Why is it that my computer on provides "local connectivity" at times.  What
does "local connectivity" mean?
How can I avoid this problem.  I go to a 'hotspot' expecting to have
'internet connectivity' and I cannot get on the net.  I have a strong signal

I have Vista Premium, and can not connect to my network printers. Both are
attached to a Windows 98 system. I can see the printers when trying to add a
new network printer but when I click on them I get a message stating windows
can not connect to the printer (0x00000866). I ...

I have a desktop running vista home, and a laptop running XP. I have internet
through a cable modem and a wireless router. the laptop is wired into the
router and the laptop runs wirelessly.
I want to set up the network so that I can keep my wireless network

Yesterday I had successfully set up my Vista PC to  be accessed within my
LAN.  I even had the Vista's C drive mapped to other PCs.  Today when I try
to access it, I receive message that access is denied.  I have turned off all
firewalls on the Vista PC to make sure that was not ...

My husband I recently got two new laptops, both running Vista Home Premium.  
I have a Toshiba Satellite and he has a Dell Inspirion.  We are using a year
old Linksys 10/100 Ethernet hub.  We have run the newwork wizard over and
over but can't get the computers to see eachother.  ...

I am trying to connect my 'Vista home premium' to my work's windows xp.  I
am told that this cannot happen as my work is running an earlier version of
windows vista!!
Is this possible to connect at all?

can someone help me please, here is my problem..  i have a machine with
windows xp pro and a machine with windows vista home premuin,  on my xp
machine i can access or download files ect that are on my vista machine.  but
my vista machine cannot access my xp machine at all.  what ...

Hi, I have recently purchased Linksys WRT54GR router.
I can connect to the router but despite hours (literally) of trying I have
been unable to access the configuration page. I can ping the router fine but
can't open the UI using 192.168.1.1. Have really reached the end of the ...

I'm asking on behalf of my dad who has recently bought a new computer with
Windows Vista Home Basic installed.
His internet (Virgin broadband) sometimes does not work. I am not familiar
with Vista. I myself connect to the internet fine through a wireless

Hi.  I have a strange issue (at least to me) trying to set up my home
network. I've read alot of the other posts and my issue seems a bit
different (well, the symptoms are).  I'd be grateful for any
suggestions!

We have purchased multiple Compaq laptops and use them to setup a control
panel to access through the web. Have set them up as similar as the XP OS
which has worked fine but Vista gives us a limited connectivity message and
will not bring up the web page associated with our ...

I have a laptop with Vista home premium. I want to connect to a small office
network which has 1 computer with XP and 2 computers with Office 2000. They
are connected by a router and share the internet connection through the
router. The network name is workgroup. I have enabled ...

I have a Windows Vista Home Premium laptop and a Windows XP Home SP2 desktop
PC.  I am trying to network the two, so that I can access the printer that is
connected to my desktop from my laptop.  I have both machines in the same
workgroup, and the XP can see the Vista machine ...

I have a laptop running Vista and I want to connect to my home computer for
printing and maybe even look at the hard drive.  I saw where it said to add a
port name and number, but I have no idea what my own port name and number is.
Please help.  Thanks.

Hi guys..I'm trying to connect my Linksys wireless G router to Vista useing
Belkin adaptor...Spoke to Tec support at Belkin....did all usuall
checks....adapter ok....they said it was a firewall problem....so I
disconnected vista firewall....still not able to connect....Phoned