i have 3 machines running xp home edition and when i conct them together with
network cables i still get a message saying 'network cable unplugged.   The
network sockets work fine on each computer because it works when i plug my
modem in?? And it also works when i plug a machine ...

i have been directed to a web page for sports coverage however as the page
starts to load a window opens saying that to view page properly a chineese
simplified language pack should be installed is this what i should do as
obviously the characters are unreadable.

I recently enabled the Windows Firewal log and being behind a "locked down"
NAT Router, I expected to see nothing.  A few days later I noticed a bunch of
droped TCP packet entries and thought something was wrong with the router.
Here are a few examples:

Problems with a peer to peer network (With New Note Apr 25th)
I have used my machines in P2P for a long time, using various IP's between
them all without problem. Only the Host has been connected to the internet,
this is the way I wanted it for security. This has been fine, but ...

I've added 2 FTP URLs to My Network Places, which differ only in the user name:
ftp://user1@ftp.example.com
ftp://user2@ftp.example.com
I need this because the 2 accounts have different home directories on the

Newbie here. I am having some problems with my broadband connection.
Sometimes in the middle of an internet session I can no longer access any
web pages. I have a US Robotics Broadband Router between my cable modem and
my computer. Only one computer connected. I think it is set ...

Is there a way to get FTP to copy subdirectories too?
Don't want to spend money...if there is a alternative I would like them to
be free.
Thanks!

I have some questions for anyone knowledgable about running a proxy server
on a PC for a home network.  With a current-generation PC, how much of a
performance hit would you expect on a 1.5MB cable connection compared to a
router?  Can this be improved if the PC uses a dual-port ...

I bought a new computer with Windows XP Media Edition OS. When I did the
normal setup, the Domain that it had to join was in a different location so
made it a stand alone Workgroup computer.
On arriving with the computer at the Domain site I went to the "System" area

I get the following message and have not had much luck finding any results in
the KB.  When I try and join a newly imaged machine to my 2000 domain using
either the Domain Administrator or another account that is a member of the
Domain Admins group, I recieve the following error ...

Hi, group how you doing? I have a workgroup consisting of 18 hosts and
I have also two internet connections, how can I share the two internet
connection to the work groups? If the internet connection were only one
I know how to configure the computers to share this internet ...

I have a desktop running XP Home SP2 connected via USB-2 to an Actiontec
Wireless Gateway DSL modem.
I use it to access the internet. I recently purchased a Notebook running
Windows XP Home Edition. It has wireless capability and I use it to surf the

i cannot ping my own computor when i use windows to scan the network it
fails; i can ping local loop and default gateway and the router these are ok
i have no problems connecting to the web and my isp is ok
do you have any ideas???

When I shut down my WindowsXP computer an error message pops up briefly,
saying something about a digital data line problem. It is too quick to read
it all.. Does anyone know what this means?
Thanks, Robert

Thanks for having a look.
I'm really stressed out about this, I accidentally pressed Ok to something
which most likely caused this problem.
At the Network Connections, I use to have 3 tabs when I right