I think there is some confusion here that needs to be cleared up. It is not helped by the missuse of terms in sales/marketing material describing...
A hub will allow you to connect you computers together to form a small network. You can use internet sharing to share the internet connection on...
Glad to be of assistance :D I'm pleased WelshJim got this rolling. The other switch that might be interesting is /S. With that switch you also...
It is the %data% part that is problematic. On some systems (like the one I first created this batch file on) it creates a date without spaces. But...
There are switches that allow you a lot of control with the DIR command. At the command prompt, type DIR /? To get a full list. So to...
What a splendid thread. I love it when what seems such a simple request turns into an interesting problem solving exercise and deeper learning of...
I've had a little more of a play with this. It works fine for listing folders/directories, but won't list the contents of a drive which is what...
You do need the quotes around the document path otherwise it will try to send the dir contents to "C:\Documents ". Also I don't think you need...
OK. To start with I should state that sharing a complete drive, particularly the system drive, is bad practice. You are making it much easier for...
The answer depends on the operating systems running on the two computers. If XP on both, then you can use desktop sharing. You need to do two...
I've moved this thread from the XP forum, as I think you will get a quicker answer here, as this sort of problem crops up quite a lot in the...
What are you trying to do? Are you hoping to use the profile on a number of computers (using roaming profiles), or just use this profile with an...
One thing to do is use switches on your network. That makes it a lot more difficult to sniff packets from any one point on the network. Only the...
I have a fail safe way of screen capturing. Click on the "Print Screen" button on the keyboard (hold the alt button down at the same time if...
How are you physically connecting to the internet? Broadband modem or router?
I think rsinfo is right to suggest cables as the next thing to check. However, do note that as DHCP leases last for days, if the service goes...
If it were me, I'd start packet sniffing and see if I could spot any pattern in the telnet traffic. Ethereal is a good choice for this sort of...
Do you know which device/server is giving out IP addresses on the network. That is, which one is acting as your DHCP server. On SOHO networks this...
More important than the XP Pro CD, is the COA. That's the "Certificate of Authenticity" put onto laptops when they are supplied with a Microsoft...
Ah! The option you want is "Change the way users log on and off ". Unfortunately, I am coming to the conclusion that you are right - this is...
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