things use to work, then one day the laptop could nolonger see the desktop.  
but vice versa works fine.  Both can connect to the internet and connect
through a router...pretty normal setup.
i got fed up, restored my laptop completly and downloaded all the upgrades.  

I searched for this and found no real answers to my problem.  I have a
2003 Server network with all XP machines.  Every machine has shared
folders.  When I double click on a computer in my network places, I get
the list of folders that are shared almost immediately, EXCEPT on two

If I am in the wrong NG please let me know. (as the choices in the window
when using OE do not match the choices when accessing newsgroups on the web
browser, and this was the closest match).
When I last wrote in the reply (or part of it), went something like this:

Thanks for looking and for any help you might be able to provide.
My laptop says that a cable is unplugged, but I've tried 3 different cables
that all work fine on another machine. This is a Broadcom 440x integrated
10/100 NIC and I have the suite that I can test the card. It ...

am running Win XP 2003 server with a Dell 5012 switch connected to the
switch is a Netopia Wireless DSL router.  I am running multiples desktops
with XP Pro that are wired I can RDP with no problem with these boxes.  I
have (2) Dell Laptops that I connect to the Domain via wireless. ...

I need to connect my business partners PC at his house to my PC in my home
office to sync a database for a CRM application.
Can I create a VPN from his PC to my PC by just using XP home?

Can i restrict network users (not domain users as these users are not
loggin in to domain) to add a network printer, some users are adding
printer locally and then adding TCP/IP port with the printer IP address
and they are gaining access to printer which i want to be restricted.

friends of mine are dial-up usera and until recently their dial-up
connection had been working fine with connection speeds in the 40kbps range.
now the connection rates are higher but the connection drops after a few
seconds. i attempted to limit the speed of the connection in ...

I have a cable modem and wireless router, with a CAT-5 cable connecting
my desktop to my router.  I recently had some problems with my
connection, so I ended up trying to use Comcast's Desktop Wizard to fix
things (which I think was a huge mistake).  Anyways, I tracked the

I have a folder on my PC that I want to share on my home network,
however, I want to be the only person who can access it (specifically,
from my laptop PC).  Is there a way I can password protect this folder,
or otherwise make it so that it can only be viewed from my laptop PC?

Have my bro-in-law's Sony VAIO laptop - it's about 4-5 years old.  Has XP
Home on it.  It was able to use the ethernet port a while back at his house.  
Since then, he installed NetZero to use the laptop at his dial-up only
vacation spot.  Now the vacation spot has wired broadband ...

Hey guys
Last night I was uploading a file via ftp to my site,
in the middle of the upload the ftp program just stoped and said lost
conectionto host.

We have just set up a wirelss home network.
And eventually got a Desktop (wired) and old laptop (wirless) working ok
However we have also just got a new laptop with a built in 802.11g MiniPci
Wireless Network Adapter and this laptop will not detect a wireless network

Help please,
When I go into internet explorer the page freezes. I cannot close or search.
If i open a new window it allows a search though, but will still not let me
close explorer at all. I have to use task manager to close.

G'Day All,
I am assisting my daughter who has 2 computers connected to a
DLink DSL302G ADSL Modem:
A. Older Desktop (Win Xp Pro NO SP) via USB            [10.1.1.4]