Network and Web

Receive email in Standby mode?
Could someone explain how & why my XP SP2 PC receives mail in Standby mode? It shouldn't be possible, considering that the hard drive is shut down. So email must wake the system up, but I haven't seen that in the Help and google doesn't give any good hits on 'Standby & Email'. Thanks, Peter ... 31 Mar 2008 22:20

Multi-Homed Laptop
I am trying to find documentation on multi-homing in Windows XP. For example: If a LAN user has a wired (100Mb) connection and a wireless (54Mb) connection, how does the OS determine which connection is used to access the local subnet/vlan? (I realize that to access another subnet/vlan, it would have to use... 30 Mar 2008 14:00

can ping but IE cannot access
I just reinstalled the OS and chipset drivers. Now, I can ping yahoo.com but IE says server not found. What could be the problem? The NIC seems to work fine. I can see other computers on the LAN. Another problem: when I right-click on network neighborhood and select property, I do not see local area network nor ... 29 Mar 2008 22:06

Network Problems between one XP system and Blackboard
Hello, This may not be a network-specific problem but I'm really at a loss on this one and I'm looking for any suggestions. I have been dealing with a system that needs to connect to BlackBoard servers at a university. In general, it works. However, there is a problem with the mail component, from the one... 29 Mar 2008 20:29

mucking around
hey everyone, i've got an old celeron 533 gathering dust, and was wondering if i could turn it into a server? (i'm bored...) i think its got 320Mb ram, 8Gb hard drive, and a 100mbps network card. how would i go about making it a server? do i need a particular operating system? if it helps, the current hardwa... 29 Mar 2008 12:51

Printer Sharing
Help! I just networked 2 PCs together and want to share the printer that is connected to my main PC. I know the networking is working because I can transfer files between the computers. I have enabled sharing on the printer I want to share on the Sharing tab for the printer, but it won't show up when I try t... 29 Mar 2008 09:36

Clicking "view workgroup computers" does nothing.
i am trying to network two xp computers in a workgroup. one computer can see itself in the workgroup but the other computer does nothing when i click view "workgroup computers". i have check the mode, given the computer a static ip address, turn off all firewalls and still nothing. nothing happens when i cli... 30 Mar 2008 20:30

Can't browse or share printer over wireless network
Hi All, I need help solving a mystery. I have a customer with a laptop and a desktop. They are connected together and to the Internet through a wireless network. Both can surf the Internet perfectly. The AP/Router is a USR 5461 with the latest firmware; the laptop is a Centrino (with the Intel... 29 Mar 2008 23:11

Block users to certain web sites
I need to block users from accessing certain web sites at work. Is there a way to do this via a GPO or by workstation? ... 29 Mar 2008 11:14

Why does ping by name go to the wrong IP address?
Why does ping, ping to the wrong address? I have two computers, both Windows XP, on a router to my Internet connection. One named compxp has (at least right now) the address 198.162.1.100. But when I ping I get : C:\Documents and Settings\Charles>ping compxp Pinging compxp.san.rr.com [209.13.88.95] with 32 ... 29 Mar 2008 05:38