Yesterday, a Windows 2000 PC went bang so I needed to install a new PC and
decided to take the opportunity to install a new XP Pro PC.
However, no matter how hard I try, I cannot seem to get hardware profiles to
work correctly.

what is the name of the windows xp sp2 server that controls tcpip port
security?

 I have problems with my internet connection and would like to try to
correct it.
Sometimes I lose the ability to connect to the Internet. The solution is to
power off everything and power back up. This happens a couple of times a

Hello -- on a recent reinstall, I was patting myself on the back for doing it
all just right when suddenly Internet Explorer disappeared. Currently I am
able only to access the Internet by first going to Windows Update. Outlook is
also a problem. Machine must be rebooted if the ...

I need to know what's the IP address of a computer, just the box
(without a screen, keyboard and mouse), connected to my laptop with a
crossover cable. I've tried an IP scanner, but this could take forever.
I don't know what's its subnet mask.

Does anyone know the registry setting for turning off My Network Places
ability to scan the network for shared folders and printers?

Recently reinstalled XP professional on this machine.  I can access other
peer to peer machines, but cannot get to this machine from the others.  I get
a dialog asking for a user name and a password.
I turned on simple file sharing, but this machine still wants a password.

I am having an issue whenever a new window is created in IE, whether by
choice, or a pop-up, the original window blanks out and I can't use it
anymore, have to just close it. Nothing works, home page button, cancel or
referesh, so I have to close all the windows down and start ...

This is probably something basic.
I was playing around with my wireless network and IBM thinkpad T43P
(changing the SSID etc). After a while all the networking commands at the
command prompt stopped showing any information. This includes ipconfig,

I hate to post this because I've got more important things to do.  But,
anyways, I wanted to transfer some large files(about 3GB) from my laptop to
my desktop, and I attempted to use a crossover cable to do the job, but
unsuccessful.

Is it possible to have two networks within one office using different IP
addresses.
We have 4 PC's in a branch of which 2 PC's are for customer access
(which only have access to the internet) & the other 2 PC's are for

I am trying to enable offline files in windows so folders I have on my hard
drive will update with the corresponding folders in my Network Attached
Storage device.  I go to the folder options menu and the "enable offline
files" tab that should be there is not.  Any ideas??

My computer seems to be working fine with the network most of the time, but
every now and then I can't get through to the rest of the network.  And when
it does work, it is incredibly slow.  Down in the corner there is a yellow
triangle with an exclamation that says limited ...

Connect from on XP box to another. OK
Go the other way and I get the XPbox\Guest login. I have guest account
turned off.
Any help.

I am running a network based application, the ap fails when I try to run it.  
what steps do i take