I am trying to set up a network.  All of our individual PCs run either
Windows 2000 SP4 or XP.  The computer are all currently connected via LAN.  I
am attempted to set up our brand new XP professional machine as a file
server.  I set one of its harddrives to be "shared", and set ...

Hello all, I just did a clean install on my other laptop of xp pro
2002. It went off without a hitch, except I have no connectivity to
the internet. I'm using a cable modem that works fine on any of my
machines, even the problem machine. The only thing listed under

We have  a small business network consists of 15 computers. 2 people
bring their own laptop in to connect to our network.
I have tried both a linksys and d-link router. Some computers can
connect to the internet using ip address but not by domain name.

I have an Acer Aspire 3000 Series notebook with Broadcom Wireless
Network Adapter 802.11b/g (BCM4318 as i know), i want to update
drivers from device manager but whenever i try to update, i receive
this error: INF STYLE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS REQUESTED.

I am trying to port forward. So far I have
- declared the port open in the client app
- setup rules in my router that (should) allow access to the same port
- setup a static IP (may be the wrong term, but I have defined the IP

I'm using WinXP Home SP2. When I browse to "Entire Network" in Windows
Explorer, I see three folders: Microsoft Terminal Services; Microsoft
Windows Network; and Web Client Network. The only folder I use is the
Microsoft Windows Network, which contains my Workgroup entries. The

I hava a home network wih 3 computers.
Two XP Prof and one XP Home machine.
Browsing in my home network is fast, except when I browse the XP Home
computer. Only when I turn the XP Firewall off completely (XP Home

I've tried restarting DHCP client and network awareness etc.
I can work perfectly with a manual IP address, but would rather use
DHCP for various reasons.
Win XP SP2 + all hotfixes.

I'm trying to set up a home network between my wife's laptop (Me) and my PC
(XP home), but the laptop has no floppy disk or CD writer and the PC informs
me "There is no floppy disk(true) or other removable memory (not true I have
a DVD/CD writer). Any ideas what's going on?

I have a Webserver running on Windows XP Professional. I have IIS 5.1 which
is hosting my website. I have a static IP that is registered with a domain.
If you were to connect to the website through a web browser, you CAN access
it. This tells me that the server does have an ...

Am trying to connect my new broadband router from my ISP but when the
software runs a diagnostic test it comes up that failsd networking interface.
But there are no problems with my network card drivers. Any reasons for this
and what can i do to resolve this?

I'm having a strange problem with one computer on our network.  It is
XP SP2 with the most recent updates installed.  This computer can
browse the network, connect up to our Exchange server, and browse the
internet.  In spite of this, when I ping this computer from any other

How can I improve the LAN file transfer rate?
Transfering files from PC to PC on my LAN is very slow.
This between 2 PCs through a 4 port Linksys BEFSX41 router.  Transfering
from shared folder on a PC to another shared folder on a PC.  I can see the

Tried to set up a home network using 6m long ethernet cable.
Was able to connect one PC to a router, but another PC would show "cable
unplugged".
Exactly the same cable was used.

I work in an environment using Outlook Exchange Server 2003. I am moving to a
new office totally separate from this, but can check my old email address via
webmail for the time being until everyone has my new email.
What I want to do before I move is set up an out of office reply, ...