Network and Web

Access Denied, XP pro, SP2 5 machnes , Simple File and PrinterSh
Ray wrote: <snip> I've been trying to turn off windows fire wall without any luck. It doesn't seem to want to shut off. Norton Anti virus is running on all the machines including the problem one. I hate Norton!! I don't believe their anti virus has a built in fire wall though that could be overri... 7 Apr 2008 19:24

Local Area Connection Icon
hi every body I 'd like to share with u something really weird recently cought by glancing accidentally to the right down corner in my laptop screen... the lac icon has got a bigger X than that supposed to be I've tried to compare with my other PC and the different is unquestioned. and now I'm little bother by... 7 Apr 2008 22:35

Access Denied, XP pro, SP2 5 machnes , Simple File and Printer Sh
"Brad Morris" wrote: Like Ron, several posts back, We have been running 5 machines on XP for 4 years with no problems. Then, all of a sudden last Fri afternoon the other 4 machines could not print to a dot matrix printer located on Problem XP. This printer is set up on LPT2 and everyone else redire... 8 Apr 2008 01:13

Access Denied, XP pro, SP2 5 machnes , Simple File and Printer Share
Like Ron, several posts back, We have been running 5 machines on XP for 4 years with no problems. Then, all of a sudden last Fri afternoon the other 4 machines could not print to a dot matrix printer located on Problem XP. This printer is set up on LPT2 and everyone else redirects the output of their machine to... 8 Apr 2008 05:55

Error 80042109 on sending mails
Hi Freaks For a few weeks, I couldn't send emails :-( The error message is "Error 80042109 Outlook is unable to connect to your outgoing SMTP server" So I did ask GMX, G-DATA, my internet provider, ... but no one can tell what's going on. GMX told me to switch of the (Window) firewall, no result. Then I s... 7 Apr 2008 17:17

Windows Firewall Weirdness on Multi-Home Machine
My laptop is running XPSP2 with all updates. It has an Intel 2915abg WNIC (named WIRELESS) and a Intel Pro/100VE (named WIRED). For exceptions, I have "File and Printer Sharing", "Network Diagnostics for Windows XP", "Remote Assistance", "Remote Desktop", and "Windows Live Messenger". From another computer... 7 Apr 2008 19:24

Workgroup Problem... Please Help!
Hi, I have 6 laptops all the same model, I am connecting them through a standard netgear switch (no DHCP). The TCP/IP configuration is as follows: Laptop1 - 192.168.0.2 Laptop2 - 192.168.0.3 Laptop3 - 192.168.0.4 Laptop4 - 192.168.0.5 Laptop5 - 192.168.0.6 Laptop6 - 192.168.0.7 The subnet mask for al... 8 Apr 2008 04:21

Local network, one computer sees other
This answer helped me finally fix my "access denied" problem that I have had on one computer only for a long time. It was stupid McAfee not letting incoming enquiries through. "ruger3717" wrote: Thanks. You were right, stupid mistake on my part. McAfee firewall required not only adding the "allow LAN ... 7 Apr 2008 10:56

I lost my user profile! What to do?!?!?!
Hi All. Please help - I just lost my user profile in WinXP. I logged in as usual with domain user - DOMAX\dmitry_b but everything I had configured disapeared! :-((( No mail accounts, no my settings, only default windows theme, no links to applications I added, etc. Examining environement (command "set" in "cmd.... 7 Apr 2008 05:03

Access Denied, XP Pro, SP2, Peer to Peer LAN
Hi Running Win XP pro SP2 on 4 machines,,, peer to peer LAN (workgroup) My problem is, I can not connect to any of the shared folders I've created on one of the machines from any of the other machines. Each machine can open any of the default Shared Doc folders for each of the users of all the machines. The mac... 8 Apr 2008 13:13