Windows Newsgroups: Windows XP Networking

network two pc together using wireless broadband ?

Andy - 24 Feb 2007 5:55 PM - 4 messages

Hello, I need a bit of help here. I have recently got wireless broadband (Orange Livebox). My father has his PC downstairs with a Belkin USB adapter to get the signal from the livebox. I have my PC upstairs and ...

Folder Sharing

Mike - 24 Feb 2007 3:20 PM - 2 messages

I have a number of users on one computer accessing shared folders on another computer on my home network - but one particular user I cannot get to access sahred folders on the other computer - but all the other users can. I notice ...

Another Access point

The87Boy - 24 Feb 2007 3:01 PM - 9 messages

I have some problems using wireless at my parents house, because there is another access-point, which is trying to kill my existing connection to my access point by saying, I have to use it Can I in any ways try to find out of who is the owner of the access ...

LOGON PROBLEM

DRMBYKR - 24 Feb 2007 2:50 PM - 2 messages

I TYPE IN USER NAME AND P/W HIT ENTER ,THE SCREEN BLINKS THEN COMES BACK WITH MY NAME AND P/W GONE. NO ERROR MESSAGE OR ANYTHING.I CAN STILL USE THE INTERNET I JUST CANT CHECK MY MAIL ...

For PPPoE do ISPs bind MAC addresses of client

Jay - 24 Feb 2007 8:17 AM - 5 messages

I am using PPPeE to connect to ISP. If I connect my PC's NIC directly to the ISPs network, it authenticates fine and all works well. If however, I configure my router to use PPPoE and connect the ISP's ...

Cant see network

olddb_97 - 24 Feb 2007 12:33 AM - 2 messages

I have netgear wgr614 on my computer and the usb wireless connector on my other one upstairs. I do the create a home network on both computers but i still cannot see anything on either computer about them being connected. Can someone please help. Thanks ...

Hibernating

TonyBr - 23 Feb 2007 11:26 PM - 4 messages

Recently I started to use this function on my XP home, broadband desktop. Lately, I noticed after each time I 'awake' it, most of the times I find that my browsers are either sluggish or not responding. It seems that I have to reboot and then all is well. Maybe this is the ...

Read Only restriction on Excel but not Word...Weird!!!

CMontalvo - 23 Feb 2007 11:18 PM - 5 messages

I have three computers on my home network, running 98SE, XP-Home and XP-Pro. For some reason, the XP-Home computer's Excel files are only accessible in a Read Only format on the other two computers. By contrast, that computer's ...

ICS between desktop and laptop

Tom in Michigan - 23 Feb 2007 10:59 PM - 10 messages

Here is my dilemma. I have a desktop that has a dial up connection. Thats all that is currently available in my area. I have a Laptop with a wireless uplink card built in. I was told by my local pc repair shop that I could ...

Have to reboot PC everytime I reboot wireless network

johnb300 - 23 Feb 2007 10:45 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I haved a wireless network set up using a DLINK DSL-G604T with a desktop and laptop connected wirelessly. The desktop runs XP SP2 and uses a Marvell wireless network card. The laptop runs Vista and uses an Intel network adapter. When I reboot the DLINK I nearly always (90% ...

I can't view any of the shared documents or folders on my network

Matthew - 23 Feb 2007 10:03 PM - 2 messages

I just setup a small home network with two windows xp computers. A desktop and one laptop, the laptop is connected to a wireless reader and both of the computers have Internet access. When I go to my network places and I click ...

Network Workgroup Issue

Steve Funk - 23 Feb 2007 8:22 PM - 2 messages

Ok let me give a list of PC's first to simplify: 1. Apple Mac Mini - Wired 2. HP Laptop - Windows XP Home SP2 - Wireless 3. HP Desktop - Vista Ultimate - Wireless 4. Compaq Desktop - Windows XP Pro SP2 - Wired ...

Can't download .exe. and .doc

lurker - 23 Feb 2007 5:13 PM - 3 messages

On a fresh new installed win xp sp2, I can not download any .exe and .doc files: when I try, sometimes the connection starts downloanding and stops shortly after, sometimes It does not start. It's quite unpredictable. I guess this does not depend on the browser, since I tried ...

Home Network Problem

Dan - 23 Feb 2007 4:24 PM - 6 messages

I have two, wired network computers: An Office and a Loft. The office computer came with XP Home, the Loft computer has XP Pro. The network is a classic design: Modem; Firewall/Router/Switch/Access Point; both computers are wired to the router. ...

Connecting to shares at startup, but unable to access until selected in Explorer.

jtpr - 23 Feb 2007 4:15 PM - 3 messages

I have several drives mapped to a few systems around the house. This is a workgroup (no domain) setup. When I reboot these drives get mapped, but until I actually open them in explorer, they are unavailable. For example, I have a drive Q: that is mapped to a ...

having a problem

emuyale - 23 Feb 2007 2:18 PM - 2 messages

i hahe a peer to peer network running microsoft windows xp 2006 sp 2 ,win 2000 but some computyers cant connect to the network its giving an error massage that no more conection can be made to the computer that in acting as the server with shared foldre .what is the problem ...

Internet connection sharing and GSM

Magnus - 23 Feb 2007 1:28 PM - 2 messages

Will the Internet connection sharing work If I connect to internet via a GSM modem connected to the computers USB? Where I live my options are 56k modem or GSM (cell phone network). GSM gives 348k so would prefer that, however I ...

2 Pcs connected - 1 can see both and the other cannot Help please

Payne - 23 Feb 2007 1:06 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I have connected 2 PC's with a cross over cable. My problem is that the one PC cannot see the other one or itself, but the other one sees both, but cannot connect to the one which is giving the problem although he finds the ...

Running WINS on Windows XP

Keith Wheeler - 23 Feb 2007 4:19 AM - 3 messages

I have 2 small workgroups about 7 - 10 computers in 2 offices connected by 2 VPN/firewall/routers. I am having trouble browsing across the VPN by computer name and have been advised I need a WINS server (or 2). I do not ...

a challenge for network geniuses

MajBach - 23 Feb 2007 2:52 AM - 2 messages

Tried to make this as simple to follow as possible yet thorough. Really appreciate the time you take to read. 2 PCs: a desktop and a laptop (computer names are the same for simplicity here)Both XP Pro The desktop is connected via USB to a DSL modem. ...

Can't access shared folders

fj - 23 Feb 2007 1:19 AM - 4 messages

Two pc's both running XP SP2. Have set up shared folders on both PC's. Both PC's on Linksys router. Can see the shared folders from both PC's. From one PC, when I click on the ...

Multi-lan segment by user?

tim - 23 Feb 2007 1:01 AM - 3 messages

I have a PC im building that will need to do the following and not sure how to configure or if possilbe. This PC will be tied to a xray machine that must be shared by two seperate doctor networks and software. It has a special optical card so a switch of ...

Higher transfer rates in TCP transsmisions over satellite links?

jmlomeli - 22 Feb 2007 11:27 PM - 4 messages

I currently have windows operating systems XP. My network is a satellite link. The RTT is about 500 ms and the bandwidth is 1 Mbps. In UDP transfers, I can used all the available bandwith. In TCP transfers, I only get transfer rates of 15 KBytes/s. ...

VPN/DNS issue -- more info - disregard earlier post

foo - 22 Feb 2007 10:39 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I have a laptop running Win XP SP2. I have the folowing problem: I have a VPN set up so that I can connect to my departmental network from home and other locations. My home connection is through an ADSL ...

accessing files once dialed into VPN

Todd - 22 Feb 2007 9:53 PM - 4 messages

am I missing a simple step... I have established a VPN on both a client and host computers (work and home) dial in and connect. I see the small icon on the bottom of my screen. Is the next step then to type the ip address of the host computer into the ...

Problem adding laptop to home network

meyer47 - 22 Feb 2007 5:53 PM - 13 messages

I have an existing home network with two computers currently connected through Ethernet ports in my house. I would like to add a laptop to the network. I ran the xp network setup wizard on the laptop and ...

Help I am being redirected to different websites!

Arun Balaji - 22 Feb 2007 5:36 PM - 3 messages

I have winxp home with 256 mb ram.Whenever i type an address wrongly in IE7,instead of displaying page not found etc, I get redirected to different pornographic websites.These websites also appear suddenly out of nowhere even when i am surfing through sites like yahoo or google.This happens even with ...

VPN DNS issue -- name queries go to wrong DNS server

foo - 22 Feb 2007 4:58 PM - 2 messages

Hello, I have a laptop running Win XP SP2. I have the folowing problem: I have a VPN set up so that I can connect to my departmental network from home and other locations. My home connection is through an ADSL ...

Network sharing question

jnsaunders - 22 Feb 2007 3:49 PM - 2 messages

4 computer in one office. Want to set it up so that 3 can access the shares on the 4th but the 4th can't see the shares on the other three. (The 4th is remotely accessed and all are in a lawyers office - thus the privacy ...

networking

Greg - 22 Feb 2007 3:09 PM - 3 messages

I am at my son's pc and trying to access the dinningrm pc. This is the message I get I have a work group called mshome. What am I missing or what do I need to do and how ...

Can't see other PC on workgroup using firewire

Steve BBC UK - 22 Feb 2007 2:55 PM - 4 messages

Hello I have given two pcs the workgroup name 'network'. I restarted each machine and then connected them via firewire. I go to network places on each pc, but can't see the other machine. However, on PC A, I can see that PC; on PC B, I ...

Redirecting of chosen internet search matter

Sharwood - 22 Feb 2007 1:48 PM - 2 messages

Hello, For some reason whenever I click on a selected search topic I am re-directed to a different site. This is proving very annoying as I end up having to type the address in the address bar to ensure I get to where I want ...

Computer under a boot disk in a home network

Levlg - 22 Feb 2007 11:17 AM - 4 messages

I have a home network with four computers all under WinXP SP2. All computers are connected through the NetComm NB5Plus4 modem-router. Any computer can look into another one and in the Internet. And all this works perfectly. But when I have started one computer from under a boot disk, I can be in the ...

Trouble opening a learning software

Shik - 22 Feb 2007 7:30 AM - 2 messages

Everytime i try to access the software it gives me this message. It also advises me to clear cache but nothing happens even after I delete cache.The messaege it gives me is as follows: 206 Object doesn't support this property or method or 208 Object doesn't ...

Turn off slave computer on network

bearspa - 22 Feb 2007 6:27 AM - 7 messages

I have two computers (I'll call these the main computers) on a network, and I added a third one that I use just for backups. I would like to not have to attach a monitor to the third computer, and would like to be able to turn it ...

Windows XP Pro error: Element Not Found using mapped drive

sourceAK - 22 Feb 2007 3:52 AM - 7 messages

We are running Windows XP Pro with all of the patches installed. We have a network setup through a workgroup and we map drives to a Windows Server 2003 x64 server with a domain. We only have to run like this for a few months so ...

XP Pro Can not connect 1 machine to existing network

DPN - 22 Feb 2007 2:23 AM - 4 messages

I can not connect a machine to my existing network. When I run the Network Wizard, it completes, but never adds to my existing network. I can ping other machines, and get a response, but I can not connect to other computers. ...

cannot connect to one domain

t - 22 Feb 2007 12:16 AM - 3 messages

It's a strange problem. Everything was fine until this morning and I hadn't changed anything. Now I cannot connect to *.oanda.com. I'm using windows XP sp2 home edition, cable modem from cox out of las ...

Named Pipes and Windows Firewall Question

dvestal@gmail.com - 21 Feb 2007 8:49 PM - 4 messages

I have a program running on a WinXP SP2 computer that creates a named pipe. A program running on a different WinXP box attempts to open this named pipe for reading, and receives system error code 53: bad network path. ...

Network problems

DennisM - 21 Feb 2007 7:22 PM - 3 messages

Let me try to set the stage for my question. 2 computers on network (actually more than that but 2 helps to simplify the queation) 1 computer, A, cabled to Router 1 computer, B, wireless Firewalls on both turned off. (I think) ...

Wait to connect?

Linn Kubler - 21 Feb 2007 6:11 PM - 4 messages

Hi, Isn't there a feature of Windows XP Pro. where you can tell it to wait for the network before continuing to boot? I seem to recall seeing a check box for this on a control panel somewhere but can't locate it now. ...

No access to website with VPN client running now

nospam_paquette@uwo.ca - 21 Feb 2007 3:11 PM - 9 messages

For quite a few years I ran my own Windows 2000 server as a sub-domain of a much larger domain. Eventually our IT people wanted my server shut down for security reasons. Among other services I ran a VPN host ...

Question about Windows Registery

Iranian Boy - 21 Feb 2007 1:56 PM - 2 messages

Hi I want to create ane windows registery file that rename a registery key, for example {HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7057e952-bd1b-11d1-8919-00c04fc2c836} to {HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6EBBDF77-3112-44CF-8425-FD7892B688B5}; In additional, if you can tell me how to delete this key from registery, I ...

Connecting to D-link

eyalwu - 21 Feb 2007 1:08 PM - 2 messages

Hello. I am connecting my HP to D-link router through network cable. XP informes me that connection is established, but I still can't conect to the internet - I get an error message from Explorer. My two faltmates have their com[uters connected without a problem. ...

Gigabit LAN, slow file copy?

Noozer - 21 Feb 2007 8:33 AM - 3 messages

Just wondering if there are any ways to speed up copying files across my network. Especially small files. I can hit 25% throughput copying large files, but small ones can drop the throughput below 1%. Switch is gigabit. Both PC's are running onboard gigabit adapters... nVidia ...

sharing one internet connection to use outlook express.

Sunil Ambike - 21 Feb 2007 5:33 AM - 2 messages

Sir, i am having an internet connection one a host PC.I have installed a proxy server on Host Pc. it is peer to peer network.I acn browse an internet on host as well as guest pc's, byt as sson as I open Outlook Express on guest ...

Not in my folder options

TonyBr - 21 Feb 2007 12:20 AM - 7 messages

I 'm trying to follow the instructions from microsoft and how to setup my networking sharing files and folders with XP home. It says to go to My computer\tools\folderoptions\view and choose use simple sharing etc. There is no such line in either of my computers that has XP home. I ...

Domain laptops in a peer-to-peer environment in the field

MTB20851 - 20 Feb 2007 10:27 PM - 4 messages

In our Network, the users connect to our Domain, no problem. They need to go out in the field and setup a peer-to-peer environment and share files connected to a Linksys router. These routers are providing them a range of IP ...

Networking via router

Dabbler - 20 Feb 2007 9:26 PM - 6 messages

I recently installed a router connected to 2 PC's. Used windows XP wizard to connect both PC's & internet connections, all works fine. I now have to connection icons down in the indication bar, 1 for local LAN & 1 for internet connection. ...

Frustrating workgroups/computers lag

Rob - 20 Feb 2007 9:22 PM - 2 messages

I'm haveing a strange and frustrating problem on my pc. Instead of having a network places icon on my desktop I just created a shortcut for workgroups/computers to save myself an extra click. Previously double clicking the icon would load up the window and show all the network pcs ...

Socket Problems

Philippe - 20 Feb 2007 4:35 PM - 2 messages

I am unable to connect to anything, my problem is pretty particuliar... I can ping my router, i get 4/4 sent/received, but i cannot acces it's configuration page. I can ping a website, like msn.com, i get DNS resolution, but no response. ...

Internet Network browsing slow

Mat Jackson - 20 Feb 2007 4:34 PM - 3 messages

Having terrible trouble with slow browsing on the Internet. Like there is a poor connection between IE and the network software. Is there a definitive source website for XP to troubleshoot slow internet browsing? I would like to avoid a clean install as this is a laptop with a recover ...

Can't Ping unless in safe mode.

Greg Schreurs - 20 Feb 2007 3:16 PM - 3 messages

I have an XP Pro (SP2) machine that will not respond to ping or any inbound data requests. It can access the Internet and network assets fine, but nothing can access it. In safe mode ping works fine. All firewalls are ...

Can't see workgroup

torgrot - 20 Feb 2007 1:40 PM - 10 messages

I have two WinXP boxes configured on a network with a linksys router. Both can see the internet. Both are configured to use a workgroup, TORGROT. First computer Helga can see Ralph, but Ralph can't see Helga. Helga can use ...

PC client hangs and all network drops

Pablo - 20 Feb 2007 1:18 PM - 3 messages

I have aa Windows 2003 server and 30 clients (domain)... The whole network section (switch) is dropping when a client computer hangs... any idea ? Also have intermitent network drops (couple of secs)... ...

I want emergency help, please

Iranian Boy - 20 Feb 2007 11:23 AM - 3 messages

Hi I hope you can help me. I am a network administrator. in my network several users should have Local Administrator Permision. Somebody chanege their's IP addresses and make problems in my network. I want to hide or disable "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" from items list in ...

controling users in a small network

alaahemdan - 20 Feb 2007 11:20 AM - 3 messages

hi all my computer is a member of a samll network (11 pc) I want some computers can access internet (DSL) throw network and prevent the others thanks ...

169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP Address on Wired Ethernet in Windows XP Pro

michaelcaha - 20 Feb 2007 4:53 AM - 5 messages

Hello, I was hoping someone could provide me some information and/or ideas on how to resolve the typically 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address problem in Windows XP Pro. I am unable to get a valid IP address from the LAN's ...

Can only get on the internet in safe mode.

Rentalrick - 20 Feb 2007 2:33 AM - 2 messages

Hi. I must be missing something simple here. The only meaningful change I have made in my system was letting AVG antivirus expire. Since that time, I can only access the internet in safe mode with networking. I have run ...

Workgroups question

mzarazua - 19 Feb 2007 10:04 PM - 5 messages

I have a network of 4 computers. 3 have XP Professional running, and 1 has 2000 Professional. It's been up for about 6 months. Every once and a while one of the XP computers vanishes from the workgroup. ...

Cable modem -- does it make modem card unnecessary.

Stan Hilliard - 19 Feb 2007 10:03 PM - 4 messages

I have a Comcast account and a cable modem. I am building a new computer. If I connect to the cable modem with Ethernet or wireless router, does that make an internal modem card unnecessary? Stan Hilliard ...

Weird situation

TonyBr - 19 Feb 2007 7:44 PM - 5 messages

I have wireless networking with router between laptop and desktop. I am able to connect to the internet, and that is all. I've tried various offers on how to get my share files and folders to work, but at this ...

Connecting new computer to home network

Lindsay Ward - 19 Feb 2007 6:04 PM - 2 messages

I just bought a new computer yesterday that si running Windows Vista Home Premium. I want to connect it to my exsisting home network (all of those computers run XP) through ethernet cables. I have it plugged in to the ...

Home network: can't see the other computer

gallers - 19 Feb 2007 4:20 PM - 2 messages

I successfully set up a home network between my desktop and my laptop which worked fine (printer sharing etc) with the laptop conneceted via a wireless router. Then the other day I got an error message telling me the laptop ...

Cannot see MCE desktop from other computers on my LAN

Bob S - 19 Feb 2007 4:14 PM - 4 messages

I have a home LAN with 4 computers attached to a Linsys router and then a cable modem using CAT5 cabling. All 3 computers run XP. My desktop runs XP MCE. My son's computer runs XP home. My wife's computer and my laptop both ...

Windows Vista in Workgroup with server troubles

AlexGrig - 19 Feb 2007 2:00 PM - 4 messages

Hello! Can someone help me little. We have corporate network with file-server (Linux with Samba) and many computers with XP. All is ok every PC can connect to server using user name and password. But PC with Vista working not correctly. This PC can access other PC on the ...

I want to disable "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)"

Iranian Boy - 19 Feb 2007 12:43 PM - 4 messages

hi my friend I hope you can help me. I am a network administrator. in my network everyone have Local Administrator Permision. Somebody chanege their's IP addresses and make problems in my network. I want to hide or disable "Internet Protocol ...

D-Link Router Login Page not Rendering

David Witteried - 19 Feb 2007 9:46 AM - 4 messages

I just bought a D-Link DIR-655 router. I can access the router's configuration screens using my laptop (wired or wireless). However, my desktop computer renders a screen using IE 6, IE 7, and Firefox which look like the following. No graphical elements are renderd. Since I can access the ...

Apparent error with WPA-PSK

Allenbuild_Jon - 19 Feb 2007 9:08 AM - 2 messages

I have a HP laptop with XP Pro. Through an endless battle with my ISP I have been provided with 2 different wireless routers, the most recent of which appears to function satisfactorarily. However, my computer seems to remember an old password used for the first ...

Continual disconnections

gruntasmith - 19 Feb 2007 5:12 AM - 24 messages

Hi, I live in the country in Australia and have a satellite connection. At exactly 12 minutes to the hour (every hour) I am disconnected from the net. At exactly 10 minutes to the hour the service reconnects. As I play poker online this costs me a lot of money. ...

WindowsXP Prof

Scott - 19 Feb 2007 2:01 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I have 2 desktops and one laptop on a home network. My (Main) computer, My daughter's computer (Secondary), and my wife's laptop (Laptop). They are all on the same workgroup. I was running win2k prof SP4. I had local user ...

Cannot access other computer on network

Want2Print - 18 Feb 2007 5:28 PM - 3 messages

I recently got a new computer, and i have tried to set up home networking so i can print from the computer that is not attached to the printer well, now i cannot see system 1 from system 2, but the error message only ...

Problem displaying some web pages - FTP ports??

Laura - 18 Feb 2007 4:11 PM - 5 messages

Since installing Orange's Livebox 8meg broadband on Thursday, I have experienced problems in accessing some websites, where the following message appears: 'Internet explorer cannot display the web page' The majority of websites are fine, but in particular I've been unable to get ...

Internet Connection problem

hng001 - 18 Feb 2007 12:00 PM - 13 messages

I have been unable to use IE6 since the installation of a WiFi box a couple of weeks ago, even though I can receive e-mails with Outlook. Clicking the "Connections" tab on the Internet Properties causes the window to hang, and ...

File Sharing problem

bitsnpcs - 18 Feb 2007 6:09 AM - 2 messages

hi, I have two computers here running both Win XP Pro SP2. Both systems connect to a router that connects to an ADSL modem. I have just run the Home or Office networking Wizard on both so I can share internet and share files ...

Internet sharing problems

l dipietro - 18 Feb 2007 5:28 AM - 9 messages

Hi, I have a pc and a laptop both running XP Professional. Connected via a network cable. I am able to share files but not the internet connection. I have run the Network wizard on both computers. The pc is the host and the ...

Looking for a BASIC and cheap ftp server...

Austin Powers - 18 Feb 2007 1:11 AM - 6 messages

I'm looking for the simplest ftp server software I can find. A friend (who is not very Windows literate) wants to be able to access the computer sitting on his desk, at work, from home. I am planning on using ...