Problem:  difficulty networking XP Pro Desktop and XP Pro Laptop over Linksys
Router using Ethernet cables.  Simple File Sharing is OFF on both machines.
I can share files in both directions using the Shared Documents folders,
provided the user name and password are identical on ...

    My friends been trying for ages to get her laptop connected to her broadband
router supplied by talk talk . She goes through the whole process cd etc only
to get "cannot connect" she's been in touch with the techs at Talk Talk who
have went through setting it up with her and they ...

I have a AD network the desktops use a group policy to map drives when the
user logs on. However we have a new network access point when users log on to
this the mapping does not happen.
Is it possible to get the machines that are logging onto the wireless to map

I am having some trouble with netowrking.
I own a laptop which is connected to our buisness network at work (LAN).  
This gives me Internet access, limited to web browsing (through a proxy
server) and file sharing over the network.  However the internet connection

Hi
I am unable to access a computer on my work group (home computer network).
I get this error message when I try:-
 \\"computername" is not accessible.You might not have permission to use

My win xp local area connection is sending but not receiving. This is XP Pro
version 2002. I did remove some spyware but it was all low risk.
I thought it might be the browser so I tried firefox. This did not work. The
protacal and services seem fine. And the usb net adapter is ...

I have several workstations using DHCP. These workstations can get a
subnet range between 192.85.202.xxx through 192.85.289.xxx (a very
large range). I would like to know if there is a way to configure my
workstation to use the same DHCP server but only get a limited range

I just bought two new HP's, one with XP Professional and one with
Vista Home Basic.  The new machines came with SATA 80 Gb HDD's.  I'm
trying to add a PATA slave drive to both from the old computers I've
replaced, on which I have a lot of data stored. The problem I'm

I have a network of one laptop and one desktop.  I have shared folders on
laptop so i can access them on desktop.  I synchronise on logon and logoff.
However fairly regularly I get pop up on desktop saying its gone offline.If I
try and synchronise it says 'unavailable for ...

Use laptop computer at three different clients. One has a domain and runs
under an NT Server network.  The other two use workgroup names on peer to
peer XP networks.  Once I have logged on to the domain NT server network, it
seems to run the security checks even after changing ...

I am trying to set up a network with two pc's, neither are connected to the
internet, or have 3rd party firewalls. You may have to bear with me as I am a
newbie at this.
I am trying to connect my desktop running XP Home, to my laptop running XP

I have XP wireless setup and am able to get on to the internet with both
computers...but still cannot share files. I was browsing the internet
and I came across this network info area and it was suggested that I
install Netbeiu protocol. I downloaded the file and have installed ...

What reasons could there be for me not being able to ping someone (A)? They
sit across the desk from me, we are both admins, I can ping the guy next to
me (B), (A) has NOT got the windows firewall on, I cannot ping (A) hostname
or IP address but (A) CAN ping me.

I have installed IIS on my pc running Windows XP MCE. I assume it is up and
running since I am able to see my files by typing in fttp://localhost in my
browser.
Now what? I googled for a week now and no instructions as what to do next to

I am trying to resolve an issue with a computer which currently has Windows XP
Professional installed, and has both a broadband connection and a dial up
connection set up for internet access. Normally, the broadband connection is
used, but when the broadband service is down, the ...