I managed to set up a password on a Windows XP Home Edition network by
adding a password to the guest account on each computer. Now when I try to
connect to another computer, it prompts for a password, unless you're logged
into a user account with a matching password.

As reported, I can't dial up my ATT ISP.  They tell me this is a Windows
software problem.  
One of the messages I receive is "either
dial up is not installed or or device(modem) is not installed."  Last night

Sorting out a friends machine running XP Pro which I suspect needs patching
and updating.
I've taken the machine to my house.
When I connect to my Netgear adsl router which is successfully running two

I know that ther is a simple regedit that allows users to change the way they
authenticate on the network. I have not been able to locate the reg key to
edit. Can anyone please post the regedit key link?

I'm working on a computer setup where several computers are behind a
netgear wireless router WR614Gv4.  Supposedly this setup had worked and
no settings were changed.  However, all of a sudden, the XP machines are
refusing to share files.  I have looked at this problem several ...

does anybody  know what would cause my Network Connection to disable
randomly, i'm running XP Pro SP2. Is there a way to remove the ability to
disable the connection?
Thanx.

This is a p2p workgroup, all clients are WinXP pro, firewalls are all off
for troubleshooting purposes. The root of each C: drive is shared using
simple file sharing and maximum access (level 5 I think MS calls it, but you
wouldn't know that unless you read the KB articles about ...

I've one PC acting as a server (Win XP Pro) with a folder that is accessible
to some of the pc's on the workgroup. However, for one particular pc, I'm
having problems trying to map a network drive.
in the "Browse for folder" dialog box the server's name appears but will NOT

I have a small domain, mixed 2000 and XP.  I have about 15 XP users.  2 have
the same problem I am asking about.
After mapping t: to a server share, these 2 users all of a sudden have
mapped drives K - Z.  All of these except T: are showing as disconnected.  

I'm currently having a problem related to my network.
I have multiple networks that must be connected.  I need to be able to
have traffic between therm.
My Network: 192.168.100.0 width gateway 192.168.100.254

When I try to open the other computer in my network I get a password box
asking for a password for the TP\guest account on the other computer (TP is
the computer name) all folders are shared, firewalls are turned of,  both
computers can see each other on the network & both ...

  I set up my home network & everything works fine, BUT, I can't get the
files & folders from my PC to my laptop. I CAN get them from my laptop to my
PC though. I can see my PC in my workgroup from my laptop but I get this
messagewhen I click it: \\xxxx is not accessable. You ...

I have a PC with 2 on-board NIC's.  Running Win XP SP2 w/ TCPIP. One
will be for Internet Access and the other will be for the Local Network
with 4 other PC's connecting to it.  I have tried :
A. One NIC DHCP (WAN Side from an NT Server Box) and One NIC static (LAN

With no virus or spyware detected, I have seven pcs that cannot access any
microsoft related website, including msn.com. What can I look for to fix
this? The host file is clean as well. With my laptop connected to the same
network, it works fine. Can this be a worm not being ...

Hi all i have this problem with my internet connection i have 2 computers and
1 that has the internet cable box in my sis room and another 1 that is in my
room that is connected 2 it with a cable line. but now my 1 has some probs
with it everytime i want to disable it , It says