I have an XP Home machine that gives me a dns
error whenever I try to use IE6.  I have tried two
different ways to connect to the Internet: one
through my local lan and two through a dialup

Peer-to-Peer network with 4 computers running XP SP2 shared drives, internet
connection and printers without problems. 5 weeks ago an AIM virus infected
the ICS computer. Now ICS computer does not share drives or printer with
other peers. ICS, however, still works.

I have a windows xp pro system fas host connected to a win ME system via
crossover ethernet cable.
ICS works when I disable the firewall in eTrust  and use only the firewall
integral with XP but I can't get it to work when the eTrust firewall is up.

I have this problem for couple of month now. If i use any kind of media
player (Winamp, DivX, WinMedia) or any application that uses some sort
of media (ie. Cubase) my internet connection stops. It's particularly a
problem for watching streaming videos (YouTube or QuickTime) as the

Our computer was hit with 6 viruses and knocked out the internet connection
with the ethernet card. Now the only internet connection working is the cable
modem connection. The connection right now is a frustratingly slow 28.8 mbps.
Does anyone know how this can be fixed or ...

I'm running 4 XP Pro workstations. 1 is running double duty as a
workstation and file server. As long as 3 or fewer people are
connected, no problems. However, once the 4th person joins, the file
server machine will lock up 1 to 4 times a day. Suggestions? Thoughts?

I have 2 computers, a laptop and desktop, in a network connected using a
D-Link router. The laptop is set up to access the desktop's files. The laptop
is able to read and view files located on the desktop. However the files open
up as Read-only. When I attempt to save after ...

Trying to figure out how t bridge a EVDO card to an ethernet connection:
Windows XP Pro SP2 system with simple file sharing disabled.
Using Verizon Sierra PC5220 EVDO PCMCIA card connected to the Verizon
National Broadband network.

Does anyone know if the automatic metric checking is done only when XP
is started or a nic is activated/deactivated or if it is something that
is periodically rechecked as XP is running?  I am curious as to whether
it is possible on a machine with a wired and wireless nic if IP ...

I'm trying to set up an FTP site, but nothing seems to be working. I'm
on DSL, behind a Netgear MR814v2 router. I have ports 20,21, and 80
forwarded. I have Windows firewall turned off. I use PC-Cillin 2005 as
a software firewall. I have all the ports open on there as well. Even

I have a laptop and a desktop. I can access internet through my laptop. I use
a network cable( cat 5E crossover cable ) connect them together. This is a
direct connection without any hub. I setup these two computers separately as
the following:

I have a user who found out how to add our gateway to his network
connections so they are able to browse the internet. How can I block
them from adding the gateway and thus accessing the internet.

Hi. I'm getting this (169.254.x.x) as my IP when I go to command prompt. I
try ipconfig /renew but it says the DHCP server can't be contacted. I've had
this problem before (where I learned that 169.254 basically means something's
wrong), and as a final resort I reformatted my ...

This system is missing the network serveces and I need to know how do you go
about reloading the services.

I have a home / office network had 2 desktop PCs on it (1 running XP
Professional and the other Media Centre).  I have now added a Laptop to that
network.  In "Viewworkgroup computers" the desktops can "see" each other and
can also see the laptop, but the laptop cannot see either ...