Is there a way of show the link speed of a auto negotiated connection?
Windows only shows if it is 10, 100 or 1000 MBit, where is, in GUI or
command line, half/full duplex? That's important, there are many problems
that arise from the auto-negotiation.

Background
Network Topology: workgroup, W2k3srv(DHCP,DNS,WINS) + 10wxp client
problem: 2(pcB,pcD) client cannot ping a pcA, all computer windows firewall
including ICS services is disabled

Hearing that now you can get infected without doing almost anything, I'm
freaked out. Two questions please:
1. Can you get infected if your computer is connected to internet, but
Internet Explorer is not open? If yes, then I could simply disconnect the

I have a 2-computer LAN, each running Windows XP Home SP2. Computer A is
connected to the internet wirelessly. I can access the internet from A.
Computers A & B are connected via ethernet LAN. I can share files between the
two. However, I cannot access the internet from B thru A. ...

I have a computer running Xp Pro sp2. It can access the Internet, obtaining
addresses from the ISP's DNS servers. A proxy server is not in use.
If I add a site entry to the c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file,
then try to access that site through IE, I get a DNS Resolver ...

Dear Sir,
Am Rajesh Khadka from Nepal. Sir I have 40 computers in my small
organization. In my main server I installed Windows XP 2006 [Professional].
Sir I have Intel Pentium (R) CPU 3.06 GHz. 512MB of RAM 80GB SATA HD, same

I have no idea if it's already documented and if it's already fixed or not.
I have serious problems with further testing XP SP3, because there is a
major bug in the build in VPN functionality (PPP, RasMan). I planned to test
pptp connections with all home office applications for ...

I have broadband and two computers which at the present time are
independently and in turn accessing the internet, by means of cables.
I have bought a router with a non-crossover cable attaching it to the
broadband modem,  

Hi,
The physical and wireless connection in my laptop are not working. First
I'll  like to fix the physical connection to the internet. There aren't any
yellow or red crosses in the hardware and all the TCP/IP settings seem

Help!  I am accessing the Internet via a cable connection, but I also have
settings for dial-up connections should I ever need them.  Normally, this is
no problem -- but since yesterday, a Network Connections window has started
popping up at random intervals, prompting me to ...

the two laptops are vista home the one at home is XP home.
I'm trying to help setup a network at my church, the pastor wants a document
server at his home with a desktop, the two laptops are at the church they
will be peer to peer, can anyone suggest a direction for advice on ...

I have added a new Vista PC to my home network but it is not visible from my
old Xp machine
It has the same Workgroup
I have tried dynamic IP address's provided by my router, and static, neither

I have a shared internet connection with 64 Kbps. in my PC (Windows
xp) assingned IP 192.168.0.1 which is given by local ISP, I have
another NIC card in PC with assingned IP 192.168.1.1. Now I want to
share this shared connection to the others 4 PCs of my LAN? How Can I

I recently inherited a Dell inspiron 9100 running XP from my daughter.
(She got a new one for her birthday.)  Connection to the internet is
made via a netgear wireless card, to a standard Qwest DSL
router/modem.

I have a single laptop user, running Windows XP SP2, Outlook 2003, etc.  
While in the office, he is able to log in and access all systems normally
(Outlook/Exchange, Microsoft CRM, etc).  
When he goes home, he logs into his workstation using cached credentials.