Chime in about XP

Make sure that your anti-virus is not doing a system scan every time you boot.

that you are correct in believing it may have something to do with your construction.
Those surge protectors, especially the cheap ones, are notorious for not really offering any or much protection. I dont have to tell you that you should be on a ups so i wont, lol.
I do believe you are on the right track. You can do a re-install without losing all the data and other progs you have by inserting your win xp cd and choosing the correct prompt when you get the menu. I believe that is the case, i havent had to do that yet but i believe i heard that this is an option.

There is not enough info here to truly troubleshoot the problem.
First off, you must be sure that the network connection is good- try plugging the XP box into a known good network drop.
Secondly keep in mind that even though both XP and 98 use TCP/IP to communicate, they do name resolution a bit differently. Win98 uses Netbios for resolution for which a WINS server would manage, and XP uses DNS. This means that technically 98 sees other machines by their UNC name (\\machinename) where as XP sees other machines by the full DNS name ie. machinename.domainname.com.
Third, when you say the 98 machines cannot see the XP box, I do not understand. See the machine in Network Neighborhood? Access a share?. Test a ping from a command prompt, both by name and IP address. Secondly be sure that the folders you are trying to access are shared and that you have permission. Also you must be in the same workgroup. If you can ping by IP address but not by name this is a name resolution problem.
If you can ping by both name and IP address, you have permissions for the shares, but still cannot access XP from 98, try logging into the 98 machine with the exact same username and password as you are logging on to the XP box.

If u already know this tell me to shut up, but sometimes its the simplest soloutions that we over look. If u are using xp home and are trying to connect to a domain then its just not happening cause xp home is rubbish and dosn't support connecting to a domain. Also its not something silly like you have the loner pc connected to a hub but the port its connected to is set to uplink instead of operating as a normal rj-45 port. Give me more details and i will come up with some better ideas. E-mail with full details of your systems and network config, also for the pc that wont install sw, and i might b able to help you better.

I had a problem with XP search not searching files of all types. I found the solution by reading the following article
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1207049,00.asp

I hope this helps you too.

I am a technology assistant in the local school district. In one of the classes with a XP operating system, they continually lock up the printer by not being patient enough to allow the printer to work properly. I have told the teacher that the problem is a fast computer with an ancient printer, but the students keep expecting the printer to print out projects immediately. The only way to correct the problem is delete the printer and load the drivers again. Am I correct in my assumption of the fast computer and ancient printer? Is there something else I should be looking at to correct the problem? (Getting a faster printer is out of the question, we are a very poor school district) Thank you for any advice.

The problem with Norton and MacAfee is that they will auto update, so that one minuite it will work and then it won't. Especially have had problems with Norton blocking e-mails.

Just wanted to introduce myself,I guess.I'm a new student in Network Systems Administration...not a college or anything...getting "my feet wet" through Lincoln Tech. Institute in Mt.Laurel,NJ.Figured I'd surround myself with positive influences.

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By default many APs have a default limit of ip assignments. For instance Netgear default is 5 ip assignments. All you have to do to correct this is increase the default local IP range.