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Workgroup is not accessible...
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I have installed WinXP Pro on my home pc. Ran the network wizard to setup workgroup. When I tried to access the PC from My Network Places -> Entire Network -> Microsoft Windows Network ->Workgroup, I...

ERROR MESSAGE IN AOL
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 1 Comments

WHEN MY AOL STARTS UP , I GET A ERROR MESSAGE SAYING ' OUT OF MEMORY IN LINE 84 ' THIS APPEARS TO BE IN AN OUTLOOK WINDOW. EVERYTHING WORKS FINE , ITS JUST ANNOYING. ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO GET RID OF...

xp home file sharing
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I am using xp home addition. I have 3 computers on the network. THe main computer works fine and the other 2 are networked. Yet, I am trying to use all 3 that are networked with my hotel software...

how do I choose which network connection to use?
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I have a LAN NIC and a dial up modem. Say I connect with both. Then my dial up becomes my default. i.e. when I browse the web, it uses dial up. Fine. But how do I choose which to use? I heard that...

Binding TCP/IP to my network adapter using WMI or Win API
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi All, I can find out if TCP/IP is bound and enabled on a network adapter using the IPEnabled property of the Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WMI object. In case it is not enabled, how can I bind...

P.C. not assigned I.P. address. Using Cable Modem to WiFi router.
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 4 Comments

Basic setup is as follows: Cable Modem (NTL) connects to WiFi Router. This is functioning for my laptop which is picking up the WiFi signal, and thus happily networking to its hearts content. ...

Connecting XP laptop to my XP Desktop - help??
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hello, I have a Compaq Presario Desktop running XP Home. I also have a Compaq Armada running NT 4.0. My internet comes through my Desktop and I ran the XP home networking set-up but it is not...

How to clear password for network login?
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 1 Comments

When I use a computer to login our network, it asked me username and password. I filled in and check "remember password". So that comp from now on can automatically login our network. I don't want...

Network Path - Basic Networking?
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi, My PC has different drives (F, L, K, etc) and I am testing a software which is partially placed on a server and the other half on PC's. I would like to make one of the drives to act like a...

Running wireless network and wired at same time
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I'm trying out to figure the best way to back up our internet connection. We currently have a T1 connection. In addition we receive a wireless connection from a sister company. When our T1 line is...

Internet connection sharing
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Trying to share broadband internet connection. The Home network is already set-up and it says that the LAN connection is shared on the host pc but when I try to use the internet on the client PC I...

XP SP2 IP address fetch feature
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Has anybody heard of the IP address fetch feature in XP SP2?? If so, would somebody give a quick explanation ?? Much appreciated.

Need help with XP PC, DNS names don't resolve, nslookup works
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 3 Comments

My brother in law has a new clone PC running XP SP2. It uses DHCP over a wired connection to a LinkSys router, It is receiving an IP address and DNS servers of his ISP. When I use NsLookup to query...

USB Modem gets disconnected by itself
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I have just upgraded from Windows 98 to Windows XP SP2. I find that my USB modem turns itself off after a few minutes of going online. My motherboard has the VIA chipset. I have updated with the...

Restricting Internet Connection Sharing on LAN
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hello, I have a LAN in my office (20 pcs), with most of the machines with WinXP and a couple with Win98, the server is an old computer running Win98 and using ICS for internet sharing. Now I need to...

Win XP Networking
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have a home network consisting of Netgear RP114 router, and three computers. My internet is DSL. One computer is a Windows 98, one is a Windows ME, and one is a Win XP Pro SP2. I can se the Win...

LAN problem
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hello everyone I'm seting up a small network with 15 PCs. My requestment is all the PCs be in the same subnet for sharing printer and communicate with each other. I'm using a DSL modem connect to a...

FTP misbehaving
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 0 Comments

One of my customers reported that they could no longer connect to Internet web servers to upload web content files using FTP unless they disabled the Windows firewall on the client PC. I called in...

Shutting down the internet.
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 5 Comments

Hello, Is there anyway to shutdown the Internet on a computer? Access to the LAN must be available but to the Internet must be OFF.

Empty window in My Network Places
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I can't get anything to show in My Network Places even though the network works ok. It does have the menu on the left of this window though. I can access the network via View Workgroup Computers and...