i have 2 computers. One has 98se and the other XP profesional. if i try to copy from 98se (p3 650MHz 128ram) to xp (>p4 2400+ 512ram) it works perfect. The other way aroud it doesn't (max 0.97% of 10mbs). I wrote you brakets for wat i considered that is necesarly to know.

There are three computers on the network. One is a
laptop, partitioned fat32. The first desktop is fat32;
the second desktop is NTFS. The laptop can see the other
fat32 but not the ntfs. The ntfs can see the fat32

I have updated to Windows XP. I would like to know how to get my computer ro recognize my scanner
It is a Hewlett Packard (hp scanjet 2200). It worked before. It is connected right. The software installed okay, but I keep getting a couple of messages when I try to get into the ...

Normally DNS and DHCP are associated aren't they?
I'm working on a network that doesn't use DHCP and, yet, there are no DNS
servers listed.  It seems to work.  How does it work?
There is a WinProxy server that goes to the internet.

Are there any issues running a Windows XP client in a
Windows 2000 environment?

I'm trying to connect two pc by a router. Previously I
used to share it by using NIC and cross cable without
using a router. My question is do I still need to get a
straight cable or can I just use the existing cross

A friend has XP Home SP1 using an internal modem to connect to the WWW.
A few days ago he found that Windows Update stopped working. Could get to
the site, click on Scan and it stopped at 0%.
Followed all the likely fixes in the site FAQ without any change in the

When I login, the following window comes up
"Common client user session has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenence".  It gives the following options: Send error report or Don't send
I have two XP home computers connected to a router gateway ...

Have XP operating system.  Auto backups of office apps are
filling up network drive..
What registry entry could be used to prevent auto backups
of Word, and Excel?

My wife upgraded her computer from work to XP. She made a
backup of her files over to our home system. Since
her laptop was configured for a domain I changed
the setup to a workgroup that I use at home in order to

Trying to connect 2 Windows XP Pro machines.
One of them (machine 1) has a cable modem connected via a network card.
There is  simple connection with a cross-over cable between the 2 machines.
Machine 2 has an internet connection via machine 1.

I have Win XP Pro and put in a D-Link DWL-G520 wireless PCI card.  It
connects ok and can 'see' my network that is established by my D-Link
DI-624 but I cannot get any Internet access from the wireless desktop.
The link status and signal strength is at 100%.

Guys:
I connected my PC to Router/4port switch, when I do "ipconfig
/release" or "ipconfig /renew" I am getting the following error,. What
was the reason. I can LED blinks on both sides.

Thanks for the advice so far, but... Why is the win98 not
able to access the share after enabling the guest
account?  Enabling the guest account works fine on other
P2P networks where I'm accessing a win2000 station from a

I'm having a problem.  As a favor for a friend I upgraded his XP pro system,
with a mobo, cpu, and memory swap.  He put XP on it with an upgrade disk
that he got at Best Buy.  Originally he was running 89se.
I boot fm the cd, and it gets to the point where it's going to install the