It's pretty easy if they all three are XP. On each computer Right click on My Computer and select properties. Then identification. Make sure they all have different names and the same workgroup name....

Glad you got it fixed! :D Firmware updates? ...as the saying goes, "If it ain't broke....."

That is really quite strange. cnn.com will never return the ping because they have their firewall set to not reply, but the fact that it returns the IP address implies that you have both DNS and...

Try doing a "ping cnn.com" from a command prompt. You won't be able to actually ping it, but it should return the IP address of cnn.com on the first line of results. If it doesn't, then you are...

It only applies to his particular PC model and manufacturer. If I do the same thing on another HP, I will another result entirely. Please start a thread of your own and clearly state your problem,...

As far as I know you're screwed. But you can go buy a real copy of the OS. You might want to check the seller or HP support.

:cheesy: Aww...shucks! It weren't nothin'...glad to help..

Hopefully you have your XP installation disk. Put it in the cd drive and hopefully the machine will be able to boot to the CD, no drivers are required to do this. If not, you may have to change your...

Create a new user for yourself on the computer and copy the things from your current user profile to the new one. Do this manually from the folder under the Documents and Settings folder with your...

The two addresses are not really the same. I can't remember the specifics to tell you off the top of my head, but they are resolved differently. So maybe it has not propogated fully. If I ping both...

Well, I understand, but when things get screwy we cannot assume anything. :) The little green lites tell you you have layer 2 connectivity (hardware)for our PCs to work we also need layer 3 which is...

OK, first let's see if your Internet connection is really dead. Since I don't know what your local IP address is let's start by opening a command prompt on the XP machine and type in ipconfig /all...

You need to confirm network connectivity of the tcp/ip protocol from the xp machine before you worry about any network browsing issues, they are really different animals. Make sure you can ping the...

Is the DLink really just an access point or is it a Router? Are all three machines getting their IP addresses from the DLink if it's a Router and what are they? Can you ping each machine from the...

Cozzy,

You're making this way too hard on yourself. XP IS a simple install. You will never get anywhere fooling around trying to keep what you have and fix it. It's way too far gone for that. When...

Also, if you want to be safe, you can Right Click on My Computer and select Properties the on the Advanced tab select Startup and Recovery and change the setting for Display list of Operating...