"derrick" wrote:

> hi all,
> 25 PCs here all XP sp2 are working fine.  3 PCs starting 2-3 weeks ago
> starting to have problem.  They are unable to connect to the network drives,
> cannot map network drives, cannot browse network neighborhood, change PC
> ID/domain are greyed out (saying network is not installed or not configured
> properly) and Generic Host process for win32 errors pop up when starting xp. 
> I am also having problem doing windows update. it will stop at the installing
> screen for the first install, stays there.....
>
> Restart a few times, might come up better. Then after a while it drops
> again. During all the above problem, Internet access has no problem. 
> Ipconfig /all still show proper Information.
>
> I ran spybot, ad ware, spysweeper, spy doctor and Mcafee antivirus, all came
> out clean.  Sometime i can boot up with option to change domain and PC name,
> i tried to disjoin and join back the domain already, same problem.  Of course
> i login as myself, Domain admin.
>
> Any idea?

"Howard Mosoff" wrote:

> I had the same problem which drove me out of my mind for 2 months until
> today!!!  Everyone's suggestions tend to attack the registry and the drivers
> and the network set up.  I finally realized that there was a computer
> accidentally plugged into the hub in a "trunk" port.  As soon as I unplugged
> it, all was fine throughout the system.  Check that before you continue
> killing your machines.
>
> "derrick" wrote:
>
> > hi all,
> > 25 PCs here all XP sp2 are working fine.  3 PCs starting 2-3 weeks ago
> > starting to have problem.  They are unable to connect to the network drives,
> > cannot map network drives, cannot browse network neighborhood, change PC
> > ID/domain are greyed out (saying network is not installed or not configured
> > properly) and Generic Host process for win32 errors pop up when starting xp. 
> > I am also having problem doing windows update. it will stop at the installing
> > screen for the first install, stays there.....
> >
> > Restart a few times, might come up better. Then after a while it drops
> > again. During all the above problem, Internet access has no problem. 
> > Ipconfig /all still show proper Information.
> >
> > I ran spybot, ad ware, spysweeper, spy doctor and Mcafee antivirus, all came
> > out clean.  Sometime i can boot up with option to change domain and PC name,
> > i tried to disjoin and join back the domain already, same problem.  Of course
> > i login as myself, Domain admin.
> >
> > Any idea?

"derrick" wrote:

> Thanks for your reply.
> How do i find that trunk port? i assume no one program the switch and assign
> trunk port without me.  Is that what you talking about?  Otherwise, please
> give me more detail.
> Thanks again.
>
> "Howard Mosoff" wrote:
>
> > I had the same problem which drove me out of my mind for 2 months until
> > today!!!  Everyone's suggestions tend to attack the registry and the drivers
> > and the network set up.  I finally realized that there was a computer
> > accidentally plugged into the hub in a "trunk" port.  As soon as I unplugged
> > it, all was fine throughout the system.  Check that before you continue
> > killing your machines.
> >
> > "derrick" wrote:
> >
> > > hi all,
> > > 25 PCs here all XP sp2 are working fine.  3 PCs starting 2-3 weeks ago
> > > starting to have problem.  They are unable to connect to the network drives,
> > > cannot map network drives, cannot browse network neighborhood, change PC
> > > ID/domain are greyed out (saying network is not installed or not configured
> > > properly) and Generic Host process for win32 errors pop up when starting xp. 
> > > I am also having problem doing windows update. it will stop at the installing
> > > screen for the first install, stays there.....
> > >
> > > Restart a few times, might come up better. Then after a while it drops
> > > again. During all the above problem, Internet access has no problem. 
> > > Ipconfig /all still show proper Information.
> > >
> > > I ran spybot, ad ware, spysweeper, spy doctor and Mcafee antivirus, all came
> > > out clean.  Sometime i can boot up with option to change domain and PC name,
> > > i tried to disjoin and join back the domain already, same problem.  Of course
> > > i login as myself, Domain admin.
> > >
> > > Any idea?