"Bill" is not an idiot, and he knows you want to preserve the dates on your files. You're looking at the "Date Modified", and Bill has accurately recorded your key strokes. Rt-click the column...

Rt-click the file/Properties
Choose "Summary", enter away.

Make sure all user accounts are password protected.

Are you trying to connect to your home network?

I made a mistake once...

Oh, dear me.
"Deel"? "Soundcard"?
Caperjack got it mostly right, though.
At the Dell site, use your service tag to identify the proper adapter, then download the driver.

In Disk management, rt-click and select "Explore".

OK, you see it, but what does it say about partitions, file type, space, etc.? (All drives are partitioned, it's just a matter of how many).

It sounds as though the drive needs to be formatted. You may have accidentally deleted the partition when you reinstalled.
What info do you see in Disk management?

Yes.
In folder one, select all/rt-click/rename
Enter an appropriate name (i.e. my vacation)
All will be renamed "My vacation001, etc.
Irfanview also has a batch rename utility.

You may have to disable the NIC, but try to change all the settings in Network Center first.
Change "Private" to "Public ", then back, etc.

Vista is sometimes very stupid about networking.
Delete all the networking entries on one machine and set it yp again.

What OS?
Is there a share on the laptop?

Sparkax and I are telling you the same thing, but Chaky isn't paying attention, so ignore him.

Try method 1 here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185

What is the error message? Just the words, as the numbers don't often help.

Pay attention to kaninelupus. I've seen this several times recently.

Start/Run/cmd
Enter ipconfig in the command window

Wired or wireless?
Reboot your modem/router.
Post ipconfig.

VNC will do it:
http://www.realvnc.com/
It's quite an education to set it up, but it's used by a lot of people.

See here:
How to take ownership of a file or a folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

1394 is Firewire, and that's OK.
All the other info sounds good. so this might be a firewall issue. If it's McCaffee, just uninstall it. Any firewall that blocks you without telling you is a piece...

Do the other computers show a similar pattern for the IP address (i.e. 192.168.1.???). Is the gateway the same?
In Control Panel/Internet options, what is shown under connections?
Can you ping any...

You've left out everything we need to know.
What OS(s)? What hardware?
Post ipconfig.
Router? ISP?
Run a spyware scan.

I wouldn't say it's "better", but it does seem to be very stable and driver/program support is excellent.
That said, I expect dual-booting is the way to go, as it will expire next year.

You're welcome.
Please mark this as solved so others can find this solution.

See here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx

If you haven't found it, you probably don't have one. It looks exactly like a telephone jack, but larger.
They (PCI Nics) cost about $15.00 and are easy to install....

I believe both routers must support WDS, and it looks as though the Netgear may not.

There are lots of backup programs-Cobian is free and easy to use:
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

There's something wrong with the CD you burned. Did you burn it as an image or an ISO? In any case, try it again.

Your fan is making this noise.
Fan speed is controlled by a sensor, and yours is no longer working, so it sounds as though the fan is running at full speed all the time, hence the loud noise.
Check...

It doesn't seem likely. The internal interface is SATA, and I doubt there's any way to adapt it.

You forgot the user password also?
This program will recover most XP passwords:
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

It may help to check that your video cable is fully seated at both ends and has no bent pins.
Try the monitor on another PC to verify it's OK.

You must have Samba installed and you must edit /etc/samba/smb.conf.
Everything you need is here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba
Post smb.conf if you continue to have problems.

I've had good luck with Ophcrack:
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

Yes, but are they current, especially since you've installed security?
This often happens inadvertently, also. I have accidentally connected to my neighbor's wi fi from time to time, so these may...

Why do think you have an intruder-what's the evidence?
Does this intruder show up in the Network page in the router configuration?
This program will tell you what machines are active on your...