I have converted the boot disk from basic partition to a simple dynamic
volume on two workstations running Windows XP Professional with all available
patches (through automatic updates). The reason for this was to enable
dynamic extensions.

What is the max simultaneous tcp/ip connection Windows XP professional can
support?

I'm still trying to solve a File-Sharing problem and have eliminated the
Firewall as a problem.  I thought I read somewhere in this newsgroup that
having a different default browser on two machines may prevent a
file-sharing network  from working properly.  Is that the case?

I have a LINKSYS BESFR41 v2.0 router (wired) with an Ericsson Pipe Rider
cable modem.  There are two PCs on the network.  Up until a week ago
everything worked fine, we could access the internet share each other's
files and printers.  About a week ago, we lost the ability to ...

My computer is networked to a router where other computers share an internet
connection.  I would like to have my computer share it's connection with my
bluetooth pda.  However, in the Internet Connection Sharing process, my
computer must be assigned the same IP address that the ...

I've followed this procedure to setup a dial up ics at home between my xp pro
machine and xp home machine.
1. I setup the net work by enabling the guest account on both computers and
sharing a few folders on each computer, did a reboot and the network was

i have a desktop with xp pro simple file sharing disabled, also th edesktop
has one user account called Roger, i have a Notebook with xp pro simple file
sharing disabled with one account called Shawna.
what i want do do is have the notebook access some shares on the desktop and

I'm not familiar with WXP Home, only WXP Pro.  I'm trying to help a friend
network her WXP Pro laptop to her WXP Home desktop.
WXP Home does not have the Local Users and Groups applet.  The accounts on
her desktop (hers plus the kids) don't have passwords (probably not the best

I need to take offline a pc added to our workgroup.  How can I keep this one
computer from connecting to our workgroup and seeing our files as it no
longer is part of our workgroup.

xp sp2
we have users at several remote sites. We've opened a couple new offices
internationally, so the latency is higher. Users at these new offices are
complaining about the response of file explorer, or when they Open or Save

Have a customer with a 2 pc peer 2 peer going through a d-link
router. These are primarily used for quickbooks, with the data file
being kept on one pc. For about the last 2 weeks the pc that connects
over the network to the data file will suddenly loose the network

I am  running DSL with a linksys WRT54G setup as a gateway. I am sharing
three computers via wireless and a fourth connected to the router via cable
(ethernet). I am trying to set up a work group, All three wireless computers
can see/talk to each other, but the  wired computer ...

I am trying to connect my laptop to the internet through my desktop which is
connected to my broadband. The desktop works fine, and ICS is set up and
working. The laptop can connect to the desktop, exchnaging files etc. The
laptop  can also connect to web pages using IP addresses ...

I am trying to make a small network at home, only using windows firewal.  
When i run setup wiz on both computers for soem reason it always recerts bac
to host being and and client being host.  What if anything shoud i try to get
these two so i can share my internet connection.  ...

I have an XP (SP2) laptop and an XP (SP2) desktop in a workgroup along with
two NT PCs.  The desktop can see the NT PCs on the network but the laptop
can't, even after configuring the laptop exactly (as far as I can tell) like
the desktop.  Any help will be appreciated.