Good news and thanks for posting back.
with XP it should pick up the signal automatically shouldn't it? Not sure what you mean.
Thanks for posting it. The Masking is something some folks decide they have to do to keep from making some information public. I have no idea...
Paul - unless there is a firewall in there somewhere, I'm at a total loss to account for the ping situation. But glad you posted since I forgot...
Well - the reason you are having trouble is evident from what you posted. The underlying cause - not yet but we'll get there. First item (and...
Doug - for the network adapter issue, lets be sure what you have. start~run~cmd ipconfig /all > c:\config.txt and paste the contents of...
Two XP machines set at the default values will give you two slow network browsing systems. 98 isn't network-smart enough to attempt the things...
Martin - there may be a pair of registry entries that take part in the process of telling SNMP (simple network management protocol) which agents...
Excellent find jawdoc and thank you VERY MUCH. I had searched for a way to disable Simple File Sharing in XP-home (causes some network problems...
Johanna - you said a better name next time. (No, "Train Wreck" is just as insulting!) Glad you specified that was not a good name. Putting...
Joe - sorry about tasklist. You are correct and XP-home doesn't have it. In fact, I found this at http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article10-002
Whoof. Let me throw in a comment or two here. XP can, will, and does use the specialized config.sys/autoexec.bat setup values we all came to...
Some system specs would help. Also need to know if you are letting 2K handle the page file or if you have set it manually. Check your event...
Check your event logs for more information. Post back.
Any hints (for things you maybe need to do but haven't or need to do differently) from This one pager?
XP-pro and NTFS for your particular situation. Lots more options. Otherwise you are better off with 2K since it at least has the full security...
Yup. Username & non-blank password logon to both PCs required to make this work. Also requires different PC names and identical workgroup...
Hmmmmm. Do the following and post the contents of the resulting text files. Identify which PC produced what text file. Do NOT mask any IP...
Yes. Depending on exactly which set of addresses you used, you may be able to keep them or may have to change them but you can certainly have...
Do the following and post the contents of the resulting text files. Specify which of the two problem conditions was in effect when you ran the...
Separate names with a comma.