I have a computer that will not connect to the internet even though my local
area connection is enabled.  also i am unable to uninstall "internet protocol
tcp/ip"
is it ok to delete the "tcpip" key in the registry, and if so, will it

I have an XP laptop that I use both in the office and at home.   In the
office, I log into our AD domain and at home I log into the laptop with
settings on my wireless card to allow me access to my home network.  I have
had no problems up till this week and have made no changes ...

I have a user who is unable to use dial up or the connection manager to
access the company intranet via VPN. The user receives the error "Device is
missing"

I have a USB wireless connection that was working and then quit.  This
happened after clicking on a link from a website I was at that looked to be a
good link.  I did some research and found an article, 871122, that talked
about the problem.  It states that the "Wireless zero ...

I have got a Toshiba Satelite M55 series notebook. But it is not detecting
the internal lan card. I want this notebook configured to our existing LAN.
Urgent pls.
Akshaya

I have two machines, let's call them Desktop (XP Pro) and Laptop (XP Home).
I'm trying to set up a wired network through the router.
Network Setup Wizard went through all the steps fine. The computers are
visible in the Workgroup list. Laptop can access Desktop's shared resources,

How can I find out why I cannot ping a XP host on a LAN?  On the target
XP host, the firewall is disabled and it can ping other hosts on the
LAN.   Is there any other way to refuse ICMP request on a XP host so
that I can change the configuration to permit it?  Thanks.

There was a similar topic but I believe this issue is slightly
different.
The  problem
The network has predominantly XP Professional on it, and one WIndows

I am having trouble connecting a new computer to a network that has been
working fine. All computers can ping each other with an ip address. No
computer can ping the problem computer with its name. The problem
computer can not ping any other computer with their names.

I am behind a NAT router, having a 192.168.0.27 static address and I
would like to temporarily change it to 192.168.0.59 from the command
line - without rebooting.
(and then after completing some task, switch back to the previous IP

I changed the network setting from domain to workgroup on my laptop. Now, I
can not log in using my user name and password. HELP!

Do anyone know of a way to clear the cache of Windows Messenger Popups.  Some
of the processes here generate a lot of messages and it would be great to
clear them all and start again.
A script to clear x amount of messages would be good.

Have a wireless ‘always on’ broadband system, connected to aerial on roof,
(in a shared rented house) on a (free to tenants), ‘host’ computer
downstairs,  (with OS Win. XP Pro. SP2 installed),  supposed to be able to
connect to internet. Host PC connects to internet okay, clients ...

I have a desktop and laptop both running XP Home SP1. Both connect to the
internet via a Netgear DG834G Router.
Every time I Upgrade either machine or both  to SP2 I am unable to connect
or even communicate with the router and get the message "Limited or No

This is driving me nuts.
Today, I rebooted and started getting the following error message:
Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem and needs
to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.