Our PCs at home all go through a Linksys router which connects to the cable
modem (and also acts as a hardware firewall). I'd like to be able to share
files and a printer between the PCs. One is Win XP, the other Win ME. We used
to have a Win2K computer that was able to see the ...

The short version:  My brother called and said his XP Home machine wouldn't
boot. It got the old BSOD.   It was virus'ed up the wazoo.  I cleaned the
drive with AdAware on another machine and that got the boot back (?).  The
boot said the drive needed checking.  It caught 100's of ...

I have a simply 2 computer network running through a Linksys router (for the
cable connection). Both systems run XP Home Edition. I can ping each computer
by IP address and name. Both computers list each other and will display the
list of shares on each.......but when I try to ...

I have been able to create a network, access and share files between a
desktop (XP) and laptop (Me) over a wireless home network, using the XP home
networking wizard via an install disk created on the desktop and installed
on the laptop.

I am almost ready to install a router.  My current firewall is the free
version of Zone Alarm.  Should I disable Zone Alarm and use whatever fire
wall the router provides?
Jim

I didnt realize that I left my Network open for anyone to log into..I
have no password or encryption. The setup program led me to think that
I did. Its the first time I ever setup a network and I really didnt
know what I was doing security wise..I've had the network up for about

I am experiencing connectivity losses where my internet connection
continously drops without warning
My kids blame my recent addition of a linksys wireless broadband router to
our home computer.

Folks,
I have a Windows XP Home Desktop and a Windows XP Professional Laptop.  Both
have wireless adapters and Ethernet adapters.  I have set up a wireless
network from both machines to a DSLAM Subnet 192.168.1.x, 255.255.255.0 DHCP

I just finished installing a linksys router and wirless adapter on my 2
computers, both running with windows xp home edition.  I didn't know that i
should have started on the main computer and done the network setup wizard.  
I started the wizard on the client computer, then tried ...

I'm having trouble setting up my home network (file & printer sharing) -- but
am able to connect to the internet.
Basic configuration -- two computers running XP.  Desktop connected to
Linksys router with ethernet cable.  Laptop connected to router through

I have 2 PCs on a home network: XP Pro & XP Home.  I have recovered from a
fatal crash on XP Home with a new installation.  Data did survive.
XP Home accesses internet via XP Pro and works fine.  
2 folders - Shared & user-a - that were previously shared, continue to be

Hello,
I got permission to run my code overnight and on the weekends on the 60 XP
machines in the lab.  It looks like the machines shut off after about 2 hours
of inactivity.  The problem is that the machines that are busy running my

I have two PC's on the same Workgroup, and have named both PC's for network
identification.
When I NET VIEW from the CMD console it sees the following informaition:
\\045860020204 DESKTOP-1

I am running XP-pro SP2.  IIS used to work but it stopped working recently -
all I get is 'server application error'.  Is there someone here that can
assist me in troubleshooting and help me fix this?  My knowledge of IIS is
very limited.  I have removed it and reinstalled it - ...

It started after installing SP2. It connects through dial up connection fine
but than cannot get it to browse the web. I thought that maybe the problem
was with the ISP. When I ping the DNS server it times out which would make
sense why it would not be able to browse the web. I ...