No connection I have 2 desktops (vista) 1 laptop-xp--just moved. everything worked fine in old house. Now Im having problem. If I plug laptop directly into modem its fine. But when I use router for all 3 it will work for 5 minutes then stop. It usually says no connectivity or something about an ip address. I went and bought a new linkys thinking it is the router, but it didnt help. Comcast wants to charge me to come to my house. any ideas?

have you installed all drivers of your laptop with xp compatible? better download it from lenovo site the drivers for windows xp.

On your old desktop, go to Control Panel > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings make sure no check on boxes there. Click OK and Apply. Click on General tab, click on Delete File (delete all offline content), Clear History and Delete Cookies. Click Apply and OK.

On my Vista desktop it worked directly, but I had the same error message on my Vista laptop when the scanner was connected through an USB hub. Perhaps the power is not sufficient?
Then i plugged the connector directly into the laptop usb port 2.0, and the driver was automatically installed and works fine!

By default in Vista Remote Desktop is disabled.
Steps to enable Remote desktop:

1. Press Window Key + Break Key and it will display the system properties.
2. On the system properties click on the remote tab and on the Remote Desktop Options tick Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop.
3. Click Apply and OK

I have a network running both an XP computer & a Vista computer. What I had to do after connecting them both to the router was make an internet connection with 1 computer, turn on the printer so everything the network was going to share was powered on; then run the network wizard on both computers. Once I did this the computer that the printer is not physically connected to installed the printer driver. Once this entire process was completed we had internet on both computers as well as both computers being able to send jobs to the same printer. Has worked great for over a year. Hope this helps you out.

Hello
you can do it in many ways but I think this is the simplest.
copy addressbook
1. go to file>export>windows contacts
2. and save it to same backup folder on your desktop

copy msg
1. create a folder on your vista desktop(backupmail)
2. start vista mail
3. drag your messages that you want to the XP computer to the desktop backup mail folder you most drag emails you cannot drag and drop folders.
4. when you are done move the folder on a USB stick or something and move it to your desktop on your xp computer.

copy addressbook
1. go to file>export>windows contacts choose CSV
2. and save it to same backup folder on your desktop

copy your mail account.
1. go to tools>accounts>export
2. save the file in you backup folder on your desktop

then copy the backup folder on your desktop to a usb stick or something to transfer it to your xp computer


your xp computer.
import msg
1. paste the backup folder to your desktop
2. open outlook express and drag and drop the msg from the backup folder on your desktop

import contacts

1. click file import "other addressbook" and choose "text file" navigate to the desktop backup folder and you should find a file to import click OK.

import account settings

1.go to options> accounts
2. then mail tab and click import button
3. navigate to the backup folder on your desktop and choose the iaf file to import

then you are done

good luck hope I helped, get back to me if you need more help.

Your problem has nothing to do with the Operating System (Vista), it has something to do with the brand of your computer. I have similar problem before, I have Vista (Dell), but the time I connected another Vista (Sony Vaio), everything worked correctly.

This is what you need to do:

1. You have to make sure that you are using a standard USB keyboard and mouse.

2. Connect first the keyboard and mouse directly to the Vista computer to see if the USB ports of your computer are working properly.

3. You may power cycle the KVM switch by disconnecting it from the computers (including the keyboard and mouse) and leave it disconnected for 2 minutes.

4. Reconnect everything after two minutes and then reboot the computers.

5. Try using different USB keyboard if problem exist after power cycling the KVM switch.

Problem solved. I disabled the security on my network. I connected the new laptop to the unsecure network. I saved the settings on the laptop for the unsecure network. I rebooted the laptop. I re-enabled security on the router. I tried to connect to the network. I got an error on the laptop saying the network saved settings did not match. I modified the settings to a secure network on the laptop and saved the 128 bit key. Rebooted everything. All works fine now.

So if your other 2 laptops (WinVista) is working then that means that the wireless on your Dlink is working fine. Its possible that its a problem with the settings on the winxp laptop. does your winxp laptop have a builtin wireless adpater? What does it say on your winxp laptop is you will try to view the available wireless network?

Try manually add the network. If the problems continue, I would turn the laptop in for repair/replacement (if it under warranty).