Advice please on setting up a home network

[Friar]

Hi chaps,

I need some pointers on setting up a home network in order to move some files across from my old pc to a "new" one (well, its one that came with me when i left work but has the potential for greater expansion than the dell i currently use.)

I now have 2 pcs both running xp pro sp2.

I have a netgear router DG834G

obviously both machines have nic cards and can both connect to the net through the router.

i have tried running the network wizard but am obviously doing something wrong.

Any pointers / hand holding would be very welcome.

Salute

Friar

[Friar]

ok, i now have a more serious problem.

after trying to run the network setup wizard again, i now have the problem that my original pc boots up ok, i can log into my account ok, i can click on desktop icons ok but if i move the mouse to the start button, i get the egg timer.

when i try and shut down explorer.exe says it is not responding.

i can run normal in safe mode with networking enabled (as i am now to post this)

if i leave the new pc plugged into the router i get a black screen after logging in to my account. with the new pc not plugged in it loads up ok (still with the egg timer when hovering over the task bar)

i have disabled file and printer sharing in the properties section of the lan connection to see if that helped but it didnt.

can i copy explorer.exe from my other pc if this version is corrupted?

any other advice?

[Snacko]

You might be able to copy the explorer.exe over, but probably only if you boot to DOS mode since Windows will be using it and probably have the file locked so you cannot overwrite it.

I am no network expert.

[gec]

first of network setup wiz is hardly capable of doing so much damage to the pc. u should 4 error elsewhere.

when u fix this her's a small tut on how to make a network:

since u have a router i would believe that it is configured to deliver adresses to the nics on the PC-s. so basicly before u have done a net wiz everithing was probably working fine all ready. since this is not a case do this. go to control panel, swithc to classic view (if u didn't all ready do that, go to network connections. right click on local area connection -> properties, highlight Internet protocol (TCP/IP) and click properties. Obtain an IP address and DNS servers automatically should be selected. click OK, click OK, close network connections.

come to TS NOW and i'll help U

gec

[Friar]

Ok issue solved.

After checking the event log (thanks to the pointer chaps on ts) it said that the "Server service had hung".

did a bit of googling and it turns out that the problem was being caused by my Lexmark print spooler needing to have a dependancy on the service.

so as a test i stoped the server service and disabled it and the machine booted up just like it had always done.

i have a registry fix that will create the dependancy for when (and if) i try setting up the network again.

many thanks once again for the input chaps.

Salute

Friar

[gec]

glad 2 c prob fixed

gec