Thank to all for their suggestions but none seemed to work so I decided to reinstall Windows on the guest PC, after setting up the home network everything worked ok. Thanks again to all for their help.
Allan
The Internet connection for the guest is provided through the host via the cross over cable, the connection is set to shared, this works ok. The workgroup names are the same. The IP address for the guest is created automatically at every logon.
Ping results Host to Guest
Pockets: Sent =4...
I have 2 home computers on a home network. Recently I had to reinstall Windows from scratch on the host computer. After setting up the home network using the wizard I found that the host computer would recognise the guest computer but not the other way round. When trying to view other workgroup...
When I double click on a folder to open it, it opens up in search mode.
When right clicking on a folder the dropdown box has the search at the top of the list in bold letters.
Can you tell me how to revert it back open mode.
I have recently purchased a USB 2 pen drive backwards compatible with USB 1.1.
The pen works OK when used in a USB 2 port.
When plugged into a USB 1.1 port the system recognises the drive but doesn’t display a drive letter. All the other drive letters are as they should be.
OS Windows XP pro
When I tried to power up my new Athlon xp 2700 build the Asus A7N8X deluxe motherboard refused to POST. the green light was on and the cpu and case fans were running, I got the same after removing the mother board from the case and disconnecting everything apart from the cpu, speaker and power...
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