I'm having problems with my home network.  I've got 4 computers networked.  I
can see all computers on all computers.  I can't access 1 of the computers
from any of the others, all the others work fine.  This includes the ability
to access the other computers from the one that ...

I am running a peer to peer using XP pro.
No domain
When I look at workgroup computers I see all on the network.
When I click on "Mary" I get the error message.

Dear WinXP gurus:
I have solved a lot of connectivity issues in my time, but this one is over
my head.  The machine on which I am typing this message is able to connect
to anything--outbound.  However, it will not even respond to a ping from

Is there anway to block certian users from acessing certian domain\ip
adress. Useing the bulit-in IE tools is uesless because people will
just use other browsers.
thank you in advance for the help,

I have been trying for some time to download and install the windows-xp
service pack 2 but it will not allow me to download let alone install, all it
says is "failed" and the below error code. I have tried switching off all
known security software of every sort but still no joy. ...

My wired network sees both computers (two nearly identical desktops running
XP).  Computer A can access computer B, but B can't access files on A.  I've
disabled the firewall, turned off virus scan, run the WinXP troubleshooter.  
Here's ipconfig and browstat for both.

I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive XP/Web network discovery and
monitoring tool that does the following:
1)  identifies computers on the same network segment by IP address, and
Windows computer/workgroup names

I have a laptop with windows XP home edition that doesn't connect to the
internet, the wireless card connect to the wireless network picks up a dhcp
address but cannot browse the internet, I cannot ping any address like
yahoo.com. Also when I connect the laptop to the wired ...

I am working on a school project which consists of cutting of network
access of a workstation.  I am writing this in C#.  I have been doing
some research to find the best way to do this, basically I want to make
it so it is very hard to regain access unless the program lets you.

I plan to have 2 WinXP PCs, each with an Internet connection to a different
ISP (for critical applications) . Will use ICS and ICF on each.
I would like to be able to network directly between them for high speed file
sharing etc in addition to being able to communicate between ...

My client has 2 xp "home" systems being networked over a wireless router. I
installed the wireless cards and the router. The two computers see each other
but there appears to be a security block on one I'm unable to locate and turn
off.

I am running A 2.66G Celeron, 512 MB RAM, XP home SP2, have a Linksys cable
modem (BEFCMU10 V3), and a D-Link wireless router. When I am away from the PC
for a period of time, my internet connection seems to go into "hibernation".
I have accessed the properties of the Ethernet ...

I have multiple home computers running XP and Norton Internet Security.  
They are connected via a 10/100 hub and share a common workgroup name.
I can map drive shares and printers by IP address, but not by computer name.
When I use Windows Explorer to browse "Microsoft Windows ...

Ok while I am browsing in IE all the links work fine. But any link in another
program won't work. Like in my messengers and stuff like that. When I click
on a link, 2 pages pop up, one with http://127.0.0.1/ in the address bar and
the other with just http://, both saying cannot ...

I just could not get my two computers to recognize each other. Sadly.
So, I can't use my old address book for Outlook Express in my new computer...
But, I got a little external drive from my computers and have been using it
to move the docs... but... I don't exactly know where to ...