I have two PCs, one with XO PRO and one with XP HOME. I want to network them
together for file, printer and internet sharing.
At present I have been able to have the XP HOME PC reading the shared files
on the XP PRO PC, but not vice a versa. The two PCs are linked via ethernet

I have a wireless router, 2 x XPPro PC's, 1 hardwired to router (works OK
with internet), other wireless to router.
Worked for 12 months and just stopped.  I have also lost internet and
connectivity between PC's

What rules are there that decides which network adapter (assuming I have
several network adapters on my PC) network information uses to send
information on a Windows XP Pro PC?

I am trying to save data from an expired Windows 95 system.  He was using an ancient DOS program called FIRST1.  He has
some spread sheets that are needed.
I installed the hard drive as a slave on my dual boot Windows 2000 / Windows XP  Home computer.
I was able to launch and run ...

I have a home computer with Windows 2000 SP4 installed and an ADSL USB
modem to dial-up to the Internet. My laptop from work has Windows XP
Professional SP2 installed. If I bring home my office laptop, I would
like to share files between these two computers and share the ADSL

I have a few machines that are running Win XP Pro. I am creating a network
share however i am not able to set the password on the network share. Is pw
only able to set on domain but not workgroup? thanks

pc-a & pc-b connected with rj-45 vis a switch. Having same workgroup
"MSHOME". pc-a ping to pc-b "OK". pc-b ping to pc-a "OK". both pcs
TCP/IP is configured for file & printer sharing & client for ms
network. pc-a can access pc-b's shared folders . MY PROBLEM IS "WHY

We have three computers (desk and lap) and we share an internet
connection using a wireless network. We use cable service which is
connected to a cable modem and then a router.
The point is that we tried to enable WEP or any other security

I just bought a new computer and added it to my network.  I have three pc's
and one laptop.  All access the internet with no problem.  The new one in the
network neighborhood sees only itself.  On all of the others on the network,
the new one shows up as an icon, but when ...

The workstation service is missing from my computer's list of services.  
How can I reinstall this service?
Thanks,
Rich

I am trying to create my first home network and having problems.  I
have installed a wireless router and am able to access the internet
with both the desktop (directly connected via cable) and a wireles
laptop.  The wireless router is connected to a modem and a printer is

I am a member of a small LAN of 10 computers, all of which run different
flavours of Windows (98 XP, 2000, 2003) No internet connection.
However, once in a while my PC, ( windows XP Pro- 256 Mb ram, 40Gb with 20GB
free HDD- P4 1.5and realtek ethernet card 100 MBPs) refuses to ...

I have my home PC with IP 1.2.3.4 and a shared_folder. How can I
make this folder network 'mapable' at my work, like going to MyComputer
-> Tools -> Map Netwok Drive..., Folder: \\1.2.3.4\shared_folder . Is
it possible?

When synchronizing to the external time server in one of customer's LANs, I
experience the following fenomenon: the station's local time first changes to
the UTC (GMT) time (maybe it's a coincidence but this time is 2 hours earlier
than my local time) and then, in a few seconds, ...

Today only I am changed my OS from XP windows 2000 professional. Here I
am when change Workgroup to Domain (It asked User Id and password
after)i am getting error "The specified network name is no longer
availbale"