A password for the administrator account is a good idea in general. The Guest account is only there to allow other PCs to connect. Not an...
Problems now? Depends on how you define problems. Did you look at the links Dave posted related to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Dpi\dpi.exe...
One of the free apps that let folks add lots of eye candy to email. Not sure about when they first wrote it (maybe 4-5 years ago) but while it...
XP handles network security in a totally different fashion than 98/ME. It demands to know 'who' wants to connect. Try this: - Log on to the...
You need to do all the things in the list - and maybe try different computer descriptions - Tool-A and Tool-B for instance. Note that even...
You could also do a huge favor to everyone in this person's address book by getting rid of the IncrediMail stuff. ;)
Easy enough then. - Add the NetBeui protocol to both network setups - Have the two PCs in the same workgroup and with different PC names....
If you have stuff running from a temp folder, that is usually not a good thing.
Interesting. If you do net view does it return the PC names you expect? If you do net name does it work OK?
I have 4 cpus in the house all shareing internet (high speed) on a linksys 4 port router In that case, it is not only possible, it should be...
To answer part of your question - more than one firewall shouldn't cause the problems you are seeing but it also is a complication you really...
I tried a bunch of links and ran into the same problem you did. Appears they've pulled this one totally off the internet.
Mike - it sounds like you may have been messed up by some spyware. To save me lots and lots of typing, take a look at...
SourcePath is a registry entry. start~run~regedit and when it starts, you should find a section named HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - Once there just keep...
Hosts is a simple text file. Located differently on NT vs. non-NT systems. Just open the file in notepad, add the list to the file contents,...
One thing that will do this (usually the result of bad activity by one of a number of trojans or bits of malware) is to put entries into a hosts...
Are you comfortable editing your registry? And what OS?
I'd love to retire. I'm old enough - just not rich enough. Ah well, soon. :D
All of it will help. Getting rid of specific critters will help even more but as I said, security is not my strong suite so I'll leave that for...
Well, you have a little work to do. First, download, update, and then run ad-aware (from my signature) and delete all the spyware/malware items...
Separate names with a comma.
