I'm not sure where to put this question - but hopefully someone can help.
Isn't there a way to send little messages (not e-mails) to the other
computers on the same network?  We used to do this where I worked - but can't
seem to do it at home.

i just installed XP-SP2 on a second partition on my machine.
i have defined 2 users with Admin privileges:
User1 : local
User2 : on my company domain.

I have a shared disk of a machine in a workgroup. I can read the disk but I
cannot write to it from other machines, due to no access rights. I have
tried to give "Everyone" full rights on that disk, but it doesn't work. What
else do I need to configure?

I am in Texas right now, and I need to access my computer in Japan.  I can
successfully build a VPN connection to my computer in Japan, but I cannot
see any of the shared drives on it.  How do I access my drives?
ShoNuff

One of our PC's is setup to allow Remote Desktop Connections. When you
connect to the PC, the login screen appears, you fill in username, password,
and domainname. And yes, the correct username, password and domain are
supplied. Then when you click on "OK" , another login screen ...

I need some opinions to weigh in on the security of RDP vs. VPN.  I
setup port forwarding on the router to forward to the file server for
remote administration--I do this for most of my customers.  I am told
that it would be more secure to have a VPN router because then no ports

We have a remote user who is getting this error message when trying to
connect remoyely to our corporate network: "Error 800 - Unable to establish
the VPN connection.  The VPN server maybe unreachable or security parameters
may not be configured properly for this connection." I ...

My scenario: I have folders that I update frequently, but I have
company desktop, home desktop, and a notebook used outdoors. I am
currently testing a peer-to-peer file synchronization program called
second copy 2000 (from Centered System), it works fine locally, its

when I try to connect from one xp pro machine through a linksys router on
both sides to another xp pro machine I get through the "connecting message"
right away then comes the "verifying username and password" which sits till
it times out how? Do I get it to authenticate

I have a number of remote desktop users. They have a laptop each and access
their work desktops remotely. Now we want to do away with their desktops but
they still need to have a PC on the LAN they can access.
I was hoping to buy just one PC to serve them all but XP only serves ...

Is there a way for a host to put a pop up confirmation prompt when an
attempt is made to connect remotely to it? I have a customer who we
support remotely and they are worried that the users being connected to
do not have any way of allowing or disallowing a remote session and so

Hi, when I use Remote Desktop to connect to a LAN workstation, I lock that
workstatiion with my account.  Is there is way I can remote connect
simultaniously while a user continues his job on a workstation?
Tks

I don't know what happened but when I went on the computer my sound wasn't
working! I have tried every freakin thing that i know! I tried pulling out
the speaker plug and putting it back in. I have checked to make sure the
speaker is on and if the volume on the computer and ...

When I get an invitation off my friend to remote to his machine, I get the
following error message:
Remote Assistance connection could not be established because the remote
host name could not be resolved. Please try again.

We have a small network with windows 2K server.  VPN and remote desktop on
server was all set up for me and I have been able to set up another laptop
onto the network, vpn and server remote desktop quite easily :=).  Now I
would like to connect to one of the work stations.  I can ...