background:
windows xp pro + sp2 (firewall off)
norton internet security on ( i had set the firewall to work with ports
1900,2869)

Please help me!
I downloaded some of the updates for my windows xp Pro computer and now i
just can't connect to the internet. What can I do to fix this problem? The
connection seems ok I am able to repair the connection and send pakets but

Hi everyone, I cant understand why I cant get into any chatrooms or any
online games... Ive tried loads of sites, none of them work for me even
though I can get onto any other kind of website. I dont have any firewalls.
Anyone able to help me please?

I was reading the overveiw of windows peer-to-peer earlier and saw you could
share processors and memory with this. I have been looking into how to do
this for quite sometime. I installed windows peer-to-peer on the two
computers I would like to do this on and they are currently ...

I am using a Netgear WGU624 router and XP Pro. When I'm downloading and come
back after an hour or so, I notice that I've lost the connection and have to
reboot the router (unplug - replug) to reestablish my connection. I don't
notice it happening when I am browsing for long periods ...

I have a p2p network at home with a cd burner (which i have shared) on my
desktop. I am wondering is it possible to burn a cd over the network using my
laptop? I have allready tried mapping the drive but it did not recognise that
the mapped drive was actually a cd burner it saw ...

I entered an alias "Database" for my database machine into my hosts
file.
Pinging "Database" works, but trying to access the machine using
"\\Database" in the Explorer doesn't work.

Comcast in my area is running at 6600kb down and 350 up but in speed checks
to speakeasy my speed is consistent at 1700 down. I had a Comcast service
tech out and her laptop got 6600 down to Speakeasy. I have an ASUS mother
board with two onboard nics one a 10/100 the other a ...

Does XP Home have the capability to logon to a Windows 2000 Domain
Controller?  If so, is it the same methods as in XP PRO?
thanks in advance

I have 2 Windows XP Home PC's on a Peer-to-Peer network.  I have run the
setup Small office wizard.  I have added both PC's to the same workgroup.  
The problem is that I cannot see both PC's when I go to network places.  I
only see 1 PC.  On the 2nd PC, I get the message that the ...