Windows XP Networking - Week 51, 2008

How to use Network Key on WiFi Router

Jim - 20 Dec 2008 11:20 AM - 4 messages

First off, I admit I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to wireless routers. Question - A visiting friend used his laptop to connect to the Internet through my wireless Belkin router. When he returned home and tried to connect to his wireless router, it kept asking for his network key. Why did ...

No icons in Network connections folder

Hema - 19 Dec 2008 10:19 PM - 2 messages

I installed XP Professional over XP home OS on a dell desktop since I did not have the disk for XP Home edition and after that, I cannot connect to the network. I cannot see any icons in the Network connections folder and when I ...

Blue Screen

ccrider - 19 Dec 2008 5:56 PM - 5 messages

Hope I'm at the right forum for this problem. If not please point me in the right direction. I have two computers on a network (actually more, but the two are up at the same time..... sometimes). One computer is a self-built HTPC, the other is a ...

working offline with offline files while VPN still connected?

thommes - 19 Dec 2008 10:49 AM - 2 messages

Hi! I'm working remotely through VPN and have to be connected in order to send/receive e-mails with Outlook via Exchange Server. Some of the synchronized files can't be opened while connected. Especially Word and Excel-files.So I have to disconnect while working ...

computer does not show in network place after setup wizard

otto - 18 Dec 2008 12:13 PM - 3 messages

I brought a second computer both with XP. I setup the LAN connection, file & printer sharing with the wixard. Inta and intranet was working fine. I had to restore the old computer and that is when ( I think) my intranet ...

Unable to ping/connect to Netgear router in Windows XP

dk.obrien - 17 Dec 2008 9:17 PM - 3 messages

Hi I'm trying to set up a second boot disk on my machine with Windows XP home. Most everything appears to be going well except that I am unable to connect to my router. The LAN connection (ethernet) appears to be working but shows ...

Can I share a windows live skydrive folder on my home network?

J-BIRD - 17 Dec 2008 9:08 PM - 3 messages

I have created an account on skydrive, an online storage site. On my home network, I have folders that are shared with one pc and a video game system. It would be awesome if I could mount the skydrive folders onto my network so ...

slow wireless speed

bill - 17 Dec 2008 6:34 PM - 3 messages

I have three computers connected thru one new linksys 310 router to cable. All computers are "B/G" NICs desktop with gigabyte link runs over 7Mbps speed test. laptop1 runs 2.7Mbps laptop2 runs 2.1Mbps upload speed maxes out at 358kbps on all - IP max. ...

Intermittent network share problems

IOWeb - 17 Dec 2008 9:23 AM - 2 messages

I am using Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition and various Windows XP Pro machines. One Windows XP machine keeps losing the permissions to open the network shares from the server. It work's fine most of the day but every now ...

1394 and LAN

Wish I was diving - 17 Dec 2008 2:31 AM - 3 messages

I was reading through a number of articles - as I usually do before asking questions - but couldn't find an answer to my problem, which is: I have no LAN connection icon in my Network Connections. 1394 is there but ...

Sharing, or not to share

Patrick - 16 Dec 2008 10:24 PM - 4 messages

Hiya, I have a wireless network at home, where all 3 PC's are setup so that the root of each drive is set to share. I don't use shared folders at all. In a couple of days I have someone coming to stay who will want to use ...

Odd networking problem

Dave A - 16 Dec 2008 7:29 PM - 4 messages

Student brought her laptop in today to have it looked at. Was riddled with spyware and the odd trojan. Got rid of that stuff handily enough (I hope!). Then turned to a problem she had been having previous to the infections, and ...

pings faster then 1s?

Trs80 - 16 Dec 2008 3:20 PM - 2 messages

want to measure the latency on a LAN as traffic increases. Is there a way to make a continuous ping occur faster then once/second? Or is there another instruction that I can use to send a short message from one NIC to ...

Can't use outlook express from remote laptop

dlbtiger - 16 Dec 2008 4:58 AM - 2 messages

I want to sign into pop3 from my laptops and desktop so that which ever computer I sign in from, the mail goes to the store folder on the desktop. When I try to change the store folder on my laptops to the desktop folder I ...

Accessing hard drive thru VPN

alice - 16 Dec 2008 3:53 AM - 2 messages

I am able to connect to my work computer from home (both XP) thru a VPN connection, then I have a link to my hard drive, but as of lately when I try to open it, it is asking for a password. I enter my ...

Data card

Begat4 - 15 Dec 2008 3:26 AM - 2 messages

I access the web from a data card using a usb connection. I also play games on xbox and would like to use xbox live. Is there a way to tap into the web connection on my pc so that my xbox will connect to xbox live? ...

Why can't I open file attachments entitled wwinmailnn.dat?

Angelo Campanella - 14 Dec 2008 11:13 PM - 6 messages

Colleagues have been sending me Word documents which purvey through Firefox and Eudora as wnmailnn.dat files which I cannot open with Word (as hey are sworn to be) or any other application. On my complaint, they have been translating said documents into PDFs, ...

Why can't I open attachments know to contain Word documents, but showing as a winmailnn.dat attachme

Angelo Campanella - 14 Dec 2008 11:12 PM - 3 messages

Colleagues have been sending me Word documents which purvey through Firefox and Eudora as wnmailnn.dat files which I cannot open with Word (as hey are sworn to be) or any other application. On my complaint, they have been translating said documents into PDFs, ...

Access Computer from Internet

Fran99 - 14 Dec 2008 7:36 PM - 2 messages

I Would like to access my computer from the internet when I am away from home. How Do I go about doing this. Setup Windows XP Pro (sp 2 Installed) DSL Internet Connection Router Tren NET TW100BRF114U Thanks For The Help ...

This error keeps coming back

Thomas R Grassi Jr - 14 Dec 2008 4:20 AM - 6 messages

Does anyone know why I get this error? Event Type: Error Event Source: Schannel Event Category: None Event ID: 36882 Date: 12/13/2008 Time: 5:59:47 PM User: N/A Computer: TGKW001 Description: The certificate received from the remote server was issued by an untrusted ...

do these IPs make sense?

Bill H. - 14 Dec 2008 3:18 AM - 4 messages

Computer is connected to broadband "modem" and configured for DHCP (I think it's Time Warner). Worked here, doesn't work at owner's location. Only one computer connected, yet cannot access Internet. May be ISP problem, ...