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,...

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...

We seriously need help making a Remote Assistance connection. We have some senior family members who really need our constant assistance, but we cannot connect. Here is a little background: FIRST, the connection is being made over the internet, with an invitation and password, not within a local network. SECOND, we can successfully make a Remote Desktop connection to each of the computers...

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?

Hello, i have kind of a weird behaviour here, seems connected to windows 7, maybe vista too: we have a EMC Celerra fileserver for our Homes (shouldnt make a difference) : all userhomes are on one share, users may only write to their homes, and are not allowed to view the contents of the share, only their own subfolder. now a user put his "my documents" directly into his home. I, and a...

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 have put windows vista on 2 older toshiba laptops but it will not let me connect to my classroom domain. It brings up the error 'A domain controller for the domain EAST could not be contacted.' I already have connected 1 dell laptop to the same domain previously. I am at a loss for what to do. Thanks

I have put windows vista on 2 older toshiba laptops but it will not let me connect to my classroom domain. It brings up the error 'A domain controller for the domain EAST could not be contacted.' I already have connected 1 dell laptop to the same domain previously. I am at a loss for what to do. Thanks

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 Think I have a ros corruption in my software. How do I uninstall and reinstall my modem components

I Think I have a ros corruption in my software. How do I uninstall and reinstall my modem components

I am trying to use my Windows 7 on my home network and I am having some trouble. I have two XP machines, one is professional and the other is home and I am using Windows 7 Professional. I shared a folder in Windows 7, but in XP Professional, in My Network Places, it does not even see the Windows 7 machine though I can ping the ip address. In Windows 7, I can see my XP Professional machine,...

I am trying to use my Windows 7 on my home network and I am having some trouble. I have two XP machines, one is professional and the other is home and I am using Windows 7 Professional. I shared a folder in Windows 7, but in XP Professional, in My Network Places, it does not even see the Windows 7 machine though I can ping the ip address. In Windows 7, I can see my XP Professional machine,...

I recently got my wife a new laptop with win7 64 bit os, i got it set up with my 32 bit vista desktop on our workgroup and the laptop had no problem, easily gaining access to my shared files/can spot my computer no problem. The problem i'm having is that my computer can not see hers in the workgroup AT ALL. I've done the whole google thing, enabled network discovery, etc, i can't...

I have recently upgraded to Vista home premium. After many unsuccessful attempts at trying to connect to my USB adapter(Belkin N1) I updated the drivers for my USB adapter for the vista OS. After applying the update and configuring the adapter to the security I had enabl on the router (WPA-PSK), I finally made a wireless connection to my router (Belkin N1 router). At this point I was...

Our Vista laptops (& my Xbox) access our basic Windows Home Server system through a Netgear router. It's all fine, but I want to (easily & quickly!) restrict & control when some laptops can access the internet while allowing free access to the server. (For instance, so children's internet access can be monitored but they can always get to photos & backups, etc. on the server.) What might be...

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I could not find a Windows 7 discussion group, which seems to mean that Win 7 users go to Vista groups. My ISP, Earthlink delivered by Comcast cable, says the only way I can get out of their very much unwanted Earthlink Search Assistant is to change the DNS numbers to, apparently. two preset numbers selected by a radio button in my Windows programs. My question is whether choosing this...

Just this evening my Win7 machine refuses to "see" my Vista machines in the 'Network' dialog. My Vista machine can access all the shared items on the Win7 machine just fine. Previously (before this evening) I was able to open "Network" on the W7 machine and see every one of my computers. Now, all it does is flash the 'green bar' across the top and give me nothing but shared folders on my...