Hi, I'm having a strange wireless networking problem. I defined a private network in Vista, complete with wireless network connection & key. When I reboot my laptop, it does not auto re-connect to this (only network I have defined), instead it tries to create a new public network (message "Identifying ...(Public Network).." appear in Network and Sharing Centre), with access type of Local Only...

Hi I have 2 machines one with vista home premium and the other with vista ultimate that I need to network to a WIN2000 server. When I try to map the network drive, vista insists on putting the computer name in front of the username, and so I am refused log-on. I have tried set a login credential username/password in vista ultimate (home version wont let me do this). The credential is...

Hello -- Need help on behalf of a friend, please. She has an XP and a Vista 64-bit computer networked by means of a router. Her printer is also connected to a router. She is not particularly computer literate and is sometimes inclined to not pay attention to what she is doing, so strange things happen. Today a message appeared saying that all network drives could not be

Is it possible in Windows7/Vista to automatically dial to a VPN account when an attempt is made to an IP of that network? maybe by static routes or RRAS service?

It has been years, we have been transferring files between our home PCs and Laptops in our home network. But as we updated our Laptop with Vista SP1 & SP2, the network has become a one way only. We can transfer files to the rest of the network PCs, but the Vista Laptop does not let us in. We do see it listed in our network. We had to re-format the laptop drive and as we loaded the Vista...

I have two m/cs running vista business 32 bit, a dell vostro 400 tower and a toshiba satellite pro laptop. The laptop connects to the Dell wirelessley and internet access and file sharing etc all work fine. The tower is the file server and has a canon MP210 and an HP laserjet 1018 connected both via usb. Both printers work fine from the laptop and are set up as shared printers for the network....

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hello , I have a vista business edition ACER machine. I am trying to setup kerberos so that I can use it for authentication in my JEE (java) application that is running on Glassfish. In my case I will have both the Kerberos client and server on the same machine since I am mainly trying to set up a demo and don't have access to two machines. After figuring out the JAAS infrastructure for...

Hi, How to determine the presence of wireshark in a network ? Are there any specific packet types exchanged while it is present in the network so that it can be used to determine its presence in the network . Any tool to identify its presence in either Windows or Linux ? Any ideas ? Thx in advans, Karthik Balaguru

I've tried this method with my Epson Stylus Photo 895 attached to a Windows XP Pro workstation but Vista x64 just asks for drivers because they aren't on the XP Pro machine. The problem is, the drivers are only available on the Vista install CD and I can't find them. I've tried connecting the printer to the Vista x64 machine but face similar problems from the XP Pro machine.

I have a home network that has a DSL modem connected to a Linksys BEFW11S4v.2 (with updated firmware) 4 port switch WiFi router. I have several XP machines hardwired to teh switch and all have conectivity. I have a cable runnin form the switch approximately 50 ft to an upstairs bedroom. I just purchased a Dell with Vista for this room. The machine does not recognize teh cable. I can carry my...

I have heard of the "administrator password" for a super-administrator. But I have never "set" the "administrator password" or "super admin password". I do, however, have a user account with admin privileges that I set a password to. Is that the same thing? Does my creating a user account with admin privileges and password make the password for the super-admin the same, or

I use my Win 7 notebook on an office network with a proxy during the day, and on my home network w/o proxy at night. Used to be that WPAD configured the proxy settings for me, but it stopped working a week or two ago; don't recall when. I have to manually turn on "Use a proxy server" at the office and turn it off again at home. "Automatically detect settings" is turned on. Any idea how I can...

This is strange. I have two nearly identical HP laptops. Both are the same model, but one (that gives trouble) has some additional hardware (video) features. Both are running Vista Home Premium 64 and have all the updates applied. I am trying to open a RD session on an XP Home Pro machine. One of the HP's works without a hitch. The other one gives up with a "Cannot Connect" message (but,...

Hello, my question is to verify if these statements are true, I wanted to email these guys personally but I understand it's better to share this with everyone. The questions concern if hackers can break into my Vista computer and access the hard drive's files, if my laptop is wirelessly connected to an unsecured router (meaning they connect to the unsecured router, and connect

Hi, I recently contact my ISP following Internet intermittent disconnection. They come and changed the Modem which now has a router in it. Prior set-up was an older generation of Modem and I had added a Dlink router when I purchased a laptop and wanted to access shared folder via the network. On the network & sharing windo I see both computer when when I try to access one another I received a...

There are certain files on our network that whenever I attempt to look at the security tab, the following error comes up (preceded by a red X) "The requested security information is either unavailable or can't be displayed." I'm the creator, and I can open, edit, and save the file, however, no one else can. What causes this and how can it fixed and avoided?

I can manually connect to a wireless AP in Vista without issue as log as the system see's the AP, however when I try to save the profile or create a connection profile manually in the UI for Managing Wireless Networks I receive a message window stating "Access Denied". No profiles are shown in the wireless management for automatic connections. The user profile on the system is setup as the...

I have a similar problem as that of Duke of URL. I have the same workgroup name for my vista desktop and my xp laptop and when I try to share my vista Documents folder to the xp, I get an access denied error message when trying to open the vista folder from the xp pro. it will not allow me to add a username from the xp pro to share when selecting Share options, only users on the vista. It...

I am working on a friend's Dell Optiplex 330 running Vista SP2. The Broadcom Gigabit Controller is showing enabled and functional in Device Manager but does not show in Network Connections. IPCONFIG /all shows the hardware connection with specific DNS entries. How do I get the connection to show in Network Connections so I can change the configuration to automatically assign IP/DNS?