hi i am new to networking with windows xp pro
i have just installed two new ethernet cards in my computers
and i did the network setup but the problem is that if one
computer is connected to the network the other says the

I have an icon in "my network places" which refers to an IP address that is
no longer valid. whenever I try to delete it, explorer just hangs and I have
to kill it with task manager.
(a) is there any registry hack or any other way to get rid of it

I have been running two PCs with XP PRO through a Netgear ADSL Router and
sharing files with no problem.
I have added a (DELL) PC with XP HOME (pre installed) and can't see the home
network (although the other two PC PRSs can see, but not access the PC HOME.

Sorry for the long post, but...
I have a small network problem that is pissing me off. I have recently
added a win2k computer to an existing workgroup network, and cannot
access shares from or to this machine, or even see other computers on

How do I setup Remote Desktop using Web connection for two
PCs, one running WinXP Pro and the other WinXP Home?
Any assistance will be highly appreciated.

My desktop's file-sharing connection with two laptops recently stopped
spontaneously, though It still works on the two laptops.  All three run Win
XP SP2 (Home) and  connect directly to the Internet through an ADSL modem
and router.

Hard problem to describe. Added a new laptop to a home three PC
network using a Linksys router and ICS for my dial up...no real
wireless or cable high speed available. All four use XP Home SP2 OS.
After much coaching from this forum, tweaked settings and all

I have a broadband connection(dhcp), my wireless gateway/router(linksys) is
connected on that connection.  My XPpc is connected through WLAN in fixedIP
mode (for lots of reasons).  My XPpc has a LAN connection.  I want to connect
a second XP machine on my XPpc through a wire.  ...

After logging onto the domain, the system freezes either before the desktop
gets to populate (start, taskbar, icons, anything) or after about a minute or
two into working.  OR the system draws to a crawl.
This happens to any user who does not have global or local administrator

I have problem with usb pen drives. They assigning a drive letter H. And on
my network we use that as a home folder for the users. How can I make or
force the usb pen to assign another letter like q or something?

I have  a DSL connection to the internet (D-Link DSL-300G) and a Linksys
wireless router that has worked flawlessly for my home network for the last
year. My workstation is connected directly to the router. My home network
seems to be working fine with print and file sharing both ...

Okay I just got my network up on  wireless and I have one main computer
that isn't going to be wireless and I just having it coming out
directly from my router and then I have two laptops and a desktop that
I want to set up as wireless.

I ran the network setup wizard on my second pc but every time I click on to
veiw workgroup computers I get a error which reads:
Mshome is not accessible. You might not have permisission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you

When I run the network diagnostic tool from MS there is a line that states:
DHCPServer = 255.255.255.255 (invalid IP Address). How can I change it to
the right address which, I believe, should be 255.255.255.0?

I have a server box running win 2000 server, and 4 PC's that run Win XP Home
that connect to a shared folder on that server.
3 of the PC's connect fine, with their drive mapping reconnecting properly
each time they are started-up. The 4th however, refuses to reconnect to the