For the last 4 months I've been trying to set up a Home Network. Everytime I try I get the dreaded "Home Networking Was Unsucessful" Then I get to send an ERROR Report. Then I get a reply that Microsoft is aware of the issue and is working on a fix. FOR 4 MONTHS!!!!! Does ANYONE have any ideas? Microsoft tells me to contact Dell, where I got the system, but it is an XP problem. Seems to me they are passing the buck. I can spend $35.00 to call and more than likely won't get it resolved. Trying to talk to these people is harder than meeting the President. ANY help will be great. The darn thing won't even make a Network disk, and it came preinstalled with XP so I don't have an XP disk.
Thanks people and Have a GREAT DAY.
Chuck,
Your problem is probably solvable, but your using the networking wizard is not
necessary. If the proper (operational) hardware is installed, with the proper
drivers, manual configuration can be done with only a little more effort than
running the wizard. IMHO. YMMV.
Please start by describing your hardware and software. What computers (brand),
with what operating system (name and version), and what networking device (brand
and model)? Do you have a router or switch connecting your computers (brand and
model)? How does it all connect to the internet?
Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in
Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Are you sure Dell is selling computers with no XP setup disk? I have two Dells,
both with OEM license, and both came with a Windows CD (one 2K, the other XP).
And please don't contribute to the spread of email address mining viruses.
Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit safer when
posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the internet - never
post your address unmunged.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm
Cheers,
(Also)
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
