Windows XP Networking

I have W2008 server and about 6 Win XP PC's. All of a sudden one of the PC's started swith Preferred DNS every time I shut it down and restart it. The PDNS is suppose to be the server DNS which is a 192.168.2.xx. The PDNS that ...

When I try to connect to another computer on our office network, I keep getting asked for a password.  This just started happenning.  We have never had to enter a password before and to my kowledge we have never setup any for ...

I have an old laptop that had wired and wireless connectivity both working. I had to reinstall XP after formatting my HD. Now have XP SP3 + latest security patches. I have wired network capability ruinning IE 8 Beta2.  Works fine. ...

Greetings, I have a folder which is being shared: c:\Documents and Settings\Shane I want to turn sharing off for this folder, but when I go to the Sharing tab in properties, the "Share this folder on the network" box is dimmed, so I ...

I am getting the "access denied" error when either computer on our network tries to access files on the hard drive, even though the entire drive is shared. While I am able to troubleshoot on my own many other computer issues, when ...

I need to set up a VPN connection on my (host) computer to allow remote access to ACT 2009 only for 4 sales reps. I get stuck when I get to the point where I need to enter the IP address of ...

PC with XP Pro SP3 and laptop PC with XP Home SP3 connected with 10 Base 3 Ethernet,25 feet of Cat 6 crossover cable.DSL via USB is on the host PC. I have had this config working several times with much reading and ...

This is an old problem that i've seen before but can't remember how I fixed it. Unfortunately, all the "solutions" I've found by Googling are to create matching usernames on all machines. I've got two Samba servers - -redshift -and -postbag -- and connect to them with two XP machines and a Mac. One XP machine and the Mac prompt me for username and password, I enter them, and everything works as expected on both -redshift -and -postbag-. The other XP machine - -testlap -- prompts for username/password when connecting to -postbag -and works as expected, however, when trying to connect to -redshift -it doesn't prompt for username/password and after a short while comes back with the error \"YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO CONNECT TO \\REDSHIFT\HOMES. CONTACT YOUR SYSTEM ADMIN.....\" (can't remember the exact wording, but it's a standard XP error). Looking at the Samba logs on -redshift -I can see that the reason it's failing is because it (-testlap-) is trying to connect as user Administrator - the user I'm logged onto testlap as - which doesn't exist on -redshift-. This isn't a Samba-specific problem as I've had the same problem between two Windows boxes before. It's something to do with XP thinking - or behaving as though - it has been told to remember the username/password. Both XP machines are running XP Pro + SP2 + all current updates, i.e. exactly the same version of XP. IIRC there is a "hidden" dialogue somewhere in XP that allows you to tell XP to forget all network passwords. Please don't suggest that I create a user called Adminstrator on -redshift -as this is not possible and should not be necessary as the other machine works fine, as does the Mac, and -testlap -can also connect OK to -postbag-. Thanks. ...

Hi Everyone: In the past few weeks my computer has become unbearably slow trying to connect to the Web.Comcast checked my modem and everything tested out fine.When I click on the Yahoo or Google icons or run from the start up ...

Since some time I had problems mapping to network shares (or showing the available shares on a remote computer) in domain. I can search active directory and logging on to sql servers will use my domain credentials (ie integrated security works) so it looks like I am logged on to the ...

Windows XP Pro SP3 workstation Have a Trendnet USB 2.0 network 10/100 adapter in my laptop. When the pc starts up I get several errors that the domain controller is not available netlogon error etc. I believe the problem is the network drivers are loading before the USB ...

I've got two pc's both support gigabyte lan. Use one as my main pc and one to backup to etc. The lan speed is nothing like i was hoping. It works stable at around 5% of it's full capacity... I'm not sure what the problem is. Both are ...

I there a setting in windows XP & Vista for that matter where i can set the nic/networking to :   If the OS detects a wired connection to turn off, or not obtain an ip address for the wireless connection.... ...

Please redirect me if this is not the correct newsgroup. I am a programmer (leaving networking to the network pros) and sometimes to clients' via a Windows VPN. While connected, my machine (Win XP SP2) can no longer connect to the ...

I have trouble in connecting 2 computers with a usb 2 bridge cable. In one of the computers (pc1) I have access at all the files of the other computer (pc2), but in this one I was not able to access at no one of the pc1. In both ...

We are a small business and the computers have been purchased piecemeal. That being said I am constantly given the task of keeping everyone connected to our network. The server computer runs NT 4.0. The computers running Vista and ...

I had a VPN connection to my ex employer's network and now need to remove their domain but XP won't let me unless I'm a domain administrator. The company I worked for is dissolved so I have no way of logging on to their ...

I have an ISP and hardwired LAN to a singlt computer,  This has worked for years until the broadband network failed for a week over Xmas.  When the ISP got it back on-line, I could not get a connection.  Eventually they advised ...

I have a home network workgroup with two XP desktop computers (both running 32-bit XP/sp3) ethernet-connected to a router plus a wireless-connected laptop running Vista(x64). Both desktops have a direct-connected (USB-port) printer attached. ...

computer hp pavillion with win xp, now 2 years old. pc doctor states no hardware failures. just did a D Recovery due to a com3 conflict. the Serial device has a yellow mark showing it's disabled. the properties give the following info-- ...

Howdy, We have 5 systems behind a LinkSys router. All systems have static IP addresses assigned, and the router, of course, gets its IP address from the provider. Today, we found that all five systems failed to log on to ...

I have 16 pc's on a peer tp peer network. all the pc's run xp pro. The problem I am having is that some of the pc's drop the link and you have to setup the network again on that pc. I would like to know how many pc's can ...

Hi all, I use ie7, when I click a bib file from within ie using the following url: [link] the IE will open this file by JabRef.  But I want to this file be ...

Howdy, I have a Dell Latitude D610 with an integrated NIC on the motherboard. The OS is XP Pro. I very frequently change network settings because I move the laptop from place to place. I typically use software (NetSwitcher) to make those changes. When in my office, I ...

I am in a small business that has set up a file server based local network.  The server runs Windows server 2003 and the 4 workstations run windows XP Pro SP2.  At about 5:30 pm everyday we have 1 workstation, always the same ...

Windows XP SP2 (dhcp client 10.1.1.14) communicate Windows Server 2003 SP1 (dhcp server 10.1.1.1)using PCANYWHERE. Communication was interrupted and after while dhcp ip address was changed to 169.254.214.137. After while dhcp address was restored. ...

Network dosen't work can not renew IP Address I keep getting 0's and it says it cannot connect to dhcp server. My internet only works using a USB connection from my modem to the PC. I spoke with 10 differnt Tech's from ...

Hi all, I have two DSL connections and my computer has two NICS, one connected to each DSL connection. Is there any way to force XP to use ONE particular DSL connection for the internet, and never use the other one for internet, ie intranet only? ...

Hi everybody, I've recently installed Windows XP Professional (SP3) on my main development machine, all the other computers in my home network are running Windows 2000. Since then, I'm unable to access any administrative share of the XP machine ...

Hello, I'm trying to set up an ad hoc network to accomplish the following: Because video game consoles cannot authenticate with 802.1x, I need to create the following path:  Wall port to desktop via ethernet cable, then ...