I have an existing xp home network with two pcs connected.  I have a
laptop that I've connected through an ethernet port in my house.  I can
get internet service on the laptop, but when I run the network wizard
(with the same name as the existing network), I can't connect to the

I have a strange problem I have not been able to solve for weeks,
despite multiple searches, etc.
Windows XP Home, all updates installed, clean scans with AVG Antivirus,
Adaware, Spybot, etc.

I am enquiring to how i can put a genuine windows XP home edition on my
computer.  When i dont have a disc to install it, but i do have a product key
number.  Do i need the disc to install the windows XP?
Can someone please tell me if i need to do this or is there some way i can

for some reason when the network was set up on computer  the network places
are under the internet header
on the other three comps they are under the newwork header  why?
also can't connect to the one with the internet header in the network

I would like to setup 2 broadband ISP's for my home network - one cable
company, one DSL.  Mainly I'm looking for redundancy, but it would be nice
if I could use them simultaneously.
I have 3 computers connected via a Linksys broadband wireless-G router and

i was unable to FTP from a browser or ftp client on my PC.  was fine from
another pc on my network who is getting internet via ICS running on my PC.  
but not from my pc.  after poking around I came across some info on a service
called Application Layer Gateway Service.  I found ...

Recently updated my SMC wireless AP to a Zyxel router/wireless AP. My PC
found the new network straigtht away and when asked for the WPA key the
network accepted it straight away - great. My laptop, however, finds the
wireless network and I am asked for the key but when I type it ...

Main computer running windows xp Home, 2nd computer running XP Pro.  2nd
computer shares internet through Linksys wireless router, but is connected to
it with network cable.  Both connect fine to the internet, buth neither can
see the other on the home network.  The 2nd computer ...

IE will not connect to any websites.  I have tried changing everything I can
think of in the options and connections tab.  I have looked at all my network
settings, and everything looks correct.  Winipcfg shows good numbers.  I have
other programs, such as games, that connect ...

I read the previous messages on this subject and they suggest to turn
on file and printer sharing in the LAN properties. Furthermore to make
sure that there are not two computers with the same name in the
network. In my case there are no computers with the same name and

Hello,
I have the following networking problems with WinXP SP2 :
I can ping an IP adress on my  LAN or over the Internet.
I cannot ping a domain over the Internet.

I have a small office network with Windows 2003 server and Windows XP
workstations.
Although all of the computers are on the same internal subnet
(192,168.200.x), I cannot ping the XP workstations.   I can ping the Windows

I think I have a networking problem between the host and guest machines  
running Microsoft Virtual PC2004.
I want to share a folder from the Guest (VPC) to the host (P3) but there is
something wrong.

In My Network Connections my  connection shows up as
LAN/HIGHSPEED INTERNET
Local area connection
and shows the speed from Router to PC   ie. 100mbps

I was ever wondering how it works in Windows XP.
On a freshly setup WinXP there is one Network connection "Local Area
connection", if one NIC is installed. However I have discovered several
times when I remove the NIC card from Device Manager and let XP