Windows XP Networking - Week 17, 2009

New Network Setup

Snowdog - 25 Apr 2009 4:15 AM - 2 messages

I have Vista Home on one computer and XP on the other. Does anyone know the fastest way to setup home network. I have Hi-speed and router. Just need the steps per computer. Thank you in advance ...

Computers in same workgroup not recognizing each other

Peter - 24 Apr 2009 7:08 PM - 7 messages

Seems a common problem. Two machines definitely connected by wireless, excellent signal. Went through set up with Network Wizard to establish computer and workgroup names, but nothing shows in "Network Places\View Workbook Computers" on either machine. I use Windows Live Care - set ...

Problem sharing files

Dan Williams - 24 Apr 2009 7:29 AM - 3 messages

I have a problem sharing an external usb drive. Sharing is working on the internal drive fine. I get a permissions error when trying to connect to the external drive. I have set permissions both in sharing and security for 2 different users. Neither of which can connect. ...

Neeed help

jak - 23 Apr 2009 8:29 PM - 5 messages

hey guys.. i reali need help with this.. i am currentli using a toshiba notebook which is running on vista.. and is connected wirelessli to my netgear WGT624. The WGT624 is connected to a netcom VOIP via a ETHernet cable ...

"Network cable unplugged"

Rattlingroger - 23 Apr 2009 1:48 PM - 8 messages

I have two LANs - ethernet and Bluetooth - which are available to my system, but neither of which are used because I communicate to my router via Wireless. However, whatever settings I use, the LAN icons appear with a red ...

Can't share files all of a sudden

Sheila - 23 Apr 2009 6:44 AM - 10 messages

I have 2 XP Pro SP 3 computers connected via a router. Networking worked fine until I moved both computers into a different building. Now both of them access the internet without a problem, but neither of them see each ...

Networking failure again

Peter - 23 Apr 2009 2:28 AM - 5 messages

I am posting this again as the thread was dropped. I have three computers on my home network -- two wired and one wireless. Two run XP Pro and one XP Home. I suddenly can no longer log on to the home ...

Internet Explorer 8 and its crashes

Kloppstock - 22 Apr 2009 6:56 PM - 2 messages

Im not so pleased with Internet Explorer 8 (not longer beta) and its freezup crashing at random, it happends 10 times a day now v.s 0 times a day with IE 7 thei added this new feat to recover open webpages that have crashed, ...

Setting XP-Pro's Network Permissions

Stan Hilliard - 22 Apr 2009 5:15 PM - 3 messages

I have two computers, Win98SE and WinXP-Pro. These are connected by an Ethernet cable. When I try to run Acronis True Image Management Console on Win98SE with Acronis Agent installed on WinXP-Pro, I am supposed to be able to back up a partition on 98 to a hard drive on ...

How to change a .flv video file to view in WMP;

http://www.jeffreydavidmorris.com - 22 Apr 2009 7:43 AM - 3 messages

I have this small video file I got from online (nevermind what it is), it's just that I need to figure out how to change it from .flv to .wmv; but I think I do not have the right or enough codec's on my pc (I have WMP 10, ...

DOMAIN LOGIN RELATED

RITESH THUMAR - 22 Apr 2009 6:31 AM - 2 messages

I HAVE 30 PCS WITH WINDOWS XP AND ALSO WINDOWS 2000 IN MY DOMAIN BUT NO ONE ACCESS IN DOMAIN USER ... THEN WHAT CAN I DO FOR LOGIN IN DOMAIN USER FROM ANY PCS..........PLS TELL ME ....... ...

choosing an internet connection

Alan Burton - 21 Apr 2009 9:29 PM - 8 messages

I have a computer that connects to the internet through my local area network. This computer also has a faster wireless internet connection available. I want to remain connected to the LAN for fast file exchange with other computers but I want to access the internet through the faster wireless ...

Strange intermittent failure of file and printer sharing in XP SP3

Jesse - 21 Apr 2009 7:56 PM - 2 messages

I have a home network of 2 computers. My desktop is connected to the internet via a cable to a Siemens Gigaset SE567 router. My laptop is connected wirelessly to the router. Both machine are running Windows XP Home ...

My Network Places missing a pane

BullRider - 21 Apr 2009 4:48 PM - 6 messages

From the start button/menu I select "My Network Places". When the "My Network Places" window opens it is missing the left pane that should have a blue backgound and the "Network Tasks", "Other Places" and "Details" menus. ...

Lose Network Connection Until Ping Computer

WAMozart - 21 Apr 2009 3:28 PM - 6 messages

I have a 3-computer wireless network all running Windows XP SP3, all Dell computers. All 3 computers share folders with each other. 2 computers work fine on the network. One computer loses connectivity to the other computers, their shared folders, and the shared network printer multiple times during ...

My shared folder asks for a password...

Oriane - 21 Apr 2009 8:33 AM - 3 messages

Hello there, On my client site, I have to access a shared folder on a workgroup XP SP2 computer, the permission of which is "Everyone" (on the "Sharing" and on the "Security" tab). When I try to access the folder from Windows Server 2003, an ...

Networking failure

Peter - 21 Apr 2009 2:06 AM - 4 messages

I have three computers on my home network -- two wired and one wireless. Two run XP Pro and one XP Home. I suddenly can no longer log on to the home network with the two XP Pro machines and yet all three go out through the ...

changing to XP - some questions

Linea Recta - 20 Apr 2009 5:39 PM - 4 messages

I had a working network as with following structure: PC with Windows2000 SP4 connected by cable to a Sitecom WIFI router/ADSL modem. Laptop with Windows Vista SP1. Laptop is connected by WIFI through WPA secure connection. Both machines have internet access. ...

WAN IP Address

Patrick Whittle - 20 Apr 2009 2:18 PM - 8 messages

My ISP uses the following: WAN IP Address: 24.57.199.51 Default Gateway: 24.57.192.1 Which IP do I give to a person in Illinois, so that he can connect to my terminal server? This server is on my internal LAN. ...

Vista: L2TP vs. Remote Desktop Service

Patrick Whittle - 19 Apr 2009 1:59 AM - 3 messages

As soon as I enable Remote Desktop within Routing and Remote Access on Windows 2003 Server, leaving VPN Gateway (L2TP/IPSec ) enabled, my second computer/client cannot connect anymore. Do I need to choose "either/or" ?? Apparently yes, because my Remote Desktop client software fails to ...