I have a problem in my network the mapped drive S: is not accessble
once or twice often on all computers running on windows xp
professional.
the errors are either the device is already in use or an error occured

4 computers in a workgroup (STUDIO), 3 wired and 1 wireless notebook...
Internet is served via wireless isp through a linksys WRT54G router.  3 pcs
(alf, leef and lesdt) hook to a netgear switch that plugs into the router.
The problem PC is alf.  Sometimes while browsing the net ...

Ok I have 2 computers...a slow Dell with lots of important business files,
and a homebuilt gaming machine.  I used to have a network and would use it
mainly to print from the homebuilt to the printer on the Dell and everything
was dandy. I reloaded the homebuilt and have tried ...

PC (Win XP) connected to a Bay ASN router through wireless bridge
(Proxim Mp11a)
can ping ASN-a IP address but from ASN to PC it is not possible to
ping.

I have 2 boxes, both with XP Pro on a wired network.  I have simple file
sharing enabled on box A.
The problem is, I can access some of the shares on the box, but not all.  
Oddly, I can access some of the files in a share on the box, but again, not

Hi, I'm having a problem with my localhost on my windows XP machine.  I'm
not sure what is wrong with it.  the HOSTS file looks fine with the line:
127.0.0.1    localhost
But when I try to access any web application using the word "localhost" in

I just built a new 64-bit system based on an ASUS A8V motherboard and an AMD
Athlon 3500+.  I've got WinXP x64 installed on a SATA drive (no small feat,
apparently), and everything works great, except….    I'm seeing a very weird
problem with my network card.  The motherboard has ...

Hello - I just installed a new harddrive on my Dell desktop (old
harddrive was destroyed by a virus) and then went on to install XP Pro
on it. Everything went fine except that now I cannot see the "LAN
connection" icon in my network connections window. I went to the

Is it possible to configure IP over Firewire to work with IP over
Ethernet? And since I have a problem with this, what component (Windows
XP driver, router, etc.) may cause this problem when mixing Firewire
and Ethernet IPs?

whats my default gateway?

I have a couple WinXP pro systems.  They're both on a LAN.  They both
have valid ip addresses and everything else in regards to the NIC works
fine. (ie Internet connection, etc).  They're also both supposed to be
members of the same Workgroup.  However one computer, let's call him

I have a Linksys Wireless Access Point 54G and recently changed the settings
to an Automatic Configuration - DHCP, and now I cant get back in to the WAP
admin screen to change the settings back to "Static IP".  Any help getting me
back into the admin screen would be much ...

I am trying to network 1 pc w/ winxp pro and 4 w/winxp home.  i have to use
simple file sharing so that the home edition pc's can communicate, don't I?  
I just want one of the home pc's to be able to access files on the Pro pc.  
if i can password protect a specific folder and ...

I am running a small office network ( 5 Macines) that operate Windows XP Pro
SP1.
I bought a laptop pre-loaded with XP sp2.
The laptop connects to the LAN, but I cant see the other PC's on the LAN.

This is a new one to me... "The current time on this computer and the current
time on the network are different..."  Cannot logon to the network.  What
causes this and what is the fix?