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    - Wireless on a MacBook running XP I have a couple of Macs that run Windows XP. Everything runs fine with them except I cannot connect to my secured wireless network. The network is secured with WPA2 and MAC authentication. When I attempt to connect tthe the network I get a message that says the network cannot be reached or is out of range. If I create the network connection manually I am not able to connect at all. Is this a Windows XP issue or a Macintosh running XP issue? Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 288022
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    - "Windows is increasing the size of Virtual Memory" - Why??? I'm occasionally getting messages in WinXP Pro that Windows is increasing the size of virtual memory... but my system has 2Gig of RAM, and every time I get this message I see that I have about 1.3Gig of RAM available (according to Sysinternals Process Explorer). Isn't WinXP supposed to use up my RAM before going to the swap file? Why get this message when so much RAM is available? Tony Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 288019
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    - Which API to use to display "Select Users or Groups" dialogbox? Hi All. Could you please help me? I need to display standard dialogbox - "Select Users or Groups" to choose a user account (usually domain user account, but not always - local user accounts could be used too). So, user should choose a user account and click [OK] then my application saves name (or SID) of selected user account in remote database. Selected user account here is not related to any object in Windows (like file or anything also), it is just a user account to be enabled to login to a system (not Windows). In other words - want to make Windows users login to non-Windows system. Idea is - administrator selects a number of user accounts enabled to login to a system (non- Windows), these user accounts saved in database, then (when login) users submit own account name to a system, it makes select from db and see if this account enabled to login... Everithing is working ok, expect selecting user account, I want to display standard dialogbox but dunno how to do this... I dig out MSDN but unfortunately have not found any such API. :-( I'm trying to experimenting with EditSecurity function from AclUI.dll but seems it is quite complex and I'm not sure if it will really display the dialogbox I need? If you have any ideas on this, could you please share with me? Regards, Dmitry. Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 288014
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    - Workgroup Setup I want to do the following; 1 workstation containing 2 NIC's, I realize that I have to setup 1 card with an static IP address, have this computer access the internet via 1 card and the other card access the workgroup. All workgroup computers shall access the internet via the computer that has the 2 cards. My question is do I need a firewall on all workgroup computers or just the one that access the internet directly? I will have anti-virus on all PC's. TIA Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 288005
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    - Can not figure out...... Have been using a dial up for many year. XP with 3com megahertz Lan + 56K Ethernet interface. Everything has been running fine. Until I recently installed a new driver for my Atheros wifi adapter. Since then I can not get my 3Com to work. Check the device manager which says everthing is fine and working. When I try to use system network page show connecting.... but it just times out. Have another disk I can put in and it works. Any ideas would be appreciated. Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 288004
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    - Setting program for internet access At one time I had set up which type of internet access I wanted windows to use if a program called for internet access. At the time I only had a dial up access through AOL. I now have a DSL access and want to change that preference to use dial up only as a last resort. I do not remember where that preference was located and my computer still trys to call up AOL if a program I am using requires internet access. Any ideas on this as I would love to change this preference? Thanks Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 288003
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    - what is this? i get it in my inbox every day ptums6btpnazXal3qfG02qFDv+ykvavHtlW02qFDpcG2oaSjsMqyo73oqeO2VbTaoUOzxqbTpKOl zrZnwuCq96FDpcG2oaQNCqOwyrKjveip47ZVtNqhQw0KssSkQKaopVy46r/EoUeir6K4orKity2i tKK3oq8torCir6K2DQq73a1uuOqq98HKtlKqq67GoUOnUbJ2p0Oq+cJlp0OhQ7FNv+yko7DKsqOz Xal3qfG02qFDqfG02qfWs3ShQ8Dnt366oQ0KpWKmfqFDDQqyxKRApqilXLjqv8ShR6KvoriisqK3 LaK0oreiry2isKKvorYNCqSjsMqyo6RHrUyhQ6/Kv/qn5KfaoUOkZ6ZhtlW02qFDsU2/7KS9pXGt 06RItlW02qFDtXW0wbZnwuChQw0K Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 288000
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    - cannot re-connect to internet The first time I connect after start-up there is NO PROBLEM. But if I dis-connect manually, then try to re-connect later, I get a message "all devices connected", and must re-start my system. After a re-start, I can connect ONCE ONLY, then the same problem occurs. I've been using a US Robitics USB modem for a couple of years and never had this problem until recently. Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287999
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    - DNS Client/Hosts File I've read disabling DNS Client & using a good Hosts file provides safer & faster web browsing. I'm using IE7. Just thought I would check with people that know what they're doing before I go messing around with something I'm not sure of. Any expert advice is appericated. Thanks, NJ Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287993
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    - internet problem When I try to connect to my dial-up connection, it dials like normal. However, when I go to Internet explorer, it says the page cannot be displayed. My email can't be accessed either. This is a computer that hasn't been hooked up to internet before this. Any help will be appreciated. P.S. I have tried other modems. -- Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windows-xp-network/200805/1 Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287992
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    - cannot ping internet but http ok hi, after a virus removal, my system has ping problems. I can browse the web via firefox but not via IE. I can ping the intranet but not the internet. pinging the internet doesn't work with plain name nor with numbers. using nmap I can scan port on ip addresse on the internet (it tells me to use the -PN option as ping doesn't respond) I have disabled the xp firewall, the other computers on the same network are working fine. and this laptop has the same problem on other network too. the problem is really inside this laptop and not on the router. I did reboot several times in vain. any idea ? thanks in advance yomgui Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287985
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    - Win XP Win 2000 networking problem I'm setting up a home network, so far with only 2 machines connected. I can see the Win XP Pro machine from the Win 2000 machine, and see the drives and share files from the Win XP Pro, but from the XP Pro machine, I can't see any other computers on the network. They can ping each other, but that's all. I'm going crazy here... Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287979
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    - No access I have 4 computers all with XP Pro. Got a new computer installed XP network was working great, after that installed Office 07 and Adobe pro and the network was all gone no access around some of the computers. The new computer could not access any Who can help me with this never ending problem Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287977
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    - wireless connection with managed code can anyone suggest some links, examples, or resources for creating wireless connections using managed code. The connections will NOT be between XPembedded, but regular XP(pro and home). Thanks Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287975
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    - RPC data marshalling fails on Microsoft Windows XP/2003 x64 I have an issue with x64 Windows platforms failing to marshal RPC data - error 1766. At the same time x86 platforms work ok. Changing structure packing or memory allocation (MIDL or OSF) does not help. IDL interface: [ uuid(26bae633-b0b6-4485-9bd1-d29a309ecdff), version(1.0), endpoint("ncacn_ip_tcp:[1999]") ] interface iface { typedef struct struct_1 { unsigned long fields; } struct_1_t; typedef struct struct_2 { error_status_t status; [unique] struct_1_t *data; } struct_2_t; typedef struct struct_3 { unsigned long num; [unique,size_is(num)] struct_2_t *val; } struct_3_t; void Test( [in] handle_t bind_handle, [out] struct_3_t *res, [out] error_status_t *dce_status ); } The culprit is data member of struct_2_t - if it is the only member in the structure, or if it is removed, the data marshaling works fine. SERVER: #include <windows.h> #include <rpc.h> #include <time.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include "iface.h" void WINAPI Test( /* [in] */ handle_t bind_handle, /* [out] */ struct_3_t *res, /* [fault_status][comm_status][out] */ error_status_t *dce_status) { res->num = 1; res->val = malloc(sizeof(struct_2_t)); res->val[0].status = 0; res->val[0].data = NULL; } int main() { RPC_STATUS status; status = RpcServerUseProtseqEp("ncacn_ip_tcp", // Use TCP/IP RPC_C_PROTSEQ_MAX_REQS_DEFAULT, // Backlog queue length for TCP/IP. "1999", // TCP/IP port to use. NULL); // No security. if (status) exit(status); status = RpcServerRegisterIf(iface_v1_0_s_ifspec, // Interface to register. NULL, // Use the MIDL generated entry-point vector. NULL); // Use the MIDL generated entry-point vector. if (status) exit(status); status = RpcServerListen(1, // Recommended minimum number of threads. RPC_C_LISTEN_MAX_CALLS_DEFAULT, // Recommended FALSE); // Start listening now. if (status) exit(status); } void __RPC_FAR * __RPC_USER midl_user_allocate(size_t len) { return(malloc(len)); } void __RPC_USER midl_user_free(void __RPC_FAR * ptr) { free(ptr); } CLIENT: #include <windows.h> #include <rpc.h> #include <time.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #include "iface.h" int main() { RPC_STATUS status; handle_t hBinding = NULL; unsigned char* szStringBinding = NULL; error_status_t rc = 0; status = RpcStringBindingCompose(NULL, // UUID to bind to. "ncacn_ip_tcp", // Use TCP/IP "localhost", // TCP/IP network "1999", // TCP/IP port to use. NULL, // Protocol dependent network options to use. &szStringBinding); // String binding output. if (status) exit(status); status = RpcBindingFromStringBinding(szStringBinding, // The string binding to validate. &hBinding); // Put the result in the implicit binding if (status) exit(status); RpcTryExcept { struct_3_t res = {0}; Test(hBinding, &res, &rc); } RpcExcept(1) { printf("Exception: %x\n", RpcExceptionCode()); } RpcEndExcept printf("Result: %x\n", rc); status = RpcBindingFree(&hBinding); // Frees the binding handle. if (status) exit(status); } void __RPC_FAR * __RPC_USER midl_user_allocate(size_t len) { return(malloc(len)); } void __RPC_USER midl_user_free(void __RPC_FAR * ptr) { free(ptr); } I would appreciate any help on the issue. Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287974
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    - jessica Check out our new site! Sexy Hair is cool, hip and edgy with distinguished brand names including Big Sexy Hair, Short Sexy, Straight Sexy Hair, Healthy Sexy ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ http://www.freewebs.com/piratradi ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287972
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    - One WIN XP compuer can't connect with RDC Hi, Hope some one can advise {RDC = Remote desktop connection.} I have 3 computers (winxp-pro SP2 all up to date) on my network. I have selected Allow RDC on all of them. I have checked that they all have the same services running/ settings ( although they also have different software installed on each unit as well). They are all connected to the same router. All have simple file sharing set up and all have passwords required to log in to each account. All accounts are administrator level accounts AND I have added the administrator accounts to the remote users group anyway ( although I believe that is not needed..) Now Unit A can "see" B & C ( Gets an active RDC connection and all goes as expected) and B can access C; C can access B as above BUT neither B or C can access A via RDC The error message is - "can not connect to the remote computer" ( tried both name and LAN ip address) Nothing in the event log of A There is no problem accessing shard folders b/w any of the computers including B access A for example. This problem seems exclusive to RDC. I have tried :- disabling anti virus AND firewall and windows defender and spybot etc etc etc on A - then I even uninstalled the Antivirus! No difference Started A in Safe mode with networking - got a "you were disconnected from the remote computer" error - before I even saw a connection had been achieved. Progress I guess but what? I guess I may have missed something obvious - but what?? PLEASE this is kinda driving me nuts :-) Short of reinstalling WIN xp - and the massive amount of software associated..... where too? I Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287968
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    - LAN connection not being made on boot Running XP Pro SP1 on my desktop PC for 3 yrs or so, using a BT (UK) router as my gateway. Suddenly whenever I boot the PC it no longer sees the gateway and ping doesn't work - doesn't even see itself any more. I have found that the only workaround is to use the Network Setup Wizard to create a new connection, which shows up as a Bridged Connection. If I then delete that, the ordinary LAN connection works absolutely fine! (Until I shut down, in which case I have to go through the same procedure). Why isn't the normal LAN connection extablishing itself properly any more? BTW I have two laptops both of which are still talking to the router fine, so it doesn't seem to be an issue with the router (and anyway I have power-cycled that several times to no avail). Thanks for any advice! CW Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287958
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    - File & Print Sharing via Wireless Access Point Hi, A little background. I have 1 PC (XP PRo SP2) connected via ethernet to a Netgear DG834GT adls/ router. I also have 2 laptops (1 XP Pro SP2 and 1 Vista HP) connected wirelessly. I also have a canon printer attached via USB to the PC. This set up works fine, internet, file and print sharing...everything. Because of inconsistent signal strength I introduced a BT Home Hub (HH) as a wireless access point (not connected to the telephone). I now connect the two laptops to the HH and the HH links wirelessly to the Netgear. I have got internet access for both laptops but can find no way of getting file and print sharing to working between the laptops and the PC. The netgear settings are: IP 192.168.0.1 Subnet 255.255.255.0 DHCP server on IP range 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.253 Channel 11 Uses WEP encryption WDS mode enabled for wireless repeater mode bridging The HH settings are IP 192.168.254 Subnet 255.255.255.0 DHCP server is off IP range 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.253 Channel 11 WDS mode enabled Firewall off On the Netgear I can see the HH and laptops are "attached devices" The two laptops can see each other, but can't see the PC The PC can't see either of the laptops No settings on the laptops have been changed All computers are part of the same MSHOME workgroup The printer is set to be shared There are folders on all computers that are shared Whatever I try just doesn't fix the problem. I keep thinking it's either the HH is not passing the network requests through (but as the firewall is off everything should be going through fine), or there is something within the Netgear that is causing the problem, but as the laptops worked fine when connected to it, I can't think what it would be. I'm totally confused. This is driving me absolutely nuts, so before I go insane could anyone of you very kind people offer any suggestions or advice please. Many thanks Malc Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287955
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    - how to make all print out go to server? Hithere, I have few computers; they all have XP professional installed, one of them acting as a server; how can I make all the print out go to the server directly so that I can control them from there. I need to save unessacery print out. At the moment all the workstation print out directly to the printer. What book do you recommand to buy in order to have a solid understaning of neworking, i mean server book may be???? Regards Alex Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287953
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    - Upnp - internet connection icon in system tray I am using Windows XP Pro SP2. I have recently lost the Internet Connection Icon from the System Tray, however the Cable connection is work fine; how can I get the icon to display again. Can anyone help? Nevio Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287948
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    - sending & receiving of data through network im having network connection with a server and 12 client computers one of my computer is showing the connection is connected with 100mbps but in the status its only receiving the data not sending at all, sending data is 0 always. when i connect other wire its ok. i checked with crimping also i tried almost 10 rj45 connector but the problem is same but whn i used it with different existing wire it shows me ok.. sending & receiving data are perfectly alright please help me in this.. thnx. Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287947
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    - DHCP Client Have Windows XP SP2 with all the avaliable updates (critical and optional) installed. My laptop connected to a Windows SBS 2003 network with DHCP server at work and gets the IP address of 192.168.0.56 I take it home and plug it into home network, which also uses DHCP, and I get a new IP address 192.168.0.102. However, when I bring it back (shutdown and start) to the office and connect it to the network, I logon to my laptop and it takes forever to load my personal settings (10 minutes) and I do not have a roaming profile setup. Not only that, I cannot access the network or internet. as it turns out, the IP address from my home network is not being released and I am not able get get an ip address from my server at work. Once I performed ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew, then I am able to get the new IP and can access my network. I had this laptop setup as computer name ABC at one point. Then I formatted it and reinstalled everything and called it XYZ. Don't think this has anything to do with it. What is causing this problem and what is the solutions? Thanks for your help, steve Louie Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287946
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    - Printer shares require username and password? I am having a problem with a simple XP pro (SP2)system (server) when I set the printer to share over the network on the client machine I can see the server but the printer share does not show up! when I try to add a network printer. If i type in the path to the printer ie:\\server\lexmarkE the client computer replies with a logon asking the username and password. There is no logon username or password on the server or the client?? Baffeled !!! any ideas?? Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287945
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    - net use /persistent does not work anymore Hi, I used a mapping of the lpt2: port from a workgroup member computer with XP Home to a share of a domain member computer with XP Professional for a long time and it worked without problems. Now I had to replace this XP Professional computer by a Vista Professional computer. I used the same net use command and, as long as I don't restart the XP Home computer, the mapping works and I can print. This shows that there is no general problem with the Vista computer. The problem comes when I restart the XP Home computer. After restart a net use command on the XP Home computer shows me the mapped port, but with a "not available" in front of the line. Note that the "not available" is translated by me from the german version (the string there is exactly "Nicht verfgb") and may not match the string of the english version exactly. In order to narrow the problem I mapped a drive share on the Vista computer with net use * \\VistaComputer\share /savecred /persistent:yes on the XP Home computer and a second drive share on a NT computer with the same command. Note that I have to include credentials because the XP Home computer is not a member of the domain of the other two computers (XP Home computers cannot become domain members). Both shares are available after the net use command finished. After a restart net use shows me both shares but again with "Nicht verfgb" ("not available"). Although the first impression was that the Vista computer may be a problem the second test shows that something must have changed on the XP Home computer at the same time as I replaced the old XP Professional computer by the Vista Professional computer. It seems that the XP Home computer cannot either store the credentials or login to the domain during startup anymore. It would help me if somebody can explain where a persistent connection is stored in XP Home and how I can log the connection attempt. Now I made a recovery so that I have a really clean XP Home system now. Device manager is OK, no warnings or errors, system event log is OK, no warnings or errors, sfc /scannow completes without prompts for the setup CD. But a logged startup shows not loaded drivers. For that problem I opened a second thread, it is perhaps related to this problem (http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?&lang=en&cr=US&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage&p=1&tid=86e02800-46eb-408c-bc02-efc1720a47ba&mid=86e02800-46eb-408c-bc02-efc1720a47ba). Help is very welcome. Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287943
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    - "Log On" required? My wife's new computer is visible in the "View Workgroup PC's" (but not My Network) but when I click it I get a "Log-On" window. That PC is not password protected, it just comes on when you start. It has no firewall, (XP SP1) I tried leaving it blank, no luck. When I right-click>Properties a "BONK" ..."You do not have access to this sever, contact network admin..." I am the "Admin" how do I get past this? Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287940
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    - Can't Map a drive after VPN'd in Hello Guru's I am having a problem using the CMAK tool and mapping network drives. I want a one click fits all for my VPN users. A file I can send them without having to walk them through an install and setting up tedious stuff like map network drives. I want the CMAK to do it for them. I am having a problem setting this up. I have hit some problems having the mapped network drive function and some general network connectivity. Ideally what I ultimately want to have happen is the CMAk tool auto map a network drive right after the connection is established. With some users I may also want a routing table update. So what I currently have is the CMAK tool logging in successfully then I have a script set to run on "Post-Connection". Here is the script, a simple batch file. net use m: "\\172.16.0.100\Company Files" Now when the script runs it says the network path is invalid. Even though you can browse to it with the same path. Also I originally wanted people to connect to the shares via the Ethernet interface 172.16.0.2. It won't let me do that and says that the path is not found, even though you can ping it after the VPN has been established. It only lets you open a network share via the PPP interface, 172.16.0.100. Seems dumb to me. Any how back to the point, when the script runs Post Connection it says network path not found. If you wait however like 15 seconds and manually run the command it works. My question is, why won't it work right after the VPN is established like CMAK is suppose to do? Also Why cant I map a network drive to 172.16.0.2, why only the PPP interface? Something so simple seems to becoming unnecessarily complicated. Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287935
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    - Computer on Network Can't See Itself I have two computers on my Windows XP Home network. One is a desktop computer, which is connected by Ethernet cable to my DSL modem/router. The other computer is a laptop computer, which has a wireless adapter. For several years, I have been able to share files between the two computers. Now, however, when I go to My Network Places / Microsoft Windows Networks and select my network name, I cannot see the laptop computer from either the desktop computer or the laptop computer itself. However, from both computers, I can see the desktop computer in the network, and I can share the desktop computer's files. Internet access from the laptop computer is fine, and both computers respond to pings from the other. My wireless router sees the name of my laptop computer. I tried turning the Windows XP firewall off on both computers, but the problem persists. I am not running any other firewall software. I have run the Network Setup Wizard several times on each computer, and file sharing is still enabled for my folders on the laptop computer. Does anyone have an idea which step I can try next to fix this problem? Thank you. Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287934
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    - File and settings transfer Are the files and settings deleted off my old computer or are they just copied Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287929
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    - Download crashes I run XP SP2, wireless connecction via Belkin adapter/extender to Belkin router. After having problems with the connection, it seems to be sorted after repairing Windows and re-installing Belkin software. I also run Norton Systemworks Now downloads, incl Norton and MS updates, start off fine and then crash after quickly decreasing download times. I have tried to repair XP, Belkin re-install , and new network connections. I have tried the Firewall/Anti-virus on/off. I have put in the IP address manually as well as auto. I have tried Dial-a-Fix, System Mechanic, and a Winsock repair. Emails seem to download ok but webpages and updates slow the system to a crash. I did manage up update Ad-Aware, which found 3 minor bits, but nothing serious. The same with Defender tho I was unable to update its definitions. Oddly, I found that Ad-Aware, Defender and even Wireless Services disabled themselves, tho I could put them back to Auto. What do I have left to do other that an XP clean re-install? I have wasted so much time. Thx Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287928
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    - mapped drive problems i have written the following into a shortcut for the program to open from the mapped drive in shortcut properties c:\premier9\myobp.exe m:\Clearwtr.myo where c:\ is the workstation's hard drive, and m:\Clearwtr.myo is the name of the data file and the letter name of the mapped drive. Start in: c:\Premier9 I also placed a script in users start folder: net use M: \\computername \data /y But when i open the programs shortcut it does not open the mapped drive and I need to search for it. And the logon script does not create the mapped drive. I am needing to add this in explorer myself. the mapped drive opens otherwise on the users PC without any problem. Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287925
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    - Network management as a means of providing network security hi , actually i am an student doing my masters. i need some information about the below given query. can anyone help me . QUERY: The brief is to write a short (no more than 6 pages in total =96 including all references) research-orientated paper on the application of recent developments in a network management theme of your choice. =95 Network management as a means of providing network security It is not expected that you will develop a brand new theory within this work, instead, you should focus on producing your evaluation of the application of previously published ideas into an area of your choosing within the field of network management. Therefore your paper will refer to at least three recently published papers, giving your overview (i.e. compare and contrast) of how the methods they decribe could be applied in a practical situation of your choice. Published in this context means appearing in conference proceeedings or in a journal, and recent means that the publication date should be 2005, 2006, 2007 or 2008. We require that there is a strong =93application=94 theme within all research, so you topic should allow you to discuss how the work you describe has bee, or will be, implemented. Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287923
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    - Windows XP Roaming Profiles I have a home network of 4 PC's and I wish to set up roaming profiles so that users can log in at any computer and still be able tot access their documents and settings. When I go to the Microsoft Support website, they give you instructions on how to do it, but they are not correct, they do not work. I know that people think you need to have a server in order to do this, but you don't. You can use your Workgroup for Roaming Profiles. Can someone Please give me detailed instructions on how to do this. I would greatly appreciate this! Thank-you! -- Nicholas Diamond Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287918
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    - Help with XP networking I am trying to get a small peer-to- peer network set up for file sharing. I can get everything working with the ipx/spx protocol but not with tcp/ip. There are 4 Windows XP Pro computers connected through a Lynksys router and a DSL modem that connect to the Internet fine. Someone previously installed Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) and this may be what is preventing the computers from connecting to folders on other computers and even seeing themselves in 'My Network Places'. I ran the XP Networking Wizard but it keeps saying that I am connecting through ICS no matter what I select. I have tried stopping/disabling the Firewall/ICS service but this doesn't change anything. The DSL modem apparently requires a username and password but when I try setting up a new manual connection this way I can't even connect to the Internet. How do I uninstall ICS? Could the problem be the Internet Gateway software? Do I need ICS for some reason even though there is a router? I have never worked with ICS or networking DSL before so I feel a little lost. Thanks for any help or insight anyone can provide! Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287909
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    - Downloading wallpaper/backgrounds Hey all - We are on a domain with user profiles. The student user profile is restricted from changing the background on the desktop with the typical right click of the mouse and clicking on properties. However, if they go to a web site that has downloadable backgrounds/wallpaper they can download a background and save it to the desktop. Of course, if I log onto the machine with the student ID I can't change the background to change it back to the default. If I log on as administrator the desktop is the default and doesn't have the picture that was downloaded. How do I find out what type of file extension the downloaded background has? I have looked at all the .jpgs, bmps, gifs, and .htm files on that machine and I can't find it. Any thoughts? Thanks. Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287908
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    - Windows Crash - Network issue Hi, we have a PC which has two hard drives in it C: which is designed local drive and contains the Windows Installation system folder; and Drive F which is the network shared drive which is accessed by two other computers./ The Windows installation got corrupted, and we have to do a clean reinstall. Having done that, although io can see the F drive, and it has the correct drive name, I cannot access any of the file from the Drive C with the new Windows installation. Can some kind person advise me what I have done wrong, or forgotten to do? many thanks Alex Tag: Home Networking setup problems Tag: 287901
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I have three computers, one with xp pro, another has win 2000 and the third
is a MacMini wireless. I connect these computers via an Apple Base Station
Extreame. Here is my problem. I can see all three computers from the Windows
2000 machine but I can not see any other machine from the xp pro system. I
get a message : "Workgroup is not accessable. You might not have permission
to use this network resource. Contact the administrator for this server to
find out if you have access permission ... ." Well, I am the user and also
the Administrator. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. I have followed all
the necessary steps to set up a workgroup for home network.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.

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RE: Home Networking setup problems by SteveL

SteveL
Mon May 05 19:34:01 PDT 2008

I have no idea of your abilities, but since you did not say, have you setup
file and print sharing on all PC's? With what rights? How do you login? Did
you create a signon on each PC? Do you have firewalls running on all of the
PC's? Do they trust each other.

The more info you give the better people can help.

"SMA" wrote:

> I have three computers, one with xp pro, another has win 2000 and the third
> is a MacMini wireless. I connect these computers via an Apple Base Station
> Extreame. Here is my problem. I can see all three computers from the Windows
> 2000 machine but I can not see any other machine from the xp pro system. I
> get a message : "Workgroup is not accessable. You might not have permission
> to use this network resource. Contact the administrator for this server to
> find out if you have access permission ... ." Well, I am the user and also
> the Administrator. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. I have followed all
> the necessary steps to set up a workgroup for home network.
> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>

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