I have gone through the network setup wizard on both machines and still I am
not able to see anything under the workgroup. They both have the same
workgroup name. What am I doing wrong?
I have tried clicking on the WorkGroup Computers Icon and get a message

When i clck on a hyperlink in a message, it does nothing. IS there
something wrong with my setup?

I have been given an ex-business PC running XP Professional. It is
currently configured to logon via a network domain. The network
circuitry is built into the motherboard. How do I disable the PC from
being networked to become a standalone "home" PC? I can logon to the

Hi! I have 3 laptop which is wireless connection and 1 desktop wire
connedtion in my home networking. My problem is the internet connection
always lost. 4 computers work for sometimes then it suddenly lost the
connection. I have to shutdown my modem (speedStream) and router ( ...

I have broadband, but also a couple of dial up programs when on
traveling and there is no broadband connection available. Lately, I am
getting constantly interrupted as I surf in my browsers. The icons
appear and I have to cancel all the time. They do not show up in

I have a PC / XP computer and have discovered that NetMeeting no longer shows
up under Start/Accessories/Communications.
Accordingly, does anyone knows of an alternative FREE version of NetMeeting
that is available for XP users.

I want to share my internet connection with another connection and it keeps
failing
I have 2 connections on the computer that is connected to the cable modem
1.  Called 'Local Area Connection' which is the one used to connect to the

am I missing a simple step... I have established a VPN on both a client and
host computers (work and home) dial in and connect. I see the small icon on
the bottom of my screen.
Is the next step then to type the ip address of the host computer into the

Can someone help with directions as to how to find the MAC address of my
machine?
Mikie

I am transferring data from one computer to another, both are running
Windows XP PRO and both have 1GB DLInk Ethernet cards.  These
computers are connected by a Dlink DGL-4300 Gaming Router.
Right now I am transferring data and the task manager show a cpu

Tried to make this as simple to follow as possible yet thorough.
Really appreciate the time you take to read.
2 PCs: a desktop and a laptop (computer names are the same for
simplicity here)Both XP Pro

I just setup a small home network with two windows xp computers. A desktop
and one laptop, the laptop is connected to a wireless reader and both of the
computers  have Internet access.   When I go to my network places and I click
on view workgroup computers I receive an error ...

I have a number of users on one computer accessing shared folders on another
computer on my home network - but one particular user I cannot get to access
sahred folders on the other computer - but all the other users can.  I notice
for this same user, when I go into My Computer, ...

I have several drives mapped to a few systems around the house.  This
is a workgroup (no domain) setup.  When I reboot these drives get
mapped, but until I actually open them in explorer, they are
unavailable.  For example, I have a drive Q: that is mapped to a

Hi, I have connected 2 PC's with a cross over cable. My problem is that the
one PC cannot see the other one or itself, but the other one sees both, but
cannot connect to the one which is giving the problem although he finds the
computer on the network.