my wired home network consists of 2 computers: PC1 running XP Home SP1
and PC2 running XP Home SP2.  PC2 has a printer attached which I would
like to share
Both computers can access the internet through my Belkin router.

My wifi card is constantly showing "acquiring network address" - even
though I have a strong signal and a fixed ip!
If I reboot or disconnect from the AP on restart or reconnection.. it
always shows acquiring network address...

Does anybody know of a way that you can remotely control the
online/offline status of a printer? The printer in question is on a
Microsoft XP/2000 network and is shared. Even if there's a cool command
line utility to do it, that would be something!!!

i have 2 PCs
1. MINe runs XP PRO SP2 and has internet wired though my router.
2. Mom's runs XP PRO SP2 and the internet through a wireless card.
Is it possible to network these two computers even though they access a

Wanted to start a network. Ran the wizard Draged music file into shared music
file, but now can't find the music on any computer. The file is there, and
when i click on it all my music folders appear, but they are empty! I Right
click on the shared music folder and clicked ...

My computer can no longer connect to the internet using my DSL connection
after it got a virus.  I need to establish an internet connection in order to
run the virus protection software on it, or do I?  How can I clean the virus
off of my computer w/o an internet connection?

I have 2 PCs, PC1 and PC2.  PC2 needs to connect to PC1 to use PC1's printer.
They are now networked and the printer is shared ok.  PC1's NIC is set to
192.168.3.1, submask is 255.255.255.0, both Gateway and DNS are blank (I
don't want PC2 to access the internet).  PC2's NIC is ...

There are several Windows XP PCs on our office network. All have the same
workgroup name. When in "My Network Places" all but mine show a globe shaped
icon labeled "Entire Network". I need this to get to a particular site. Is
there a way to force this icon to appear?

How can I connect Xbox 360to Pc for me use Xbox Live and share things? I've
tried to download Media Center 2005 for Winsdows Xp, but I'm using a
Portuguese Windows.
Can anyone help me?

Is it possible to connect from one computer to a Windows XP Home computer
using the Remote Desktop Connection?  If it is not possible to use the Remote
Desktop Connection software, what other options are available?
Thank you!

Looking for help with a strange network problem. I've had my home network
running fine for years with file sharing working perfectly. Lately my laptop
can no longer access the shared files on my desktop (is tol it does not have
permission) and even stranger when I try to look at ...

I have a wireless router to which my home computer is wired, and my
work laptop connects through wifi.  I've shared my printer through the
network and all seems well.  I can print from both comps.  When I use
the laptop to connect through my VPN, I can no longer print to my home

I have been researching postings about IP conflicts using DHCP.  Although
there are tons of such postings, most have to do with mixing DHCP with
static IPs, or with split-second timing problems, or with clearing IP
conflicts after they have occurred.

Task: Trying to create a share on Machine 1 which can be accessed from
Machine 2 (details below)
Machine 1: Windows XP Media Center SP2
* Use simple file sharing: NOT CHECKED

This example uses free software and Windows XP/2003 commands to
retrieve the WAN IP from an external website.  The method could easily
be adapted to a webpage contained in the router/modem.
I used a Win32 version of curl to pull the webpage at the command line.