Recent content by sogoodtobe

Interesting how narrow-minded you are. I thought this was specific to linux "penguins" but apparently it is not. IIS is not an application? well great news for you but honestly I don't care whether or not this is a core component in Windows because pretty much everything is a core component of...

How the hell are the guys supposed to know all applications out there, and more precisely the one that gives the right-clicking option "web sharing"? I believe the first answers were good as they made some assumptions based on the initial question. I would personally not have enough patience...

Good day mighty experts, I do have a question regarding the way Windows 7 handles network shares. I have a few NAS servers on my network (mapped to local drives on my pc), some of which using power saving techniques. As a result, they stop their hard drives after a few minutes idle time. This...

When you type addresses within Internet Explorer, the software does interpret it in a way that would ease most people's lifes, but not yours here. Concretely, Internet explorer is likely to add "http://" to your entry, hence assuming that you are requesting access to an http service. Obviously...

I get your point, but I'm only telling you how to start troubleshooting, not how to configure anything. As a matter of facts, the first thing is to understand why your computers cannot see each other - to understand that, you will have to use their IP addresses. That doesn't mean people will...

No problem. In either case you need to know the IP address of the host on which your HD is plugged into :) Log into this computer, open a command prompt (windows key + R, then type "cmd"). In the new window, enter "ipconfig" and go to the line that describes your network connection (probably...

Sharing only the subfolder makes sense indeed, and I even think Windows tries to avoid sharing roots for security reasons. Although on a domestic LAN (i.e. family LAN), I don't think it really matters. Well, at least your HD is working properly. Do you have any non-vista/7 computer that can...

Missed that part, sorry. For my understanding, have you tried using the proprietary wireless client that is usually shipped with adapters? Something like a Belkin wireless client or similar? If windows is the problem, then try to avoid windows here, and use the proprietary client. If that fails...

Google fails mainly because of the fact that WDS also stands for windows deployment... :( I got no experience working with win7 and wds unfortunately. But I would assume there is no reason why it couldn't see the wireless network... I would try an external adapter (usb or else) on these win7...

This is ARP, somehow different from icmp. Icmp router advertisements are multicast probes (dest IP 224.x.x.x) to indicate its interface's IP address. These probes are common and can be seen by sniffing the link very easily. Arp is used to map IP addresses to MACs, and is usually used before...

Have you checked the host computer's configuration? Can you access the external HD from the computer it is plugged into? If so, and if under winXP, I believe you can right-click on the drive of your external HD (N) and check option "sharing and security" or "share". From there, you should be...

Get both sides' IP addresses (DOS -> "ipconfig"). Try accessing the other computer's files in your explorer by typing its IP address (\\IP_address such as \\192.168.1.2). On WinXP make sure file sharing is enabled under the connection's properties: - right-click your wifi's icon -> open...

You may also give a try installing everest software from lavalys (trial version is free), which actually pulls out a bunch of information on your system, including the hardware devices. It might give you more details about these weird entries. Hth.

Back to old good days, there were some motherboards that didn't support too much powered devices. I had exactly similar problems, but that was with a USB broadband modem, and it appeared that it was pulling too much power at some points. Try using the ethernet (wired) networking; it is probably...

Have you compared the 2 RAM sticks before switching? Are they compatible, i.e. frequency and format? Make sure your motherboard supports it (memcheck from BIOS would help). If all goes fine, then I would suggest to go for a repair as advised above. This is a hardware change and Windows is not...