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Only getting connection one way on the network
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 2 Comments

My laptop connects to a local network via a router and we can access the laptop from the network computers and upload material from the laptop. But we can't do it vice versa. Trying to send material...

Slow Web Browsing/Timeouts
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi, We've got a really annoying problem, that I can't seem to find the source of. In the past week, internet browsing has become really slow, with some pages taking 2 or 3 minutes to load, or even...

APIPA
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I'm using APIPA on a small XP netowrk without a DHCP server. Is there a registry setting or another way i can disable it from attempting to find a DHCP sever before it assigns it's own address. It...

Pc hangs on first access to wireless connection and on ASDL connec
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I've searched high and low for a solution to this one but still no luck! Here's the info : Windows Xp BT2100 wireless router BT 1040 PCI Adaptor (wireless) Norton Antivirus 2005 Zone Alarm...

Hide PC in LAN
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 6 Comments

How to hide my PC in LAN... Thanks

Connecting a Win95 computer to the internet via a WinXP computer
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have a Win XP machine which is connected via the USB/ADSL to the internet. I've connected with a 10baseT crossed cable my old Win95 machine in order to use it as a web client. If I'm defining the...

DHCP client won't update DDNS
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I am trying to get an XPPro SP1 client to automatically update DDNS. If I give the PC a static IP, nameserver, etc., it registers fine. If I use DHCP, I never see client even attempt to update the...

controlling access to networked drives & folders
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 3 Comments

As someone who is familiar with setting up a workgroup of networked WIN 98 computers, I am baffled by the industrial-strength management of sharing and permissions available in XP Pro. I need to...

Printer IP address resets
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 4 Comments

I have two computers running XP and one running Windows 98 all running into a router which is connected to a cable modem. I also have a printer connected to the router. For some reason, the IP...

Re: network cable unplugged, calling Steve Winograd
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi, Steve, I was one of the people with the network cable unplugged issue where the NIC went back and forth every few seconds from reporting network cable unplugged to being OK. I tried your fixes,...

SP1 vs SP2 network performance
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I have two machines (same hardware) on the same network running the same program. One is XP-SP1 and the other is XP-SP2. The program (VB6 executable) basically polls an Oracle server for data and...

Cannot logon user to network
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi, I have an xp pro computer in my network. It was working fine for about 2 weeks. Then all of a sudden I could not log in. I had tried other user logins plus the administrator login with no luck....

vpn connects ok
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 1 Comments

i am able to connect to my vpn server in xp pro ok but after it connects nothing happens i.e access to files on the server computer. Have I forgot to do something I am unaware of. Thanks

QoS is disconnecting my Internet
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 0 Comments

about a year has pass since i install xp pro I had no problem with my iqara internet dialer, for the pass four days each time I connect to the internet after an hour i get disconnect. My ISP engineer...

XP Pro Signin Problem
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 0 Comments

When signing on to our non-domain network (2 XP Pro and 1 XP Home computers), two of the machines default to their original user names from the Windows setup. This is "User", instead of the last...

Cannot copy from mapped drive
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 4 Comments

Hi I want to copy a folder from a mapped network drive to the local HDD. (We use WinXP and W2003 server, all fully patched.) I thought a little .bat file like the following would work: copy...

Problems accessing a FTP folder (Windows XP Pro SP2)
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hello, I'm using Windows XP Professional SP2 and I think there's a block somewhere in my FTP access I can't find. What happens? I log in at my FTP account (tried it with three different FTP...

all devices connected error 50 the request is not supported
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 0 Comments

i am getting a error message if i get disconnected,try to redial.the error message is all devices connected error 50 the request is not supported.anyone have a solution i sure would like it.please...

Computer is seen on the network, but can't access it!
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 7 Comments

I can't figure this out. I have three computers connected together like this: All computers run XP Pro C1, C2 and C3 are connected to a gigabit switch, the switch is connected to a router, and the...

DSL on, but Local Area Connection says limited or no connectivity.
Posted on April 6th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Why is it that my DSL connection appears to be intact and I can access the internet but my Local Area Connection indicates that there is limited or no connectivity? I guess that since I am connected...