How can I prevent a user from changing the computer name and changing what
workgroup the specific computer belongs to? Any suggestions would help! Thanks

I have dsl on one net card.
I have Road Runner on another net card. Both in the same computer.
Is their a way to tell the browser which connection to use..?
Right now I disable one net card and that will force the browser to use the

I am trying to make a very large TCP receive window size in Windows XP SP2.
According to Microsoft I should set following registry parameters:
Tcp1323Opts = 1 or 3
in  HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

I've got both laptops connecting to the internet via the Philips
SNA6500 wireless hub, they are both on the same workgroup, but they
can't see each other - they can't even ping each other by IP address.
I've looked all through the router config pages and can't see anything

does anyone have an answer to this - i removed Vista and installed XP in a
new HP Pavilion 1700. Think i have all the right drivers - seems to work fine
Except it won't dial-up. Have another computer so i know it's not my service.
The modem dials but i always get the message ...

I want to copy some files from an XP computer to a W2k computer.  I've got
the two machines on a Router which is in turn connected to the internet.  I
am successfully working with Internet Explorer from both  machines.  Ho do I
do I copy the files?

Is it true that win 98 can't read XP shared folders? Because win98 can't
read NTFS ... so that means I can't share folders with win 98?

I'm very much a beginner at networking, trying to help a friend. He has
5 computers running XP SP2 in a workgroup, with simple file sharing
disabled. Machines 1 and 2 are the main ones used and these both have
shared folders. All the machines have the same user account, "Joe".

I have three computers connected via etehrnet in my home/offcie LAN - my main
work PC ('work'), a laptop and a third PC used fro mainly social stuff
('private').  Thya re all conneceted to a Netgear modem/router, which is the
ADSL Broadband connection to the internet.

I am working for a IT company and we have shared folders on many of our
desktops. I too have created a shared folder on a desktop.I am able to access
that folder on other desktops by typing "\\desktopname\shared folder" in the
run box in start menu.But  there is problem with one ...

Greeting everyone, to make it easy, I have put it into short detail:
PC01-older pc using windows xp pro SP1
PC02-newer pc using windows xp pro SP2
Linked together with Dlink DI604.

I got my dad's laptop to connect to his new wireless router, not too
hard. Using WEP, just with the default keys that it comes with for
now. The first wep key is 0101010101, the second is 0202020202 etc.
My own laptop will connect to the internet via the router when it is

I am using a windows 2003 server (standard server) as the main file
server. On this network I have clients using XP professional, XP home,
Mac OSX  operating system.
One of the user using XP home is not able to use the file server. User

I'm having issues with internet speed. The computer in question is a Dell
laptop, XP Home, IE6 & Opera. I work at home most of the time and split the
rest of my time in two different offices. I have wireless network access in
all places. At home, I have cable internet and I have ...

I recently bought a used computer with XP Pro. After my modem connects and I
click on the Internet Explorer icon, I get a dialog box with the following
heading: "Windows Update Setup: Entry Point Not..." with the following
message "The procedure entry point ...