Mel

Have you checked your firewall settings ? If settings are not right, firewalls will block other computers from connecting.

XP networks will generally find all computers connected to the router or hub but since you are using a domain your machines are not members of that workgroup so they cannot be accessed. Although a workigroup will locate other boxes connected by hub or router it can only accesss the ones that belong to the same workgroup and have shared folders.

I had the same problem with VISTA and a lynksis hub. Finally gave up and set up an old XP box with USB connection to cable modem as server.Internet works fine now. Only have 3 boxes networked but can go online with all 3 at same time.Don't know about your system but I don't notice any difference in speed.

I have a new Presario SR2173WM running VISTA. This computer is networked with my HP W2040 with XP and my daughters Presario running VISTA. Each computer has a shared folder named dwnlds for downloads and file transfer. The problem ; I can got to either of the other two computers on the network and upload files to the SR2173WM but when I am logged on to the SR2173WM (even as administrater) and try to download files I just get a requester saying I don't have permission to perform this action. I have tried every combination of permissions on all 3 boxes I can think of but the problem persists.Also,the read only attribute is checked on theSR2173WM and when I clear it the OS rechecks it. It doesn't seem right to me that anyone on another computer has more control of this box than administrator. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Thank you

It's hardwire ,used in eMachines. Go to http:\www.driverguide.com , join it (it's free ) Search the database. They have the linux driver. Driverguide.com has a lot of linux hardware drivers.

Thanks,Bill I've been burning at 4x with this drive for about 18 months.It is a different brand disks,though.My daughter bought them for my birthday.That may well be all it is. I've known for some time that some cd's are not compatible with 1x but never had a problem with 4x before.

I'm using SUSE 10.0. I've recently started using k3b to burn ISO files. I prefer burning at 4x but k3b bumps it up to 8x. Is there any way to stop that? I like watching news videos on the web. When trying to play web videos with linux FireFox,I get a message saying I need to install directX but I can't find a working relationship between directX and linux firefox. Any suggestions will be appreciated. (I've lived longer and heard more than I care to admit so any attempt to offend me will be in vain.)

Whoops FOrgot to mention PC speaker in KMix is probably turned all the way down in SUSE 10.0. Push it up or you won't hear anything.

SUSE sets up REALTEK sound rather well BUT the default settings suspends sound 5 seconds after startup.

This works for me on all SUSE distros I've tried including 10.0. Go to Control Center/Sound and multimedia unselect "Autosuspend if idle for [5 sec.] (Default is 5 seconds which means sound is turned off 5 seconds after startup.) Click "apply" Go back to Control Center and select "System Notifications". Check "Apply to all Applications" Click "Turn on all [sounds] Click apply From main menu select "volume control" push sliders for master,Master Mono and PCM all the way up. click "Apply" Restart computer and use the speaker icon to adjust volume>

OK After I posted my last reply ,a friend told me that text isn't on the SLES DL page anymore. I subscribed to the 30 day free trial so I could DL the disks. On reading the license I found it is an open source license.The time limit is on the free upgrades and support. I'm not an attorny but the license states you may use as many copies as you like on as many machines as you want but support and updates are limited to 30 days unless you purchase a subscription.

This is a qoute from the download page for the SLE9 free trial. "NOTE: The only limitation of this evaluation software is the duration you will have free access to updates and patches. Should you choose to license Novell Open Enterprise Server you will be provided with a new activation code." I assume that means you can keep using it but you won't get free updates and patches after the trial period.

Go here; http://www.novell.com/products/linuxenterpriseserver/ to download 30 day free trial.

You're right , Danleff. Justbill mentioned the mad dog and a hard drive and I got them confused. Must be getting senile in my old age.

How big is the MadDog ? Try formating a primary at about 30 gb then format the rest as extended and divide the extended partition into logical drives less than 38gb.That pavilion can't handle anything larger than 38 gigs.Most of the low end 40gig HDs have a jumper to restrict them to 38gb so those old HPs can read them.