys router, all 3 have Zone Alarm and XP Pro. 2 machines will not connect to localhost/127.0.0.1. I have turned off ZA on one of those machines that still wont connect ...

enabling file sharing

doccfii - 25 Nov 2007 12:50 AM - 4 messages

Windows XP. Networked to a LAN. Logged in as Administrator. Unalbe to enable file sharing. Firewalls configured for file sharing. Using Windows Explorer to enable file or folder sharing, the Sharing and Security option does not display when right clicking on a drive or folder. ...