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Solve a network problem

Most popular articles

• Network Problem Solver
• Taking a domain laptop to a workgroup

More articles

• File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vista (external link)
• Connection limit
• Dial-up problems
• Error: Network disconnected—MediaSense
• Internet Explorer problems
• Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) unavailable
• Slow network browsing
• Windows Update
• SP1a Network Problem Solver (for Windows XP without Service Pack 2)
• Practically Networked Troubleshooting Guides (external link)

Solve a local computer problem

General

One standard procedure for solving a computer problem, particularly after changing hardware, is to power everything down, including any routers, cable modems, switches, hubs, and the like, wait 10 seconds, then power them up again. Rebooting without powering down is not enough in some cases.

Most popular articles

• DMA reverts to PIO—the stuttering DVD drive – Forum discussion
• DMA fällt zurück auf PIO—das stotternde DVD-Laufwerk – Diskussion im Forum
• Systray (System Tray, Notification Area) icons missing – Forum discussion
• Service Pack 2 Problem Solver
• Cannot delete file or folder
• Not enough server storage (error message)
• Page file missing (error message)

More articles

• How to change the Windows Product Key (external link)
• ACPIEC Warning
• Autorun and Autoplay Problems
• Devices Invisible
• Explorer Folder Pane Greyed Out
• Forgot Administrator password (external link)
• Recover from a corrupt registry or a wrong driver installation (external link)
• Roll back a device driver, i.e. go back to the previous version (external link)
• Time updated for daylight savings more than once

Install a peer-to-peer network

For simple networking guides turn to the Windows help system first. Try Start, Help & Support.

• Cabling for a small network
• Switch or hub

The following articles are external. Please press the back button on your browser or type in winhlp.com to return to this page after reading them.

• How to Set Up a Small Network with Windows XP Home Edition (PART 1)
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813936/
• For a 60 page tutorial that covers networking with several Windows versions go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=87c0a6db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028 and download the Word document FileSharing.doc. (If you don't have Word, download and install the free Word viewer from http://www.microsoft.com/office/000/viewers.asp to be able to read the Word document.)
• Making the Wireless Home Network Connection in Windows XP Without a Router
  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx
• Several step-by-step tutorials can be found at www.practicallynetworked.com, for example, the tutorial "Windows XP Professional File Sharing" at http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/.

Use the network

Most popular articles

• Wake up a computer remotely—Wake On LAN
• Synchronize two Windows computers

More articles

• Connect two computers with an Ethernet Crossover Cable
• Internet via cable modem
• NETSH command (changing network settings from the command line)

Learn about networks and tune them

• Ethernet throughput
• Hosts and lmhosts—poor man's DNS
• Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) with fixed IP addresses
• Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) without logon
• IP addresses, public and private
• SpeedGuide.net TCP/IP Analyzer (external link)
• IP TCP and UDP port numbers (external link)

Perform a task

Most popular articles

• Move an entire installation to different hardware
• Make pictures smaller before emailing them—the Send To command

More articles

• Boot Diskette
• Convert files to PDF format (external link)
• Digital Television and Video Recording (English and German - deutsch)
• Documents and Settings, Move
• Drive Letter Change
• Drive Letter Change System Partition
• Explorer Command Line Switches
• More than 2 GB Address Space
• Partition Magic - Moving an installation to a bigger hard disk, enlarging partitions, etc.
• Regedit Command Line Switches
• Registry - Removing Entries Programmatically
• Registry Warning
• Repair Console
• Serial Number Change
• Starting a program before logging on—Autoexec
• Starting programs from file servers
• Service Pack Uninstall Uninstall

Learn about Windows and tune it

Tuning

The good thing is that Windows is largely self-tuning, so the easy way is to do nothing. But there are a few things to watch.

• Page file size
• Disk fragmentation—don't become a defrag junkie
• RAM Disk

Other information

• IRQ and port numbers
• Tune the computer time
• Autologon (external link)

Windows 2000

• ATA 100
• AutoLogon
• ICS
• Inaccessible Boot Device after Ghost
• Multiprocessor
• Professional Servers
• Recovery Console Install
• Registry Backup

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME

• MTU 576
• No Password

Windows NT

Miscellaneous

• AMD Cool & Quiet – how to do it right
• Canon BJC-6000 printer paper feed repair
• Cardfile data structure
• ERATOS.BAS (the Sieve of Eratosthenes to find prime numbers in Basic)
• Game Port pinout
• GoldSIMM
• LapLink III transfer cables
• MP3 joint stereo encoding
• MP3 to WAV conversion
• MPEG
• MS Office updating from a different CD
• Newsgroups
• Outlook Express emails - how to archive in text format
• Outlook Express file corruption (external link)
• Perfection in Design
• PRIMES.BAS, a prime number finder in Basic
• SCSI25E6 pinout
• SHELSORT.BAS, a fast sorting algorithm in Basic
• Visual Basic naming conventions
• Word command line switches

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