We have a small network, w2k Server and a combination of win xp Pro desktops
and notebooks all with MS Office 2003.
One of the notebooks seems to freeze up for a minute when trying to browse
for an attachment using Outlook, and will regularly do the same when

Running Win XP pro SP2 on 4 machines,,, peer to peer LAN (workgroup)
My problem is, I can not connect to any of the shared folders I’ve created
on one of the machines from any of the other machines. Each machine can open
any of the default Shared Doc folders for each of the users ...

Like Ron, several posts back, We have been running 5 machines on XP for 4
years with no problems. Then, all of a sudden last Fri afternoon the other 4
machines could not print to a dot matrix printer located on Problem XP. This
printer is set up on LPT2 and everyone else ...

I m new to this group , I have a querry that I have one net LAN connection
and I have made ICS for my other PC via LAN card .Now I want block/restrict
some sites/browsing of my client PC, so how can I do this plz suggest me .
thanks

I have 6 laptops all the same model, I am connecting them through a standard
netgear switch (no DHCP).
The TCP/IP configuration is as follows:
Laptop1 - 192.168.0.2

After a year, my belkin router crapped out for some unknown reason. So
for months, I've been testing out various brands to replace it ..
without "luck." Appears that I'm not alone in this frustrating quest
either:

hi every body
I 'd like to share with u something really weird  recently cought by
glancing accidentally to the right down corner in my laptop screen...
the lac icon has got a bigger X than that supposed to be

My laptop is running XPSP2 with all updates.  It has an Intel 2915abg WNIC
(named WIRELESS) and a Intel Pro/100VE (named WIRED).
For exceptions, I have "File and Printer Sharing", "Network Diagnostics for
Windows XP", "Remote Assistance", "Remote Desktop", and "Windows Live

I have a wired land connection through a cable modem on my home PC.  I don't
have a router.  I have a friend's laptop and am unable to get a wireless
connection in my area.  I am trying to use my wired PC connection but am
unable to connect.  It says it's connected but I can't ...

Please help - I just lost my user profile in WinXP.
I logged in as usual with domain user - DOMAX\dmitry_b but everything
I had configured disapeared! :-(((
No mail accounts, no my settings, only default windows theme, no links

I have a desktop and a laptop both with wireless internet running XP Pro. I’m
connecting through a free hotspot when I want to go online. I also have a
Linksys WRT54G router. I’d like to network both computers together using the
router to share files and a printer.  I’m having ...

Windows Vista Premium & XP Home network comprising wireless router,
old desktop XP PC and one new  Vista laptop cable-connected to router, plus
2 laptops wireless-only connected.
When I click "View Network Computers" from the cable connected laptop, the

When I put my laptop into Standby, the IP assigned by
DHCP does not get released.
When I next start up, there's usually a conflict with another
machine on the network that has grabbed that IP while

Symthoms:
1. When connecting to a Windows XP Pro SP2 share on from a Windows XP Pro
SP2, the login dialog box takes several minutes to display.
2. Transfering files from the share is extremely slow.

Long ago, I asked a LAN administrator to configure my Windows XP
laptop (and the network, I guess) so that my laptop was a member of
his domain Old.Domain.com.  I could access email & network drives.
That time has long past, and I use the laptop nomadically now.  It was