I have a home network consisting of 4 computers.  3 are running XP Home and
one is XP Pro.  They are all behind a netgear natted router on a private
network (default of netgear) using DHCP.  3 of the computers talk, ping and
share files and printers with no problem, the forth (XP ...

I ned to set up a DNS server on my machine running XP Pro.  Is it correct
that only 'server' versions of MS OS's included a DNS server?  Is is posible
for me to install and run MS DNS server on my Win XP pro machine?  If so can
some kind soul point me towards a howto or any more ...

Would appreciate some advice on the correct  way to set-up a Home
Network that will enable me access to the Program Files and Documents
& Settings folders (and all subdirs). PCs with Windows XP Professional.
Set up is

I have 2 computers at home , both with Win XP Pro. My computer has 2 network
cards ( 1 for the actual internet connection the 2nd for the network between
me and my brothers computer ) The internet and the network is working well on
both computers . The ideea is that I`m accessing ...

I am working with a 4 computer workgroup that shares a switch with a 7
computer workgroup. All computers use XP and all 4 of mine use XP Pro. We are
all able to see each others computers and shared files across workgroups. Is
there any way to secure a workgroup from another ...

In a typical home LAN setting, there is a broadband router acting as DHCP
server, all PCs have file/printer sharing, microsoft network client, and
netbios over tcp/ip, all in a workgroup.
This results in very slow netbios name lookup.

PC running XP Home SP2, wired link to Broadband Router
Had the standard problem no internet after running Adaware.
Ran WinsockXPFix - not fixed
Reinstalled TCP/IP - IE6 works, can access internet no problems

I connect my laptop to the internet in two ways:
At work, I plug it to the ethernet lan and connect through the company
router.
At home, I connect it to my desktop using a Firewire connection and

I am used to working with windows 2000. I was trying to rid my roomate's
computer of a few unneeded programs when i accidentally his sytem restore
instead of safe mode. Is there any way possible to restore his important
Microsoft word documents that were on his desktop?

I thank you for your reply but I have no cd to work with. I need to create a
set of recovery disks but have no clue where to start. Then I can fix
everything I need. Any suggestions? I have no software for this pc. The
person is trying to find it but it will take time. If not ...

I want to install a 10/100 Ethernet card AND a USB Wireless network adapter
together in my Win XP Pro system, so that I could connect the Ethernet card with
my Wireless Router/AP only when needed for firmware update etc.
I want to know:

I just installed QWest DSL and their installation wizard (or use of the XP
network wizard) has really screwed up my network interface. I have XP Pro
(all service packs/patches), two NICs, one for my home office network and
one for a small development network of embedded devices. ...

 I saw some software called TCP optimizer( by speedguide ) on the windows
market place. In order to use the software you frist have to determine what
your
maximum transmission unit is. So far I have been unable to do so.

After installing a new LG CD/DVD drive/recorder and having some trouble to
setting it up everything seemed to be fine, but soon after I found out that
there was no network/Internet access, network devices disappeared in device
manager and I lost all network connections in network ...

When I run an "ipconfig/all" it it says "no" next to "DHCP
Enabled."  How do I enable DHCP?
I chose to obtain an IP automatically under the network
properties, so DHCP should be enabled when I run ipconfig.