I plugged a portable hard drive into my PC to upload some information, and to
run a back up. It assigned the drive letter "D".  My computer is hooked into
a network on which my accounting software, and Microsoft Outlook and other
like programs run, in order that my other computer ...

Hi NG,
perhaps a simle thing....
in our network, we wave some centrino-notebooks (wxp-pro), which should
connect over wlan to our servers (w2k3):

We have a small Windows network:
   2 computers - Windows 2000 Pro - Ethernet connections.
   2 computers - Windows XP Pro - wireless connections.
   2 HP LaserJet printers - HP JetDirect connections.

I've got following problem:
We have an isolated system (peer-to-peer, no domain) with some WinXP SP2
Clients. After logging in, there's a script for mapping network drives
running. But due the network isn't initialized at this time, mapping fails!

 I have two win xp home machines that, up until yesterday, were
networking beautifully together. Both machines have shared directories
and mapped drives etc, and one has a printer that the other also uses.
 Starting some time yesterday, one machine ("brian" is its name) was

I have 2 computers networked.  One is an XP and the other one is Win98SE.  
I share the CD on my XP Computer with my 98 computer.  
I can download a program from my XP onto 98, but when I try to run the
program on the 98 which needs the cd, I get an error message on the 98

I had installed a network adapter which worked perfectly.When I installed
the drivers for the Audigy 4 Pro sound card, in the Device manager my network
adapter disappeared and in its position was an 1394 Net adapter.Please tell
me how can I "find" my adapter because now I can't ...

Hi, I'm a little confused between DHCP and DNS. I have a second computer in
my network that can't connect to the Internet. The ISP has a diagnostics
feature which checks the settings of the connection in a computer, and the
only problem found was that the DNS server can't be ...

Everything worked just fine before installing this new router 2 days ago!
Installed a NetGear Wireless Router for my wife's VPN so she can access work
with her wireless laptop.
Since installing the router...the internet to the 2 desktop pc's in the

I have a desktop etherneted to a wireless linksys router and laptop with a
wireless router. Both systems are running XP Pro. The laptop can get to the
internet but i can't share files, printers.
The error message that I get whe I try to view workgroup computers.

Can some one help me please and confirm or point me in the right direction
We have about 5-7 computers
I have set up a small workgroup with an xp pro machine acting as simplified
server.

Hi all, I'm having trouble with three PCs (all XP Home SP2) on a home
network (two wireless laptops plus one desktop on a hardwired Ethernet
cable, all talking to Netgear WGR614 wireless router which in turn is
connected to cable modem box).

I just got a new box with xp home on it, and want to add it to my home
network. i ran the xp network setup prog, but i still get the "you may not
have permission" message. this it the first time i have had this problem, but
i setup my network on the existing computers with the ...

We got a second computer.
So I deleted my son's and my wife's user accounts from the welcome window on
my computer and, therefore, their logon information. What I didn't know was
that it would erase their personal "Document" folders as well.

All,
In Windows XP the network drives in explorer show the full path (i.e.  
Microsoft on v:\microsoft\home)
I just want the icon to say v: like it would in Windows 2000.  How do I