I have set up networking between my laptop(WXP) and my desktop(W98SE) and
all working but when I start my laptop the desktop immediately satrts. How
can I prevent this?
Blair Malcolm

I current setup is using a wired hub to connect two PCs to a dsl
modem. I can get two different IPs from my ISP for those two PCs via
DHCP.
Now I brought a Netgear 814 wireless router in hope to upgrade my home

I just added a new Dell desktop (running XP Pro) on my home network, and am unable to see it on any of the other machines when looking under 'Entire Network' / Workgroup (ie,  my laptop (XP PRO) and my other desktop (2000)).  However, I can ping the new machine and access it from ...

Hi, I will be soon moving into a large house with 6
bedrooms, where Internet access through wireless
technology will be required throughout. Currently a
wireless router is in the living room, and this serves the

I recently upgraded my computer to XP Pro. Setting up my
home network I decided to follow microsofts suggestion of
having the internet connection from the cable modem going
directly into my computer and from the second network into

Informations :
OS in every computer : Windows XP Pro.
Brand Router A : SMC 7004BR
Brand Router B : Belkin Router 4-Port Switch

2 pc's one XP other XP Pro.  Crossover cable.  Computers see each other on the net.  Same workgroup, File sharing setup ok.  PC A can access files on PC B, but PC B cannot access files on PC A.  However PC A can tranfer shared files to PC B.  Any attempt by PC B to browse PC A ...

i am trying to fix a friends computer, when i log on to the internet i get
no internet activity at all i have tryed to ping sites and have installed
opera and nothing. I have put it on a network that shares a internet
connection and set the pc up to connect over a lan and still ...

How do I do this? I have a computer on 2000 and Laptop on
XP. Can I network these two?

and two connections lead to two IP addresses?

I have 2 PCs, one of which is connected to the Internet
via a USB connection into a broadband (ADSL) modem. I
wish to set up a home network and have purchased a switch
and the appropriate cabling. Reading the MS docco I

I have 2 computers in the same room.  Both used to have Windows 98SE but one Hard Drive failed so I took the opportunity of purchasing XP Home to put on the new Drive.  Both were networked through an ADSL Router - neither was a host and both could access the net independently
I ...

I can connect to the VPN with another computer that has
W2K from my home and it works fine, but when I connect
from my laptop with XP, I can't browse the VPN network or
the internet....strangely MSN Messenger works while

I had a weird problem with WinXP Home today.
I was installing Norton AntiVirus for somebody and it couldn't connect
to the liveupdate site (liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com, according to
the virus definition updater) to download the latest virus definitions.

I have an HP Pavilion ZE5400 laptop, as a QC Auditor I'm constantly visiting
different factories every day, I visit a total of 3 to 4 factories which I'm
assign to, I have all the necessary parameters (IP, Gateway, Subnet, DNS,
etc) to log-in to the Factory's LAN & Internet Access ...