How to hide my PC in LAN...
Thanks

I have a Win XP machine which is connected via the USB/ADSL to the internet.
I've connected with a 10baseT crossed cable my old Win95 machine in order to
use it as a web client.
If I'm defining the Ethernet card IP as it should receive automatic address

As someone who is familiar with setting up a workgroup of networked WIN 98
computers, I am baffled by the industrial-strength management of sharing and
permissions available in XP Pro.
I need to administer a workgroup of 6 computers, 5 with XP Pro and one with

I have two computers running XP and one running Windows 98 all running into a
router which is connected to a cable modem.  I also have a printer connected
to the router.  For some reason, the IP address on the printer will
occasionally change the last 3 digits, meaning I cannot ...

Hi, Steve,
I was one of the people with the network cable unplugged issue where
the NIC went back and forth every few seconds from reporting network
cable unplugged to being OK.

i am able to connect to my vpn server in xp pro ok but after it connects
nothing happens i.e access to files on the server computer. Have I forgot to
do something I am unaware of.
Thanks

I want to copy a folder from a mapped network drive to the local HDD. (We
use WinXP and W2003 server, all fully patched.)
I thought a little .bat file like the following would work:
copy P:\pigfolder\*.* C:\Pigfolder\*.*

I can't figure this out.  I have three computers connected together like this:
All computers run XP Pro
C1, C2 and C3 are connected to a gigabit switch, the switch is connected to
a router, and the router is connected to the DSL modem.

I have Windows XP Home (w/ SP2 installed) on my PC.  I'm trying to set up a
network where wireless connecting laptops can use the printer that is USB
connected to the PC.  The PC and laptops are sharing the internet connection
through a wireless router (Linksys Wireless-G ...

I have 2 XP pro machines networked through a router the internet connection
is through a wireless modem connected to the router.
When I try to browse a shared folder over the network I get a password box
asking for a password for the guest account on the other computer.

I have a wireless router with no computer directly hardwired in. Both IBM
thinkpads with windows xp pro.  On computer A I can see the  computer B on
the network but can not access.  On computer B I am not able to see the
working group or the network for  computer A.  I am using ...

I have 2 computers in a worgroup Anytime I try to access the other computer
in my workgroup a password box appears asking for user name and password.
Meaning if I select start run and type    "\\computer ip address" in the run
box, the password box appears; or If I double click ...

I have 3 computers all running Win XP Pro. All of the computers can see
each other in "View Workgroup Computers" but access is denied to one of
them (we'll call it computer A). Computer A can access all shared files
and folders on both the other computers, but when I try to access

We've got a Windows XP PRO machine running several shared folders. We
know there is a limit of 10 connections, but we cannot get 10
connections, only 5 people can connect since each session appears to be
doubled for each user

I have a WinMe pc (configured as ICS host, btw) with a peer-to-peer XP.
Internet sharing works fine.  I can access XP's files from the WInMe fine
too.  But the WinMe doesn't show up on the XP's "View Workgroup Computers".
The workgroup name IS the same (MSHOME) on both computers.  ...