Just a quick question..
should there be both a host and lmhost file on a win XP SP2 system I cant
find a lmhost file on mine.
Tnx

I am running into an odd sharing problem on my home network.  When viewing a
shared folder from another computer on the network often it will not show
some of the files and subfolders that are there.  I can access the
file/folder by typing it into the Address bar of explorer.  ...

have a home network
destop computer - office - xp pro ; laptop - xp pro ; notebook - xp home
files are shared, firewalls off,
file permissions set for everyone to have full access

My daughter hast been able to connect her new ibook g4 with our network to
use the internet, however she is trying to see and copy her files from our
windows xp sp2 pc onto her ibook which is connected wirelessly through a
linksys wrt54g.

i just got a laptop from my mom which is actually her old laptop that
she recieved from her job.  it's running windows 2000 professional.  my
problem is that i clicked on her work network and accidentally changed
a setting, i think there were two boxes, one that is checked if its a

This is a problem on my home lan. I have had trouble connecting to
www.mckclan.com, www.fcclan.com and wwwflynngaming.com - all with  the same
IP it appears. I have performed a DNS flush and deleted cookies, temp files,
etc. I have no block of the site on my home router. I cannot ...

I have successfully setup a pptp wan miniport vpn client. This client
machine connected to wan via dsl.
How can I set up this client machine so that it is forced to be connected to
vpn before going out to the network?  Also, if possible have it

I'll give $25 to whoever solves this one!
My VPN connection consistenly drops after 3 minutes.  I've timed it with a
stop watch and it is always at the exact minute.  It goes from 2:59 to 3:00
and like clockwork (literally) to drops.  Sometimes it has been 2 minutes,

I have 3 laptop (Dell) computers on a network. Comp 1 can get to the files
(all shared) of 2 and 3, BUT 2 and 3 (that are OK with each other) can't talk
to 1 !
Either they do not see him or I get the "you do not have permission.." error

I had just installed XP home after complete format, the pc was able to access
the net jus fine before the format, Now at the begining it had 0.0.0.0 for
IP, when I fallowed some instructions of prior questions in this community, I
asigned it to an empty IP on my home network, not ...

How do I setup ICS with dialup and wireless router?  
I've been reading lots of threads/information but can't find/figure out what
to do in my case. Sorry!!!
My situation:

is connecting two pc's running xp with a cross over cable just a matter of
plug and play?

Iam getting IP conflict it says IP adress exists.. but it really doesn't
exists.. It is the problem only with Windows XP systems but not with
windows98.. Helpme...

i had posted this in the Working Remotely forum but i was wondering if anyone
had a solution to 3rd paragraph (On AEHSMCPS789-1 Desktop # 1  I also cannot
set up a network because when i am in the network setup wizard ...) I
appreciate any assistance. thanks

www.amazon.com resolves to the loopback address on my XP machine. (sp2
installed)
Key info.
1. Am using a router to share internet connection..other PC's using either