I saw a w2k comp appeared to be running fine(don't know if it woul have
restarted ok)
It had tesco internet security installed  (some mumbo jumbo all in one
anti-virus and other things thing).

My broadband company (optonline) has boosted speeds in my area to 15 Mbps,
but I'm hovering about 5-6 Mbps.  Their website detected that I was using a
base 10 ethernet card and need to purchase a base 100 card. The one I have is
a 3com 10/100 PCI card.  Shouldn't this be ...

I have just purchased a Dell Inspiron Notebook that has XPHome as the
OS.  My desktop has Windows 2000 Pro as the OS.  I have set both
computers up in a "Workgroup" named MS Home.  I'm unable to map the
drives of these computers to one another.  Can someone help me with

I have a 3 computer network and per recommendations have limited sharing to
the SharedDocs folder on each. All of a sudden the SharedDocs folder on one
computer is not accessible from the other two. I cannot figure out how to
fix this.  Help?

I installed a wireless PC card in my laptop. I installed the drivers fine and
shows up in device manager with no issues. However it does not get detected
in IPCONFIG /ALL and therefore does not authenticate me to retrieve an IP. I
tried several different cards with the same issue ...

Can a 4-port wireless Linksys router accommodate more than four devices if
some are wireless?  I.e., does each device, whether wireless or hard-wired,
take up a port?

I'm trying to enable DHCP on a Windows XP client that was previously setup
with a static IP address.  The system requires a reboot whenever the IP
address is changed or set to DHCP (like NT4), and upon rebooting does not
ever aquire the address.  Other machines on the same subnet ...

I have a Host PC connected to a Linksys WAG354G ADSL Home Gateway and 2
clients,a PC and Laptop each with Linksys WUSB54G Network Adapters. After
several attempts I finally managed to connect to the Internet thru both
clients. I am still having 2 problems.

I have connected my laptop and desktop via the above cable and can ping both
computers.    However, when I set up a network using the Network Setup
Wizard, the options given for connection do not include an ethernet port nor
a parallel LPT connection as in the Help and Support ...

How can I overcome the obstacle of not having admin rights to install or
download on a "Work" PC?  Recently assigned a new PC, however, I can not
reload my personal programs I'd previously used in order to complete my
assignments.  Can not go through my "Administrator"

In my current house, I have an 10/100 T-Base Ethernet network of 2 computers.
Within the next month, I will be moving to a new house. Because the new
house has 3 floors, I will be instituting a wireless network w/ WPA security
to connect the computer on the 1st floor to the ...

When I move in the next month, I will be an old computer running 2000
Professional as a mini file server for my home network of 2-3 XP Home and
Professional machines.
To protect certain documents and such, I want to set file sharing

Is there any way to have one account accessable from multiple computers
running XP? If so what are the steps for making an account accessable from
both computers?

I took out my old harddrive from my old computer and installed it as a
removable one on my new comp. When I open the drive some of the folders tell
me that the folder is not accessible "access is denied". Is this because I
had a login password on the OS on the old harddrive? ...

I have been pulling my hair out for three weeks trying to fix this problem.  
I had my home network up and operational.  Simple file and print sharing.  
Somewhere along the line i must have downloaded an update that has made it
impossible to access my "host" pc (attached to the ...