Previously, my system worked normally.  Today, I uninstalled the "File and
Printer Sharing for Microsoft Network" by mistake, and click the "close"
button in the right corner of connection property dialogbox immediately,  but
the dialogbox is hangup, so what can I do is rebooting ...

I want to share a users My Documents directory with 2 other users. I have set
the directory to shared and in security I have added the 2 users with full
rights, but although they can see the directory they are denied access.
I tried looking at Windows help, but it says use the ...

i've mapped a network drive that was created using "login as a diff user
option". it works fine when I created it but i have to reenter the login on
every session. why doesnt this XP Home SP2 REMEMBER the login for this
mapped drive?

I have a Netgear Storage Central NAS with two drives in it. The drives spin
down after about 10 minutes of inactivity and then come to life anytime my
local machine polls for available drives. This 10-second delay gets
annoying, especially because the drives are only used for ...

I have had a Dell desktop running XP Pro with a cable modem, and
Sygate Personal Firewall. .
I just got a Dell notebook running XP Home, and a Netgear router.
The Desktop connects to the modem by cable, and the notebook by

I'm using WinXPsp2 and have a wireless modem.
I had a desktop computer attached to the modem by wire and a laptop attached
to the modem wirelessly.  I had a little network.
I formatted the HD on the desktop.

I understand that for files on a network server, deleting them is permanent
(i.e., they are not placed in the recycle bin).  This is much too
unforgiving.  Is there any way I can set things up so that if I delete such a
file, it will be transferred to my recycle bin (or anywhere ...

My wife's computer and my computer are connected via our LAN router (and thence
to the Internet).  Her computer is running XP Home and mine XP Professional.  I
set up a shared folder on my computer so that she could store some files there
and free up some disk space.

In Windows XP/Professional, how is Simple File Sharing turned-on/off ?

Ever since removing Norton Internet Security I have not be able to access
the printer and drive on the other computer.
When I go into Security Center it is greyed out where is says "change the
way security center alerts me" how can I fix this? the computers are using

Ok, when I run Ipconfig it responds with Windows IP Configuration on the next
line.
then I get the command prompt back. If I type ipconfig / I get the help
list. I can type ipconfig /"any other command" and get back -- Windows IP

I have a home network with two desktop computers and a laptop.  I'm
able to surf the internet on all the machines and to share files
across the network.  Over the years, though, I've added a hard drive
here and there and the number of shared folders has gotten a little

Thanks in advance for any help. Almost everyday on a large corporate
network, the network drives will drop.
The drives are mapped via vb login script. What happens is the entire
network (all network drives) at certain times will fail on transfers or any

I have XP professional on all my client computers and Windows 2003 Standard
on a domain controller, all with latest updates and service packs.  I have
NTP set up so that the domain controller receives the correct time form an
internet time server.  I had to create a policy on my ...

I have set up a wireless network for a quadriplegic client so he can print.
The wireless network works fine until he uses a Verizon Broadband card to
connect to the Internet. As soon as the Verizon card connects to the
Internet, it takes control of the network routing and any ...