I run a network with about 500 computers.. a mix of win2k & winxp
machines.  I've noticed this problem in the last 2 months or so that is
annoying the crap out of me and I just can't figure out what is causing
it.

I've searched this newsgroup and also done a number of Google searches, but
I can't find an answer to this.
I have a customer who has three offices 20-30 miles apart.  Each office has
2-3 PCs in a simple workgroup LAN within that office.  He would like to be

I am fairly new to this networking stuff, so bare with me, pls.

Ok, I have ASUS router, 3 computers (one connected directly to router,
one via WAN and laptop also on WAN).

Running Home edition.  Installed SP2 and after reboot, connectivity is lost
and then established and seconds later lost again, etc.  Any suggestions?

to enable viewing of downloaded .chm files from a networked or an USB drive.
I know I can move those files to a local one and view them from there,
but... it's a drag.
Thanks IA.

I'm new to VPN  networking and  I have few questions about it. If anyone
could me help me started, I'd appreciate it.
I have an XP Pro and an XP Home computer on a local home network. I use a
Linksys router. Using the connection wizard, I was able to create a live VPN

XP Pro SP2 :  How can I share "C:\Program Files" ?  I can share other
drives, including "D:\Program Files", various drive roots, and even
"C:\", but when I try to access "C:\Program Files", I get
"(C)\Program Files is not accessible. Access is denied."

Can anyone point me towards a good article on how to setup two separate
networks from one broadband gateway router?
Background - I'm moving to a shared office, where they already have a
speedtouch broadband gateway with four ethernet ports (and I think a dynamic

I cannot map a network drive from one of my home computers to the
other.  Other computers in the house (2 pcs and laptop) are mapped and
file sharing/access works fine.  I can ping the pc I am trying to map
to.  That computer has full access to this one.  In the past I had

i have a question
when i type the name of a friend on www (google) their is a file about
him (and he don't know who made this file) and with wrong information
how can we delete this file or how to exclude this file on www???

I have a desktop PC running XP Home connected through a router and cable
modem to the internet.  The desktop is not on a domain.  A laser printer is
connected to this PC.  I often also use my work laptop at home.  The laptop
runs XP Pro on a domain (ad.companyname.com).   I use ...

I have cable internet. Through a router. The main computer's internet doesn't
work. For some reason there is no connection at all. Under network
connections nothing shows up. The driver's have un-installed but I do not
know what network card I have. Any help please? I really need ...

I have one  machine on my network that loses one of it's mapped drives
when it is rebooted, but the other four mapped drives work fine... I
can remap the drive, which is on the same server as three of the other
four drives, but when the machine goes through a power cycle, it loses

I have two computers connected to a DSL modem through a router. One computer
works fine, remaining connected to the 'net as long as the computer is
running.
The other computer, however, times out and drops the internet connection

my pc is on XP professional sp2,  only me can access other pc in this network
with a domain. but others cant access me at all(they are in the domian). my
pc working under a "yn "workgroup only,not join the domain. firewall get
closed already.