I have 2 windows xp boxes and linux box, i want my linux box to be
router. Linux runs dhcp server too
but im having trouble routing packets from windows box to linux
heres route table of windows xp box

Does anyone know why Windows XP (Media Center Edition) all of a sudden
won't accept my password? I am putting it in correctly, and I am the
only user on the machine. Is there a way to get around this? I can log
in as Administrator but that won't let me get at my files.

I've been using my XP Pro laptop on the office domain for a couple of years
now with no problems. The domain controller is NT 4.0 based.
After my most recent trip I found I could no longer logon to the domain. I
tried changing the name of my laptop just to see what would happen ...

I've been sharing files between my iMac (OS 10.4.10) and my Windows XP Pro,
SP2 laptop for months with minimal problems, but suddenly I can't access my
Mac from the Windows machine.
I've tried by typing '

Looking for ideas on how to properly setup a wired & wirelss network....
Right now I'm running 2 pc's and 1 laptop hooked up via ethernet to a 5 port
switch, with a dsl modem also connected to the switch.  The network works
great.

I have 4 pc's where I carried out a network wizard setup all went well - When
I use pc 4 to connect to pc 1 it wont, I can connect with the others just
this single one.
Both PC 1 and 4 run proffesional, have the same firewall setting etc - but

I have a friend that cannot connect to the Internet through a router.  His 5
year old HP cannot obtain an IP address.  I have uninstalled and installed
his ethernet connector that is installed on his motherboard.  He bought the
computer from my in-laws, and they used a wireless ...

I am running a home network with vista and xp. I can access the shared files
on the vista machine from xp,   but i cant access the shared drive on the xp
machine from my vista laptop. Keeps telling me user has not been granted
logon type.   Any help would be awesome.

I have an XP PC connected to AD running software called Plotbase PM used for
wide format printing.  I have upgraded that software to their latest version
which fixes a bunch of problems.  This is the only software on the PC.  The
PC has all patches and updates.  This PC every ...

Here is my question:
I use offline folders for My Documents and store my documents on a network
drive such as \\server1\My Documents
So I am setting up log on scripts so the drives are mapped on log on such as

I have a problem with dns name resolution. When I boot a new laptop, I can
immediately reach the dns servers by their ip address  But when I try to
ping these servers by their names there is a few minute delay before the dns
servers respond to the ping request. Obviously the web ...

While this may have nothing to do with the problem:
To my previous post, I should add that the hard drive in the Dell was
just replaced (Guarantee workdone by a Dell contracted technician) .
He installed Windows from the  xp-home-sp2 disc originally supplied by

I'm using XP Pro.  I have two drives (T: & U:) mapped to shares on a 2003 SBS
server.  I have marked files on both drives to be available offline.  When I
synchronize, it shows both drives being synchronized.
However, if I power down, unplug the network cable, power up, and login, ...

We want to be able to take laptops that are joined to a domain out of the
office where they are disconnected from the domain and share files in a peer
to peer configuration. We cannot seem to make it work. It does work in the
office as they can authenticate against the domain. Is ...

I have two computer on a LAN that cannot "talk" to each other. Why?
I hav a computer (named "PC) running xp pro and a computer (named
"Dell") running xp home.  They are  connected through a router. Both
computers can access the internet, They can ping  themselves, the