I'm very frustrated, but instead of sharing what I've already tried (way too much info), I'd rather ask what I need to do from scratch. I have two identical XP Home machines w/ a single ethernet NIC in each. These two machines are connected to a DSL router, and both computers ...

I tried the below and still having issues on 1 other
computer, still gets 169 addy.  I have replaced the
cable, moved to a new port in the switch that was working
for another computer, tried another netowrk card and also

Well every now and then we'll try to contact my
grandparents but when there online there is no way to get
in touch with them. They don't use anything like yahoo
messenger or aim and if they don't check their email, then

I am trying to share a connection on a network.  The
computer that hosts the connection for the network is
connected to the internet through a wireless connection.  
When I try to enable ICS I get a message that ICS cannot

I feel stupid. I have 3 machine. They all have 3com Nics
in them and they are running Windows XP pro, XP home and
Windows Server 2000. (The server OS is NOT configured as
a domain controller or at least active directory isn't up

I am trying to set up two windows xp computers onto a new
network. I ran the wizards on both computers, but they do
not see each other in the workgroup, nor do the pings
find each other "request timed out". one of the computers

i am using XP HOME and i am using the administrator accoun
i shared the C:\Documents and Setings\All Users\Documents folder on a local network
But disallowed network users to change files in this folder.
ie. enable read but disable write

I get a warning in my event viewer that says my computer
has automatically  configured the IP address for the
network card with network address blah blah blah. The IP
address being used is different. How do I change this? I

We have had our small office set up on the network.  Dell
came in and put in a new hard drive and we went to set up
that computer back on the network and it will not connect
to the server computer.  The other computers showed up but

How to confiure ADSL using 2 Lan Cards on XP Client is WIN98?

My IE with tis URL: http://scheo.com/srchasst/srchcust.htm keeps popping up whenever I boot up my pc. I've tried installing applications such as Adware & Spybot but none of these helped. Can someone pls advice me on wat to do? Thanks.

How do I add a win 200 pro cpu to my win xp home network?

One PC with WinXP Pro as server, whenever more than 10 workstation in LAN
connect to the server, an error message will be displayed.
1. After some search in the net, I read that WinXP will not accept more than
10 connection, can anyone confirm this?

I have Computer#1 hooked up to a Linksys wireless router directly and Computer#2 is connected with a wireless PCI adaptor.  My internet connection on both computers is running fine.  When I try to network the computers by running the Network Wizard on Computer#1, I'm getting an ...

We have 3 systems connected via a Linksys router - DSL
works fine on all three, but can't seem to get the HP
OfficeJet to print on either the sys running 2000 Prof or
Win98.  I have printer sharing enabled on my sys (running