Is there any downside to having apple's bonjour net service running?
It seems you have to accept it to install iTunes for one. The little
I've read about it it seems to duplicate functions already running
fine on my network, or offer things I don't need. Is it hogging up any

This is what I get on the following netsh commands,
netsh lan> show tracing
Registry access error 0x3
netsh lan> export profile folder=z:\Profiles

I have two machines on a home network and want to share directories between
them, but when I right click on a directory to share it, I see only grayed
out options.  I'm running WinXP Pro on both machines.  How do I activate the
sharing options?

15 PCs are in 10.10.1.1-10.10.1.15
Another set of 15 PCs are in 10.10.2.1 - 10.10.2.15
Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0
Users in 10.10.1.0 should not be able to access 10.10.2.0 network and

15 PCs are in 10.10.1.1-10.10.1.15
Another set of 15 PCs are in 10.10.2.1 - 10.10.2.15
Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0
Users in 10.10.1.0 should not be able to access 10.10.2.0 network and

Many problems with performance and safety of your computer can be solved
easily with an updated antivirus and recognized. Antivirus Free Download
Microsoft best practices in:
http://yourantivirusfreedownloadonthissite.blogspot.com/

I fell in love with the net and all the compuiter teahcnology in the very early years and have loved it ever since, I have an IT Degree and Communications degree and will be working on my doctorate for the next five years, in bwetween I design websites, databases, Multimedia ...

I have three machines networked
2 Windows 7 (1 Pro 64 bit/1 Ultimate 32 bit)
1 Windows XP Pro 32 bit
XP machine has TWO logins, the regular user my wife does NOT have admin

Workgroup computers with mapped drives fail to reconnect after idle for 10-
15 minutes, I then have to "repair network connection" on the two other
computers, and the one I am working on, then everything works fine. The
network signal is always strong, internet is working and ...