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    - Remote Viewing Network Camera Help Please Hi My client has a pub with network camera connected to a local computer. He used to view it remotely by using internet explorer pointed to 80.***.***.** He has cancelled his broadband and is now going to change provider. He can still see his cameras on local computer. Basically my question is will he still be able to remotely view his cameras at the same address with the new ISP? or is the web page something that the ISP has to set up and presumably charge for TIA Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286819
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    - Firewall problem when sharing internet connection Both computers have all updates installed (incl SP2). Computer1 has XP professinal. Computer2 has XP home. I have home network set manually cos those wizards didnt work. Everything works on home network. Like file and printer sharing. Computer1 ip is 192.168.0.1 (homenet work nic). Nic having internet connection geting ip from dhcp. Computer2 ip is 192.169.0.2 Comp1 internet connection works fine. Firewall only on nic connected to internet. Home network nic dont have firewall. Comp2 trying to access internet thru Comp1. No firewall at all. IF i disable firewall on Comp1, Comp2 can access websites fine. Everything seems to work. But if i have firewall ON on Comp1, only site what seems to work is Google...Yes, Google works, rest dont. Tried sites like MS, CNN and so on. Pinging sites works. Any idea what i need to change on Comp1 firewall? PS. I hope i made sense. Tried to keep it simple. My english is not that great :) Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286813
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    - Cannot access other computers on workgroup @ home I have a 2 desktops and a laptop together on a home network (MSHOME). Recently all of a sudden I found that my desktop either cannot get to the network cannot access the other machine. Not sure what happened or how to repair. Selecting the workgroup, it says I don't have permission. Don't know where to go from here. I have tried changing network cards and drivers, made sure all windows is up to date. Please help thanks Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286810
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    - Can't Share Folders I'm having a very odd problem. First of all, I have a network between three computers all running XP Pro, and they've always worked, I just set the same workgroup for all of them and I'm good, I've never had to create the same accounts on all computers or whatever that entails. It's always pretty much just been plug and play. Anyways, I just reformatted my computer and the first thing I did was share my printer, that worked flawlessly, and it has been working. I joined the same workgroup of course (HOME, not MSHOME) and I could see the other two computers and read the shared files and folders and what not. However, when I then decided to share a folder of my own (Something which I always used to do), none of the other two computers could access it. They could see my computer in the workgroup but they would get an 'access denied' error. I read about the 'restrictanonymous' registry key which seems to work for many and I applied it but after restarting it always resets back to 1, the other two computers have it at 0. Keep in mind that everything is perfect other than the fact that no one else can access my shared folders, but I can access their's. I've even created accounts named after the other computer's usernames (Something which I've never had to do) and that didn't work either. At first I thought it was zonealarm but I uninstalled it and the problem persists, could it be that it left something behind? Should I reinstall the file and printer sharing component? Sorry for being vague, it's pretty late and I'm going insane over this problem. Please ask me any questions you would need to help me out, as I would really appreciate some help. Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286808
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    - Cannot ping desktop from laptop or router Hi all, My problem looks similar to many others here, but Iâ??m stumped. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. My setup: â?¢ Cable modem â?¢ Motorola VT2542 router â?¢ Desktop computer, Windows XP Pro, version 2002, sp2 o Network name: ReadTheGreen o IP Address: 192.168.15.2 o New self built o XFX nForce 680i LT motherboard o Core2 Quad Q6600 cpu â?¢ Laptop Computer, Windows XP Home, version 2002, sp2 o Network name: BigTen o IP Address: 192.168.15.2 o HP pavilion zd8000 â?¢ Workgroup Name: MSHOME on both machines The Problem: â?¢ The Desktop is a new machine that replaces an old Dell. I canâ??t get it to network properly with the laptop. â?¢ The new desktop can successfully ping itself, the router and the laptop. It can also view shared laptop files through Windows Explorer. â?¢ The laptop can successfully ping itself and the router, but NOT the desktop. I get the â??Request timed outâ?? error. â?¢ The laptop can â??seeâ?? the desktop in the MSHOME workgroup in Windows Explorer, but when I try to access the desktop, I get the error: â??â??\\Readthegreen is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not found. â?¢ While logged into the router, http://192.168.15.1, there is a â??ping testâ?? option under the Tools menu. Using that tool, I can ping the laptop (192.168.15.3), but NOT the desktop (192.168.15.2). â?¢ In summary, the desktop is not accessible by either the laptop or the router Attempted Solutions: â?¢ Originally, both machines were running Norton Internet Security. I added the laptopâ??s IP address to the desktopâ??s list of trusted computers and vice versa using within Norton. â?¢ When the above did not work, I disabled both the personal firewall and intrusion prevention features of Norton on both machines. At the same time, I verified that the Windows firewall was not enabled. â?¢ I verified that the registry values of both \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Lsa\restrictanonymous and \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Lsa\restrictanonymous were set to 0 (zero). â?¢ I have enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP on both machines (Network Connections -> Local Area Connection -> Properties -> Internet Protocal (TCP/IP) -> Properties -> Advanced -> WINS) â?¢ I have now uninstalled Norton from the desktop and disabled the windows firewall. I also reset the router to the factory defaults. IP configuration and nbtstat details: Desktop Computer C:\Documents and Settings\Dan>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : readthegreen Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-4B-03-63-F0 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.2 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, March 08, 2008 3:43:52 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, March 08, 2008 4:43:52 PM C:\Documents and Settings\Dan>nbtstat -n Local Area Connection: Node IpAddress: [192.168.15.2] Scope Id: [] NetBIOS Local Name Table Name Type Status --------------------------------------------- READTHEGREEN <00> UNIQUE Registered READTHEGREEN <20> UNIQUE Registered MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered MSHOME <1E> GROUP Registered C:\Documents and Settings\Dan> Laptop Computer C:\Documents and Settings\Dan>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BigTen Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-9F-9D-02-44 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.3 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, March 08, 2008 4:13:41 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, March 08, 2008 5:13:41 PM C:\Documents and Settings\Dan>nbtstat -n Local Area Connection: Node IpAddress: [192.168.15.3] Scope Id: [] NetBIOS Local Name Table Name Type Status --------------------------------------------- BIGTEN <00> UNIQUE Registered MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered BIGTEN <20> UNIQUE Registered MSHOME <1E> GROUP Registered MSHOME <1D> UNIQUE Registered ..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered C:\Documents and Settings\Dan> Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? 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    - XP Pro machine will not stay connected to network for more than 30 I have a computer that was running normally for several years. Suddenly, it started off the network after about 30 mins after boot. It couldn't see other machines and they couldnt see it. Rebooting solves the problem for another 30 mins or so. I put a second PCI network card in the machine and connected to that - and the problem remained, so it is not the hardware. I replaced the network switches. I ran SPYBOT S&D and several WINSOCK repair utilities. Event log showed another computer on the net trying to become a browser master. I shut that machine off. None of the other machines on my network (6) have this problem. The only possible clue I have is that I'm getting an WARNING (in event log) that I'm exceeding the maximum number of connection attempts. NETSCAN shows 7 devices connected - but XP allows 10, right? I have tried both static and dynamic ips, What can I try next? Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286786
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    - Laptop on two different networks I have a network set up with wireless router, XP home networking, file sharing, printer sharing, internet access, etc. Desktop and laptop with XP on that network. Works well. I want to set up a similar network at another location, different desktop, router, ISP, etc., but be able to use the laptop on this network as well as the home network. Will that work? How do I set up the laptop with respect to the home network settings for both networks? Also, if another laptop computer is to be added to one of the networks, and that laptop has Vista, will that work? Need to change anything about the network itself? Any special instructions on the laptop setup? Any help or points to web pages would be appreciated Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286784
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    - All my folders are Read-only! All of my folders show Read-only in the Property->General check box. If I clear this, a dialog (Applying Attributes) shows all the sub-folders being cleared, but when i reopen it, it's back to Read-only again! I have a peer-to-peer wireless network with a Linksys router. Both PCs (under XP SP2 or its tablet equiv.) behave the same way. Hope you can help, Peter Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286781
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    - Network Bridge I previously had a setup where my dlink wireless card bridged with my lan card, and the network was extended to my 360. That card suspiciously broke, and now I am left with a belkin F5d8010 pre- N wireless PCMCIA wireless adapter in my laptop. Whenever I try to bridge the 2 connections, the internet says it is connected and the bridge says it is connected, but the internet is actually disconnected. I have read online about force compatibility mode or promiscuous mode, but I don't know what to do. Help!! -- amantonas Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286779
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    - Looking to disable AD HOC option Hello and good day. I have several laptops for my organization that I need to set ad hoc on wireless connection properties to never be an option, ie disabled, greyed out etc. The Laptops are windows xp SP2. We are not using Active Directory, instead samba on our network. I was able to get GPMC.msc installed, however I am unable to use the group policy object editor to setup a wireless policy without Active Directory. I have foud through gpedit.msc the following snap in;" Local Computer Policy/User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Componets /Microsoft Management Console/Restricted/Permitted snap-ins/Group Policy/Group Policy snap-in extensions/Wireless Networ (IEEE 802.11) Policies. I have enabled it but am unable to set a policy using it. Does anyone know a work around to set local policy for xp not using Active Directory. Or at the least reg key for disabling AD HOC option for wireless connections? Any assistance would be appreciated. Sincerely, jonathan k Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286775
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    - Security Alert - then floods of empty IE6 windows I'm getting some very bizarre behaviour here. I'm in a program called Magix Movie Edit Pro - although I don't think that's necessarily going to prove central to the issue. I click a button that's supposed to take me to an online site for downloading video resources. A window appears titled 'Security Alert'. Its message is: "You are about to leave a secure Internet connection. It will be possible for others to view information you send. Do you want to continue?" That's a fairly familiar window - from a web browser - but as I said, I'm not. Anyway, I clicked No. That started a unstoppable flood of 'empty' IE6 windows! All titled something like 'No page to display'. Within seconds I had over a hundred covering the desktop. And I don't even *use* IE - my browser is Firefox. XP Home Task Manager brought an end to this, but I had to force closure of Movie Edit Pro and then IE6. 'Yes' takes me to the site, where I'm asked to register. I decline, so close that page. That returns me to the 3 options. 'More Info' gives a window titled 'What's new in Internet Explorer'! Where does that come from? Its content is the familiar one: "Entering a non-secure Web site from a secure Web site. The Web site you were viewing was a secure site. A secure Web site provides secure communication and has a valid certificate. blah blah ... If you do not feel confident about viewing this site, click No." Which is where I came in... Can anyone offer any clue as to what might be going on here please? Needless to say, I've emailed Magix Support, but another Magix user couldn't duplicate the behaviour so somehow I have a feeling this is an obscure conflict or XP issue. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286772
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    - Creating an icon for a mapped drive to a Win2003 Server fails. We have a share on our Windows 2003 server that we can map network drives to by using the address \\192.168.1.100\t$ If we use the map network drive command in My Computer from Windows XP, the mapping works fine. If we try to do the mapping by creating a shortcut icon on the desktop of the XP machine (right click on the desktop, click New, and then Shortcut, and key in \\192.168.1.100\d$ for the location of the item), we get an error indicating that "the file cannot be found". How would you go about doing this? This server does not have a FQD name that we can reference. We need to reference the IP Address. Thanks. Rog Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286767
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    - vpn connection We have a latop (IBM x61 running XP Pro) on which I have installed a vpn client. After the installation I connect via modem to our office network via the VPN but when i returned the notebook to the lan and use ethernet to access the internet, it works very slow even through we have a fast internet connection. A page takes Does any one have any idea what could cause this problem as i can work out why. Thanks Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286765
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    - Change computer name affect user profile or not I want to change computer name for a group of domain computers. Will it recreate user profile? (I don't wan to reset it.) Thanks. Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286764
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    - internet browsing re direct problem Hello When I go to a website like mail.live.com it takes me to either Google.com or gives a 404 error. I get the same problem with Firefox. I connect through a proxy. Some sites work ok like Google.com. On other computer it works fine with the same settings. I tried removing temporary internet files and cookies. What should I do? Do I repair windows xp? Or reinstall ie7. Thanks Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286760
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    - Wireless LAN ongoing problem I thought I had this working the other day, but it is onlly partially working. Here's the recap: I have a desktop and laptop each running XP Home and each connected to the internet via a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router. The desktop is connected to the router via ethernet cable. The laptop is wirelessly connected to the router. Both computers access the internet successfully. Using the Network Setup Wizard on each, I've tried to define a Home Network over which I can share files and printers between the two computers. For each computer I have specified "other" for the Connection Method and then specified "This computer connects to the Internet directly or through a network hub. Other computers on my network also connect to the Internet directly or through a hub." (Is this the wrong option in the Network Wizard?) I've assigned each to the same Working Group and specified File and printer Sharing to be turned on. I am using User accounts with the same name, password, and administrator privileges on both computers. In My Network Places on the Laptop, the Desktop is recognized, but when I click to open the Desktop icon I get the following message: \\Desktop is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not found." I have since resolved this issue by turning off the Windows Firewall and Norton Firewall on the desktop, and now from the laptop I can access the shared folder on the desktop and print to the printer physically connected to the desktop. But in My Network Places on the Desktop the Laptop computer does not show up at all. Turning off the firewall on the laptop does not fix the problem. I am turning off Windows firewall and the Norton inbound firewall on the laptop. What am I missing? Thanks again for anyone's help. Ted Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286753
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    - Lost Networking on xp home. I have a desktop and laptop together on a home network. I took the laptop out last week, and when I returned, I found that my desktop cannot get to the network. Not sure what happened or how to repair. 1. I am on xp home sp3 2. Selecting the workgroup, it says I don't have permission. 3. I setup another workgroup on both machines, but same problem. Don't know where to go from here. Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286745
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    - Favourites Simple question, I think! How can I re-arrange my favourites into alphabetical order? I am using IE7 and XP Home SP2. -- David Harding Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286743
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    - My Network Places Hello... I am using XP-Pro with latest patches/fixes. I am hardwired to a Linksys Wireless Router which is hardwired to my Linksys Bridge/Range-extender. I receive my internet connection wirelessly thru the Bridge. I just noticed that there are some folders displayed in My Network Places that are from another computer that is not a part of my WORKGROUP. I can access these folders and download from them. This is a huge security risk for the owner of this computer. I am wondering WHY i can see these folders, and if there is a possibility that others might see my shared folders as well. I'd like to understand what's going on and inform the owner (if I can locate them) of this other computer of their security risk and help them solve it. thanks in advance rob Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286733
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    - PING... Windows XP Pro SP2 Firewall off IP is 192.168.0.5 Why would I be able to ping an external IP address, but not an internal one? For example, if I ping "159.54.238.23" I get replies back without issue. However, if I ping "192.168.0.2" I get a "Request timed out." Even if I ping by name instead of IP address, the results are the same. Thanx. Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286715
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    - Windows SBS 2003 Networking Issues I am trying to connect several clients to a SBS 2003 domain. I have no problem connecting Windows 2000 clients. These clients can browse most of the shared resources on the network. I am having problems with connecting Windows XP (Prof) client to the domain. It looks like the connection was ok, but I can not browse the network resources and the network can not access the local shares. The network uses a router (2701HG-B from 2Wire) to connect the server and clients, as well as to the internet....Help, anyone? Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286711
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    - How can I automate the change of IP Address and other network conf Hello I have a laptop with a certain network configuration (with a static IP address). The laptop belong to a certain LAN. Now, suppose that I want to connect the laptop to another LAN by changing the ethernet cable. I would like to automate the change in the network configuration by using a script. Is it possible? Does anyone have develop a script like this? By the way, is there another way to accomplish the same thing? That is, to make a PC to belong to 2 LANs (not necessarily at the same time). Thanks a lot. Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286708
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    - Network Connectivity Issue. Hi, When I was trying to login to my system using my domain login ID and password, it tooks more than 10 mins to get connected to the network. This problem happens daily so I troubleshooted the issue as given below and came to know that the issue is due to Operating System. 1) I changed the LAN connectivity to another port and got the same problem and then confirmed that the problem is not due to network. 2)And the I disabled my onboard ethernet card and added new addon ethernet card and tried to connect to the network and got the same delay in connecting the network and so I confirmed that the problem is not due to onboard ethernet card. 3) And then I tried to connect the network through new ethernet cable and then confirmed that the problem is not due to cable. 4) And also I created a new login ID and got the same problem in that login so I confirmed that the problem is not due to user profile. And so I am not sure where is the problem, can you please suggest us a solution, so that we will be able to solve this issue. Waiting for your favourable reply. Regards, Potri Raaja.M. Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286707
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    - Urgent ! Remote Acess Connection Manager could not be started I use Window XP sp3 and a ADSL for internet connection. Yestersay there was a power breakdown when my computer was connected to Internet After I powered on the computer again, I could not make a dail up connection by the reason of Error 711 The Remote Access Connection Manager could not be loaded. Then I go to Services to try to start the Remorte Access Connection Manager, it failed to start and there was an error message the relevant module could not be found. How how I shoould do to resume Remote Access Connection Manager and he dail up connection. Please help. Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286705
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    - ipconfig and network connections empty - Device Manager okay Hi, I just got confronted with an WinXP system (IBM T40, build-in WLAN and LAN) which had a problem. The problem seemed to coincide with the installation of a noname(Tchibo)-USB-Webcam, which was deinstalled there after. The following is the problem: Both network cards (intel wlan and intel lan) are listed in the device manager as being okay. Drivers installed okay. "IBM connection manager" is not installed. Both cards are activated via the BIOS and the WLAN light signals that the card is active. however: ipconfig just replys "windows IP configuration". No adapter is listed. Network connection is empty. Trying to install a connection gets one to a screen where one can choose an adapter to establish the connection. The list to choose from features only the wlan card not the lan card and says about the wlan card that the installation can't procede till on would have activated the card again. The simple ip services like ping aren't installed but I don't see what I need them for? Does one have to install them in order to get any internet connection and to get the adapters listed? Pluging in a LAN-cable with a DHCP host on the other side won't make ipconfig or "network connections" show the ethernet adapter. I couldn't establish a connection to the ethernet. The WLAN/Bluetooth activation software started when clicked "FN+F5" just lists the Bluetooth adapter which can be activated and deactived. On pressing FN+F5 the software comes up and complains that the card can not be activated. (this doesn't seem to be a wlan problem however as the wired adapter isn't showing up (other than in the device manager) either.) Do you maybe have an idea, what the problem might be? Thanks alot, Jack Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286695
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    - ERROR: The RPC server is unavailable. Hi! I have this problem: I have a LAN with 2 computers, both have internet connection, works smooth. I have problems when I tested the /tasklist command from one to another. It gave me the error: "ERROR: The RPC server is unavailable.". I checked the IPs, are working, I can ping the other computer from mine, I checked the service RPC, is started. DNS are the same for both, time zones too. What is the problem please? Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286692
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    - How connect 2 laptops via WiFi and ICS thru Wireless USB modem?? Hi, maybe I'm stupid or just weird. I have 2 Dell Laptops with built-in WiFi. The one is connected to Telecom Mobile Broadband via a USB modem. It works fine. The 2 laptops can share files neatly. But I cannot get the client to access internet. The Host is set to ICS on the WiFi link. Any ideas or is it impossible without a router?. Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286686
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    - How to apply permissions for files and folders in Windows XP I have a network with a Vista Desktop, Vista Laptop (wireless) and a XP desktop. How do I allow permission to access files and folders on the XP desktop from the other two? -- Christopher Fazio VMD Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286680
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    - Wireless LAN I have a desktop and laptop each connected to the internet via a hub. The desktop is connected to the hub via ethernet cable. The laptop is wirelessly connected to the hub. Both computers access the internet successfully. Using the Network Setup Wizard on each, I've tried to define a Home Network over which I can share files and printers between the two computers. For each computer I have specified "other" for the Connection Method and then specified "This computer connects to the Internet directly or through a network hub. Other computers on my network also connect to the Internet directly or through a hub." I've assigned each to the same Working Group and specified File and printer Sharing to be turned on. In My Network Places on the Desktop the Laptop computer is not recognized at all. In My Network Places on the Laptop, the Desktop is recognized, but when I click to open the Desktop icon I get the following message: \\Desktop is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not found." (That last sentence seems to be key.) I am using User accounts with administrator privileges on both computers. I have only one firewall working on each computer. I assume the wireless connection of the laptop does not preclude file/printer sharing. What have I missed or done in error? Thanks, Ted Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286677
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    - Disappearing HOSTS file XP Pro SP2 Hi All - I do web development, and I use the HOSTS files on our local machines to access test servers that don't have 'public' DNS names and for virtual servers on the local loop so we don't have to publish over the 'net to our own IIS6 servers. It works brilliantly. HOWEVER - I have one machine that just won't let me create/edit a HOSTS file. Well, it will let me create it, and then it will just wink out of existence right before your eyes. This box is running XP Pro 32 with SP2 installed & is up-to-date on hotfixes/patches. This is the only machine I am having this problem with AFAIK. I have 4 others where this is not the case. 2 with XP Pro and 2 with Media Center. I'm not sure when the problem began to be honest because machines are tasked differently. I noticed when I started publishing to a new virtual server - WOW - that was slow... of course I'm publishing to a fully qualified path, and I had created a host file to point to the local server, so I first pinged the FQDN - whoa - ti was resolving to the public DNS entry. It was so slow because the traffic was flowing out over the internet to the provider and then back to the server. I thought I might have made a mistake in the HOSTS entry, so I went to system32\drivers\etc - NO HOST FILE! Yep, I was logged on as Administrator when I created the file. I tried a couple of times, and finally used Crimson editor to create the file, and left the system32\drivers\etc folder open in Explorer. About a minute later - POOF! I suspect this is a function of Windows System File Checker. I have done some research along those lines, but I'm unsure if the HOSTS file is one of those protected? The only way I can figure this one based on what I have read is that this machine didn't have a HOSTS file when SP2 was applied - so SFC thinks there should not be one. One other thought has occurred and that was the Malware Removal tool might be responsible. I'm at a complete loss here - Thanks for any ideas. jon b -- werkin'' hard Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286667
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    - Connect ethernet router cable to wireless adapter Connect ethernet router cable to wireless adapter I travel a lot with an IBM T-60 laptop, and would like to be able to connect it wirelessly. In many cases I have access to a regular network ethernet cable for internet access, but no wireless connection. The ethernet cable (Cat 5, RJ 45) is typically hooked into a server or router (usually a wall plug such as a hotel). Is there a wireless adapter I can plug into the available ethernet cable and then connect to the wireless built into my computer? Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286664
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    - Failed group policy update deleteing domain account Dear All, Our Remote laptop (Dell D600 to D620)users are connecting in via citrix. If they close the connection while group policy is being updated. Then it is deleting all of the policys on the laptop. This results in it deleting all of the domain accounts from Users and groups. Any suggestions or pointers would be most appreciated. Thanks Greg Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286662
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    - Cannot set up remote printer Been directed to post here, so it would seems as a double posting. Trying to setup a remote printer. At the remote pc, Control Panel>Printer&Fax>add a printer>browse for a printer>"Microsoft windows network>'epson" click next... gives a message that it cannot connect to the printer. Question why? The remote pc can connect ot the internet wirelessly and both pcs have the same workgroup name "WORKGROUP'. The printer (shared logo) is connected to the first pc and I can print . The Windows Firewall is also check for File and Printer sharing. There is no mistake in the name of the printer. Please help. Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286659
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    - network connection I'm running a PC and a notebook, both with XP. Network setup was a breeze on the new notebook but, on my PC I've tried several of the suggestions for getting past the Windows firewall/ICS problem and can't find the right combination of instructions. When I look at the advanced tab on network adapters I get a message that WMI might be corrupted. What's the latest fix? Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286658
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    - Problems accessing site! Hi Everyone :) I have been having this problem for quite awhile now and I have done everything that was provided for me by the people who tried to help. Which was; clearing cookies and cache, checking browser settings, going to Microsoft help topics, reinstalling IE browser .. etc.. but so far I just don't know what to do now based on what I've done so far. :( My issue is that I can't access or go into lets just say .. "www.ebay.com" and "www.amazon.com", so far that is the only 2 websites that I'm having troubles going in. Firewall, I checked as well and its in allow mode. When I do type the URL in address bar I get this in IE 7: "http://search.live.com/results.aspx?FORM=DNSAS&q=ebay.com" ---Redirects me to this and I'd have to click on the different ebay links provided. Then.... When I click on the "ebay link" this appears.... "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage Most likely causes: You are not connected to the Internet. The website is encountering problems. There might be a typing error in the address. " When I type in URL on Mozilla Firefox this appears: "Unable to connect Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at ebay.com. * The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. * If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. * If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web." Why is this happening? I don't seem to be having any problems with my connection or whatsoever, and I don't have a virus in system. I have Windows Defender and AVG only running in pc. So it's really hard for me to figure out what seems to be doing it. I have WinXP Home Edition Service Pack 2. Any smart people out there who can help? I would really appreciate it. I've been having this problem for 3 weeks now, I contacted Comcast about it but they were no help. So yea. :) Thanks! Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286657
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    - Windows 2003 Server: Firewall allow all but one Dear all for a specific project, I need to configure the Windows 2003 firewall according to the following constraints: - allow all connections to all ports except for TCP port 8080 - for TCP port 8080 allow only connections from 127.0.0.1/32 - for TCP port 8080 disallow all connections not from 127.0.0.1/32 After I have tried now to configure the Windows firewall accordingly by using "netsh firewall" -- without success for hours :( -- I contact you with a kind request for help. Please let me know if this feasible at all with Windows firewall. And if it is, how I can achieve the required firewall configuration. Do I need to make use of the "IPseccmd" I found on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813878/EN-US ? I hope that it would be possible to achieve the goal with the Windows 2003 Server firewall. Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Lukas -- Lukas Ruf <http://www.lpr.ch> | Ad Personam rbacs <http://wiki.lpr.ch> | Restaurants, Bars and Clubs Raw IP <http://www.rawip.org> | Low Level Network Programming <http://lists.lpr.ch/muttprint> | muttprint mailing list Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286653
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    - Home network client cant connect to internet??? Hi I have set up a home network with XP (host - connected directly to the internet) and Windows 98 (client). From the XP computer I can map the C: drive of the 98 computer and access data files and the network icon in the tray of the 98 computer says "internet gateway: connected". But I cannot connect to the net from the 98 computer???. I ran & re-ran (many times) the home network setup disk but with no success. I have gone through the trouble shooting screens but seem to go in circles? Am I missing a setting on the 98 computer somewhere? Thanks in advance. Mcbain. Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286643
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    - Windows XP laptop with Static and DHCP requirement i have a windows xp pro laptop that I use primarily at my office. It has a static IP assignment and connected to our SBS2k3 domain. However, I need to be able to use it on the road. Unfortunately, when I return from a trip and was using the DHCP settings of the location I connected to (primarily for internet access), I am unable to connect back to my office. In fact, the only way I am able to connect is to first turn on the laptop without the network cable connected, then login with my cached acct then plug the cable in. This seems to allow me to connect to the domain. Is there a proper way to configure my laptop to allow me both the ability to use my sbs2k3 domain access and also DHCP access on the road? Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286642
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    - Remote Desktop using Tmobile Internet I will start by saying I can connect to my work computer via the Cisco VPN Client software and XP remote desktop from my home using cable modem with my laptop, no problem. When I want to use the same setup but using my Tmobile via bluetooh PAN into my laptop I can log onto my companys network via Ciso VPN Client ok. When I start RDC I get an error after about 15 seconds saying " The windows computer is unavailable, this may be a temporary problem" start RDC and try again. Any Ideas??? Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286638
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    - Home network email question I have a small home network with 3 computers (2-XP, 1-Vista). Is there anyway to setup email on the network so all computers share common in/out boxes, contacts, etc? I don't mind purchasing software if something exists. I would prefer that all PCs run either Windows Mail or something very similar. If I can't dynamically share files, is there something that can automatically sync mailboxes, contacts, etc? I don't want to use my ISP's web mail. Thanks for your help. Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286635
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    - Simultaneous hardwired and wireless network Question Hello everyone, My network has about 6 devices (computers and ip cameras). I use a wireless network mostly and I have a wireless printserver. The cameras are hardwired to the wireless router. One computer has both a wireless connection and a hardwired connection to the router. It is this computer about which I ask my question. Because of security et al the wireless connection is 54 MBps vs 100 MBps for the hardwired ethernet connection. I need to keep the wireless on this computer because my printserver needs it. But, I want to be using the hardwired 100MBps network device (IP=192.168.0.25) when I do other networking tasks. Is there a way to specify the device of preference and perhaps give a secondary choice (even if it's just aplicable to IE an answer is useful to me)? Is this an application for network bridging? Thanks. -- mark b Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286634
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    - "access denied" trying to print My son has Vista installed, I (the main computer that the printer is connected to) have XP Home spII, all network connections work fine except when he tries to print over the network, he get a "Access Denied permissins" pop-up error. Is this a conflict with Vista/XP or what? Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286623
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    - Keep offline files from going offline with slow connection I am having a hard time keeping systems from going off line when connected via VPN or even a 10 meg (or better even) wireless. We need off line files enabled, but ONLY when they are really off line. I tried setting the GPO for the "Configure slow link speed" to 1 so that even if it is a 1k connection it will still stay on line, but they still go off line when on VPN or wireless. Again, it's not even slow connections that it is doing this with, so I'm a bit lost... Any idea what I can do about this? Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286622
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    - Forwarding ports via Remote Desktop Connection ? Hello, I am using MS Remote Desktop Connection to connect two Windows XP boxes. Works fine, no problems there. I wonder if it is possible to forward arbitrary ports through the RDC. That would be preferable to opening the ports in the firewall on each box. I looked in the options dialog box for RDC and searched the RDC help pages but came up empty-handed. Thanks for any light you can shed on this problem. Robert Dodier Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286621
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    - Networks gone Running XP Pro SP2 on laptop. I am probably the worlds worst at making anything that has to do with networking work - not properly but at all. I'm not stupid, but I do not multitask worth half a cent. After installing XP I managed with a LOT of help to get a LAN working with my desktop (running another OS). This worked for a year or two using only such software as came with XP. (Not to include the internet which I use FireFox for.) Much more recently I got more help and got my first wireless connection working at a local laundromat and did some web surfing with it. About a month ago my browser (at home on dial-up) helped me install a bunch of trojans and viruses. None of this had anything to do with email or messaging I've never used any instant messaging and use IE as little as possible in any event. It took a couple days to get that junk ironed out. (My virus software is weak on catching incoming rubbish, except for email, but pretty good after the fact.) Since then, because of the virus issue - or not - both my LAN and my wireless operations have failed completely. Regarding the LAN, both machines say things are set up fine, but neither detects the other. It's as if the cable were unplugged. Regarding wireless I merely get no connection list. I've tried to reinstall networking, but seem to do my best work merely making things worse. If someone wants to rip me for not giving a nice professional description of my problem, fine. I get that all the time. I'm not a computer professional. I'm not even a computer amateur. If anyone can help me stumble through straightening this mess out that would be great. TIA JimL (Note the mangled reply address. Delete the DELETE.) Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286616
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    - IE & Outlook Suddenly cannot see the internet I am using XP Pro SP 1.2 I have Windows Update set to Automatic Yesterday afternoon suddenly IE & Outlook stopped accessing the internet. I have 2 Windows machines hard-wired to a LinkSys WRT54G router which connects to a Cable Modem. The second machine works fine. IE, Outlook, no problems. From the first machine I can PING anything on the web, so I know I am connected. Network Connections says my LAN is Connected. Firewall is OFF. If I open the LAN Status box and PING something, the Sent & Received packet counts increment as expected. If I try to access an IP address (even the LinkSys at 192.168.1.1), the packet counts do not change. I have tried running thru both Network Setup and New Connection wizards. Nothing changes. Any clue what is happening??? Ron Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286610
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    - Disabling the one- and zero-file network sessions? Good morning from Wisconsin, I am responsible for administering a network of 13 WinXP Pro machines that connect to a fileserver running WinXP Pro. I am well aware of the ten-connection limit, and the issue that I have is that by running the 'net sessions' I see a number of the workstations creating and holding on to sessions that are using one file or none. What are those apparently useless connections doing, and is there a way I can either eliminate them or minimize their timeouts? Thank you in advance, -- Isaac Grover, Owner Quality Computer Services of River Falls, Wisconsin Web: http://www.qcs-rf.com Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286609
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    - Explorer and Outlook do not see DNS server after MS Auto Update Hi, Yesterday an MS Auto update required a reboot, and now neither Outlook or Explorer see the DNS server. Other applications such as Yahoo IM, Firefox, Thunderbird are all working fine and accessing the DNS. DNS accessable from the command screen as ping www.yahoo.com works fine. When I test connection in Explorer result comes back OK. The test uses the DNS. Just IE can not - when I enter an IP address rather than a URL it will access websites. Rebooted, re-installed IE, check TCP/IP connection working fine. Its just these two apps. Any advice will be gratefully received. Alan Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286608
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    - trouble loading more and more websites hello, i am having consistant trouble loading a bunch of websites that used to work for me and it seems the trouble may be spreading to more websites. things like ebay, hydrofarm, netflix, etc. all these websites used to work fine, but just lately they don't. i use firefox but i tried IE too and it did the same thing. i keep getting the error, "server not found." netflix loads, but its not loading right. i checked with my isp, and they said my connection is fine. i cleared the caches, temp files, and cookies, but it didn't help. i ran all my security programs but they didn't find anything. i haven't installed much lately except the new adware and a works converter program, but the trouble doesn't seem to really correspond with these changes. other people can load the websites fine. any ideas? thanks! denise Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286605
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    - Failed to Save Policy Database I am trying to share folders from a PC with XP Pro and some of the folders are viewable by other PCs on the Ethernet network while others are not. I tried to add a 'Computer' to the 'Add a workstation' policy. When I tried to save the policy I get this error message: Failed to Save Policy Database. The other computer is running XP Home and all files and folders can be viewed by the Pro PC Tag: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? Tag: 286599

Hello. Lately, my browser (Firefox) is driving me batty. When I click
on a link, the progress bar at the bottom right sits there, white, for
10-15 seconds before anythign happens. Then the progress bar zips
across and I go to the linked page.

I used to have snappy performance, not this hesitation.

Where would I look for solutions? Is it a problem with the servers at
this university? Is it a problem in my computer (not enought RAM - 2
gigs no other apps running), is the whole internet like this now?

Any pointers to get me started back to sanity would be so much
appreciated!

Thanks.....
Sarah

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Re: ---Causes of network slow responsiveness? by Malke

Malke
Sun Mar 09 14:44:34 PDT 2008

Sarah wrote:

> Hello. Lately, my browser (Firefox) is driving me batty. When I click
> on a link, the progress bar at the bottom right sits there, white, for
> 10-15 seconds before anythign happens. Then the progress bar zips
> across and I go to the linked page.
>
> I used to have snappy performance, not this hesitation.
>
> Where would I look for solutions? Is it a problem with the servers at
> this university? Is it a problem in my computer (not enought RAM - 2
> gigs no other apps running), is the whole internet like this now?
>
> Any pointers to get me started back to sanity would be so much
> appreciated!

Not really enough specifics to give you focused answers so start here:

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things
worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

In cases of problems with the Internet like yours, start with The Second
Question first.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
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