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    XP -> 2K networking help needed

    Hi folks - problem is resolved!! Found an item on another board which suggested the following: Start - Run - 'control userpassword2' Did that - saw a minor discrepancy on the primary account name and fixed it. Now, ALL accounts have the access I expected. Just wondering about two...
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    XP -> 2K networking help needed

    Thanks ktwebb - the XP system is Home. What is strange is that it all was working before - the userid/passwords DO match - it was the first thing I checked. The main reason this is such a pain ('cos I can set up networked drives - after signing in to the 2K machine- to auto-connect at logon...
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    Network/Workgroup Issues

    This all sounds very similar to the problem I'm having - http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=36&threadid=1520377&enterthread=y Does your systme show any recent updates from MS? If so, that could be the cause. Open explorer then go to the My Network Places, Entire Network...
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    XP -> 2K networking help needed

    Something which may be related - since this used to work! The XP laptop shows a bunch of Microsoft updates applied very recently - could it be one of those that's changed things? Any ideas anyone - please - before I beat my brains out on this Cheers, Chris B
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    XP -> 2K networking help needed

    Hi there. I think I must be having some kind of 'senior moment' or somesuch here. Problem is this: I have a home network with two desktops (both 2K) and two laptops (one 2K one XP-SP2). The desktops are linked by wire to a Netgear router and out to broadband. The laptops use wifi through an...
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    W2K Wierdness

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    W2K Wierdness

    Hi there. I've got the wierdest problem! I recently replaced a hard drive in my system - the old one occasionally refused to start at boot time. I transferred all files OK and it's been working like a champ. I also have XP installed on one of the partitions of this drive (it's 80 Gb Hitachi...
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    Interesting problemette with XP

    Oh well, finally bit the bullet and re-wrote the 'disk' from the backup and did a repair install - all is now well. Don't really know WTF went wrong, but it was certainly odd. Cheers all, Chris.
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    Dell Latitude CPi-R CPU upgrade

    Hi, as someone with a similar (CP-i D running at 266) I'd be very interested in upgrading if at all possible - the machine is in fine fettle - just a bit slow!! Can you point me at the appropriate forums please? TIA, regards, Chris B
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    Strange explorer behaviour

    Mmmmm. . . Explorer (the desktop not Internet) has started to do something very odd on my wifes PC. She's got a fairly standard setup with Win 2000 Pro on. All has been fine for quite some time, but suddenly, when you right click an icon (real or link) I see a message saying that Explorer has...
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    Interesting problemette with XP

    An interesting update to this: Just re-booted into XP - opened disk manager, and - wait for it - drives were 'magically' in the correct places! Great. Decided to do some sorting out of other problems (like wrong mouse driver showing up and bits of video tools missing) and had all sorts of...
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    Interesting problemette with XP

    Hi there. To fix things up after a hard drive failure, I've just had to do a repair install of XP. On my system, W2000 is the primary system dual bootable with XP. I have 3 drives in the machine. Disk 0 is primary C: and logical E:, Disk 1 is primary F:, logical G: and primary H: (with the...
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    Strange problem - any ideas?

    Well, for those who may be in a similar position, I've found the answer! Open up MSCONFIG and go to the boot.ini tab. On there are a series of selectable options on the left - one of them is /NOGUIBOOT. That was selected. De-selecting it and re-booting has restored the stuff I wasn't seeing...
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    Strange problem - any ideas?

    No, I'd say it's recognising video 'cos I see the BIOS stuff scroll past, then I get the boot select options. After some while, I then get the regular full resolution windows loading screen and windows runs fine from there on in. I just don't get to see the intermediate stuff - like chkdsk or...
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    Strange problem - any ideas?

    Hi folks - got a bit of wierd problem and I kind of wondered if any of you guys could perhaps shed some light on it for me? Suddenly (and I can't track back to any specific change I made) I don't see anything displayed on my screen between BIOS and boot select and the main full resolution...
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    Help understanding an apparent anomaly

    Hi everyone - statik123 No, I'm not using Norton personal firewall - I rely on the built-in firewall within the router - which seems pretty good according to Shields Up Anyway, on reflection, it's beginning to look to me as though the Netgear DG814 is NOT doing its port forwarding stuff. If...
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    Help understanding an apparent anomaly

    Mmmmm - it looks like I've unearthed something here! statik123 I'm not on Verizon - I'm over in the UK and am using BT - as far as I'm aware they don't block port 80 (after all, a friend on a different machine 200 miles away was able to access the web site) hopejr I've tried using another...
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    Help understanding an apparent anomaly

    Nice call - I'd forgotten the hosts file, however, no cigar. Added an entry for the alias pointing to the 'server' - same symptoms. I can't believe that it's just not possible to go from my network, out into the internet and then back based on routing. That strikes me as slightly odd...
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    Netgear WGR614 and disconnects

    FWIW I see a similar problem using a DG814 - and it's not on AOL! I use MSMessenger and it does much the same - as does listening to radio (BBC here in the UK) which will periodically just dump. Could it coincide with dynamic address changes? I'm on BT broadband which is a dynamic IP only...
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    Help understanding an apparent anomaly

    Yup, using the 192.x.x.x works - as I would expect since using localhost works. So it's down to the router being unhappy - mmmm, can you suggest any way that I can test that the site is actually visible from outside of my own network - other than asking favours of people? That's all I'm trying...
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    Help understanding an apparent anomaly

    Hi, I have a small home network based round a Netgear DG814 running to broadband. Broadband gives me a dynamic IP address. I want to run a small web site from home. I have set up an account with DynDNS and it is updating regularly from my router. What I'm having problems understanding (and it...