I am trying to connect a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop, running Vista Business,
to a wireless network set up on a desktop running XP(sp2).  I have previously
connected the lappie to similar networks without problem.  However...
The network shows up as 'available'.  When I click on ...

I have a computer expierencing problem detecting wireless network in
some places.  The computer can detect network with no problem in some
places.
But it cannot detect my home wireless network all of a sudden, it can

If I try to copy a large file (~5g or more) or several smaller files that
equal ~5g or more across the network the copy will start but eventually the
copy window will freeze and stop responding. If I try and reboot windows
hangs during the shutdown so my only recourse is to power ...

every day my Vista SP1 gets disconnected from the corporate DFS share right
after I stop working with my Vista SP1 Enterprise computer for an hour.
We have two different type Vista SP1 computers in our network, and they both
behave the same.

locally i can connect to \\server and map network drives
when i go off site and vpn i can ping server and connect to http://server
but i can not connect to \\server for some odd reason
outlook opens with out a problem

I recently upgraded to Vista and do now experience that a VPN
connection which worked fine under XP now does not work any more.
Under XP the authentication has the value 'MS CHAP'. So I suppose that
my VPN ist not working under Vista as MS has decided to not include MS

this problem has been haunting me for a few months until now. it happened a
few times before and now it happens again but i cant still connect to the
internet after a few days of configuring here and there. im running on
windows vista ultimate installed in my desktop. it seems ...

I have 2 PCs both running Vista Ultimate.  One PC is wirelessly connected to
a router, the other PC is wired direct to the router, which is a gateway to a
cable modem to my ISP.
I can share my wireless PC's files , however i cannot share my wired PC's

I have 4 Computers on network running Win Vista Business
One of the computer(lets say COMP1) has got printer shared via USB.I did the
sharing by Right Clicking the printer and selected Share.
Initally when i connected the printer to the other 3 computers i did

Hi folks, I have a fun problem, and am about to yank out the rest of my hair,
maybe someone here can help (prevent that)....please!
Home network, using 1 XP desktop, 1 XP laptop, 1 Vista desktop. the XP
desktop has 2 printers attached, the XP laptop can see and print to either

Is it possible to attach media from a networked PC (using media sharing) to
an email without creating shared folders on the remote PC?
It would be nice if I right clicked in Media Player and had 'add to email'
as an option, for instance. Is there perhaps anopther way?

Thanks to everyone for suggestions, etc.
The problem was caused by RASMAN.DLL on the server being corrupt. I replaced
it from the source CD and now VPN works fine from both my Vista and XP
boxes.

I am trying to set up a home network, I have tryed everything I can do, and
everything on the tech page website. The computers are listed on my network,
but will not let me share files with them , does anyone have suggestions.

I have problems with a network printer which appears to change the  IP
address that is allocated by DHCP server.
I asked previously if there was a program that could find out what
addresses had been allocated by I can no longer locate the name or the

Have successfully setup sharing through my router  --  internal drives and
one USB external drive (Western Digital Passport).  The network consists of 2
computers running Vista Home Premium and 1 running W2K-Pro; and a Linksys
wireless router.