I have 2 computers - 1 laptop, 1 desktop - both xp sp2. the desktop has 2
nic-s. the second nic is the gateway for my laptop. the problem is on the
laptop side. internet connection seems to work fine in safe mode - fast
pings, everything opens well etc - just like it should. but ...

after mapping a drive for our network, it disappears when you restart the
computer and you have to re-map the drive again?

I am new to setting up networks. I have done so a few times (hit-and-miss
method using the Network Setup Wizard). Currently I have two machines M1 and
M2 that are both supposedly added to a workgroup called WGroup1 (I double
checked this in the system properties also). I have ...

I have one laptop used to connect to two different peer-to-peer type
networks one being a building automation system and the other is a key
cabinet network. Both networks are non server environments, both use static
IP and different subnet mask also both have the same workgroup ...

I'll get right to the point:
I need to know how to reinstall the updated files from SP2 over the ones
which came with WinXP Pro+SP1?
Specifically, I removed a botched SpamWare program Spyware Doctor from a

I have 3 PC's running on a home LAN. Some are Win98, and XP Professional. I
recently purchased a laptop with XP Home. I have set up the correct settings
for LAN conectivity, but it will not caoont to the LAN, however I can get
Inetrnet Access. The error mesaage I get is " you do ...

I have a network setup in my home using a cable modem then a linksys
wireless router. This works great inside the house but when I take my
laptop into the garage I continer to get a very weak signal and the
connection continues to drop off.

While troubleshooting a home network sharing problem, I found that the main
workstation won't respond to a ping, even when I use it's own IP address. I
have been going over the configuration settings and firewall settings. I
haven't been able to find what is blocking the response ...

My new XP machine displays this message whenever I try to access the
netweork.  I have three machines on the network.  The two older machines have
no trouble communicating each other.  When I try to ping from the XP machine
to itself it times out.  It can ping at least one of the ...

I have two computers connected to a home network and the internet via a router.
One of my Computers (running Windows XP Professional) is able to see the
router and network but not the internet.  It is also able to share files over
the home network with my other PC.

I have two XP Pro machines  (machine1 and machine2) connected to each other.
Both of them share an internet connection. One of them (machine1) has a web
server installed. How can I access this web server from the other machine
(machine2) ? When I enter http://machine1 from ...

I'm new to networking, but I feel that I have done what I was supposed to
do. and my network is running fine. (Or so I believe)
My problem is this:
On my computer, I am able to access sites such as: Yahoo! and Hotmail, I am

I am using Windows XP pro as my client and Windows 2000 server for my
server.
My computer was set up on a workgroup and everything was working great.  I
switched over to a domain to test a new environment and then switched back

How can I use Windows XP command line and Cygwin to get my ip address
only?

two computers running xp home in home network when the user trys to log on to
either he gets the message server not found and can progress no further any
ideas please.