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Trouble connecting computers
Name: Jasu Date: April 18, 2006 at 10:53:57 Pacific OS: Win XP SP2 CPU/Ram: P4 3.2/1 Gb Product: Dell/XPS Gen 3
Comment:
I have been trying to connect my computer and my sisters of a network and I have been unable. My sister is also using Win XP. I tried to get her to join my workgroup using network setup wizard, but she gets an error. I think it is because she is using the Black Ice firewall. She gave me a port number type TCP and said I would be able to connect with it. I tried using New Connection wizard and advanced setup to connect, but I got this error "Routing and Remote access service was unable to start". How do I fix this? If I need to be doing something else tell me. Any help would be appretiated.
Name: don2006 Date: April 18, 2006 at 15:08:29 Pacific
Reply:
If it's XP Home, it's a pain in the ass. It will see shares but not much more than that. Disable Black Ice for the moment. You didn't mention a router, switch or IP addresses. I suspect that's part of the problem.
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Response Number 2
Name: Jasu Date: April 18, 2006 at 15:16:05 Pacific
Reply:
We both have XP professional. I am connected to a router, would I need to open a port to alow it to work?
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