are there any possibilities to activate/deactivate a
LAN-connection with a command line command
in WinXP-SP2?
Tia

I'm running win xp pro sp2 on both my desktop & my laptop at home and
have them connected in a workgroup through my ADSL modem (SpeedTouch
580). The laptop connects wirelessly to the modem while the desktop
connects through USB.

I purchased a new computer - OS is Win XP Media Center.  That's my primary.  
Older computer has Win XP.  That's my secondary.  I just need to copy files
from secondary to primary.  I was told I could do this with a crossover
cable.  Secondary is all set.  On primary, however, I ...

Please can you help.
I have two pc's, one running xp pro, the other xp home. They are joined to
the internet via a 4-port adsl modem/switch. They have static ip addresses
(192.168.1.2 and 3 respectively), with the router being 192.168.1.1. Neither

Reposting the info again, I still can't connect to the Internet.
A PC and a laptop are connected to a DSL router. The PC connects to the
Internet and is fine. The laptop sometimes manages to connect, but it lasts
only for as long as the laptop stays on. The next time I turn it on, ...

This may be the simplest thing in the world but I can't get it to work.
I'm setting up a system that requires two nics to two different networks.
Both are set for static.  Both are set for different default gateways.  Only
one uses a static DNS entry.  If it matters both have a ...

I took your advice Chuck and started a new thread.
I had two computers networked and working well.  One was a Gateway running
winXP and the other was an IBM running winME.  I added a new Dell running
winXP and the network saw it until I ran the network wizard.  Now the Dell is

I've got a mixed mode win2k domain with various clients,
one WinXP sp1 machine will not all of a sudden communicate
with the domain.  It logs two events in the Application
log 40960, and 40961, It takes an extremely long time to

I recently set up a home network, and want to share the scanner. I am unable
to figure out how, please give me some pointers.
Thanks in advance.

I am having a problem connecting my laptop to the internet  using a Dlink
router DI -524 and wireless adapter DWL-630.  I have installed both several
times and each has its default settings.  I am able to ping the router and
get its config menu, but I am not able to access the ...

I used to be able to network 2 XP Home machines, one with a wireless
connection to a router, the other, a desktop, using a cable. It worked
well without knowledge on my part the machines just seemed to "find"
each other. Now, having re-formatted and re-installed XP on the

If a PC is in a router's "DMZ," and thus has a public IP address, can
any of its resources (printers and files) be shared by computers on the
LAN?  And as a corrolary, if computers on the LAN can share those
resources, can those resources be protected from use by anyone anywhere?

I have a Lynksys BFW1154 Router connecting two computers to the Internet.  I
keep getting dropped when I plug the computers into the router, but when I
take the router out of the equation the connection doesn't have a problem.
The router is less than a year old.  This seems to be ...

Frequently, I am unable to see/access other computers on the network via
network places.  Sometimes I'm unable to see the computer that I'm on via
network places. I have to restart the computer before all the networked
computers can be seen via network places

I know this has come up before.  However, this one has me stumped.
I went through this list:
http://tinyurl.com/dmn79
However, I still have the problem.