"SteveH" <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CB413A1B-D6B5-454C-8E66-A63581E78551@microsoft.com...
> Hello
>
> Can anyone confirm for me please whether or not TCP/IPv6 isinstalled on XP
> (as it is on Vista) I have seen it in 'Network Connections', but rarely.
> Is
> it that it is installed by default, but not enabled?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve

"Eric Cross" wrote:

> Hello Steve,
>
> If you have Windows XP, you can perform the following steps if it isn't
> already installed.
>
> 1. Log on to the computer with a user account that has privileges to change
> network configuration.
> 2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network
> Connections.
> 3. Right-click any local area connection, and then click Properties.
> 4. Click Install.
> 5. In the Select Network Component Type dialog box, click Protocol, and then
> click Add.
> 6. In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, click Microsoft TCP/IP version
> 6, and then click OK.
> 7. Click Close to save changes to your network connection.
>
> For more information, please refer to:
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/cc987595.aspx
>
> --
> Eric Cross
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>
>
> "SteveH" <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CB413A1B-D6B5-454C-8E66-A63581E78551@microsoft.com...
> > Hello
> >
> > Can anyone confirm for me please whether or not TCP/IPv6 isinstalled on XP
> > (as it is on Vista) I have seen it in 'Network Connections', but rarely.
> > Is
> > it that it is installed by default, but not enabled?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Steve
>
>
>

> Hello Eric
>
> Many thanks for your reply and the link.
>
> We use IPv4 here and ask users (XP and Vista) to disable IPv6. What I was
> wondering was why do some XP users have IPv6 visible in Network Connections -
> does it mean that they have actually enabled it themselves (as the
> information you provide and in the link you provided seem to suggest?).
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
> "Eric Cross" wrote:
> > Hello Steve,
>
> > If you have Windows XP, you can perform the following steps if it isn't
> > already installed.
>
> > 1. Log on to the computer with a user account that has privileges to change
> > network configuration.
> > 2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network
> > Connections.
> > 3. Right-click any local area connection, and then click Properties.
> > 4. Click Install.
> > 5. In the Select Network Component Type dialog box, click Protocol, and then
> > click Add.
> > 6. In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, click Microsoft TCP/IP version
> > 6, and then click OK.
> > 7. Click Close to save changes to your network connection.
>
> > For more information, please refer to:
> >http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/cc987595.aspx
>
> > --
> > Eric Cross
> > Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> > "SteveH" <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:CB413A1B-D6B5-454C-8E66-A63581E78551@microsoft.com...
> > > Hello
>
> > > Can anyone confirm for me please whether or not TCP/IPv6 isinstalled on XP
> > > (as it is on Vista) I have seen it in 'Network Connections', but rarely.
> > > Is
> > > it that it is installed by default, but not enabled?
>
> > > Thanks.
>
> > > Steve

"smlunatick" wrote:

> On Jul 2, 9:47 am, SteveH <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Hello Eric
> >
> > Many thanks for your reply and the link.
> >
> > We use IPv4 here and ask users (XP and Vista) to disable IPv6. What I was
> > wondering was why do some XP users have IPv6 visible in Network Connections -
> > does it mean that they have actually enabled it themselves (as the
> > information you provide and in the link you provided seem to suggest?).
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > "Eric Cross" wrote:
> > > Hello Steve,
> >
> > > If you have Windows XP, you can perform the following steps if it isn't
> > > already installed.
> >
> > > 1. Log on to the computer with a user account that has privileges to change
> > > network configuration.
> > > 2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network
> > > Connections.
> > > 3. Right-click any local area connection, and then click Properties.
> > > 4. Click Install.
> > > 5. In the Select Network Component Type dialog box, click Protocol, and then
> > > click Add.
> > > 6. In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, click Microsoft TCP/IP version
> > > 6, and then click OK.
> > > 7. Click Close to save changes to your network connection.
> >
> > > For more information, please refer to:
> > >http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/cc987595.aspx
> >
> > > --
> > > Eric Cross
> > > Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)
> > >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> >
> > > "SteveH" <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >news:CB413A1B-D6B5-454C-8E66-A63581E78551@microsoft.com...
> > > > Hello
> >
> > > > Can anyone confirm for me please whether or not TCP/IPv6 isinstalled on XP
> > > > (as it is on Vista) I have seen it in 'Network Connections', but rarely.
> > > > Is
> > > > it that it is installed by default, but not enabled?
> >
> > > > Thanks.
> >
> > > > Steve
>
> You need to also note that some Ethernet adapter drivers may not have
> the IPv6 features and may not ever have these enhancements.
>

> Hello smlunatick
>
> Yes, that's something I had not considered.
>
> But if in Network Connections a user has IPv4 and IPv6 ('this connection
> uses the following items'), does that mean that - unlike IPv4 will will
> appear there automatically - the user has actively installed/enabled IPv6.. It
> would never appear automatically, would it?
>
> Cheers again.
>
> Steve
>
> "smlunatick" wrote:
> > On Jul 2, 9:47 am, SteveH <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > Hello Eric
>
> > > Many thanks for your reply and the link.
>
> > > We use IPv4 here and ask users (XP and Vista) to disable IPv6. What I was
> > > wondering was why do some XP users have IPv6 visible in Network Connections -
> > > does it mean that they have actually enabled it themselves (as the
> > > information you provide and in the link you provided seem to suggest?).
>
> > > Cheers
>
> > > Steve
>
> > > "Eric Cross" wrote:
> > > > Hello Steve,
>
> > > > If you have Windows XP, you can perform the following steps if it isn't
> > > > already installed.
>
> > > > 1. Log on to the computer with a user account that has privileges to change
> > > > network configuration.
> > > > 2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network
> > > > Connections.
> > > > 3. Right-click any local area connection, and then click Properties..
> > > > 4. Click Install.
> > > > 5. In the Select Network Component Type dialog box, click Protocol, and then
> > > > click Add.
> > > > 6. In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, click Microsoft TCP/IP version
> > > > 6, and then click OK.
> > > > 7. Click Close to save changes to your network connection.
>
> > > > For more information, please refer to:
> > > >http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/cc987595.aspx
>
> > > > --
> > > > Eric Cross
> > > > Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)
> > > >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> > > > "SteveH" <Ste***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > >news:CB413A1B-D6B5-454C-8E66-A63581E78551@microsoft.com...
> > > > > Hello
>
> > > > > Can anyone confirm for me please whether or not TCP/IPv6 isinstalled on XP
> > > > > (as it is on Vista) I have seen it in 'Network Connections', but rarely.
> > > > > Is
> > > > > it that it is installed by default, but not enabled?
>
> > > > > Thanks.
>
> > > > > Steve
>
> > You need to also note that some Ethernet adapter drivers may not have
> > the IPv6 features and may not ever have these enhancements.

"John Wunderlich" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?SEY=?= <H*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:1D2D589C-5FAB-4FBE-B40C-DC20B7E56F5B@microsoft.com:
>
> > This topic reminds me:
> >
> > How can you check whether IPv6 is disabled or enabled on an XP
> > system? Is there any simple, foolproof way to confirm that IPv6 is
> > disabled/not installed?
> >
>
> Try this:
> Bring up a command prompt window (start -> run -> cmd)
> Enter the following command:
>
>   netsh interface ipv6 show interface
>
> If IPv6 is not installed, you will get the message:
>   "IPv6 is not installed"
>
> HTH,
>   John