Re: Networking with XP pro
From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 11/09/04
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Date: 9 Nov 2004 16:56:19 -0600
On 9 Nov 2004 13:31:07 -0800, *email_address_deleted* (Paul) wrote:
>You seem a good and friendly expert on this area. I am trying to
>follow your advice in a similar problem: two XP pro's linked directly
>together. One of the 2 PC's can ping the other but not the other way
>around. When I switch the one that can see the other to safe mode,
>entworking is fine. I ran PSLIST and looked at the differences but
>couldn't find any obvious things. Then I tried to shut down all the
>processes that were present on a normal login but not on a safe mode
>login. At some stage, the computer shut down because I was closing
>down too many processes.
<SNIP>
>Could you advise on what could cause the difference? I am trying to
>figure it out for good after several trials that obviously weren't
>successful. I always though it was my other machine causing the
>problem because that is connected to internet and thus uses firewalls.
>Hope you can help me.
>
>thanX
>
>Paul
Paul,
I'm happy to help, in many cases both you and I might learn from the experience.
But a couple notes to start.
1) Using PSList is generally more useful when all other analyses of a problem
have been tried, and no result reached.
2) When you post output from ipconfig and pslist, copied from Notepad, please
turn off Word Wrap (Format - Word Wrap) before selecting and copying the text.
This is particularly important for a detailed list like PSList. Please look at
the difference between the OPs posts and yours.
3) When you ask for help, its best if you start a new thread. Write an article
of your own, with a descriptive Subject, describing your problem, and starting
from the beginning. It's a lot easier for the many helpers here to see YOUR
problem if you start a thread, rather than asking for help in the thread where
someone else is being helped. And it's a lot easier to find any subsequent
replies, if they're in a unique thread, under YOUR name.
Anyway, from comparing the two process lists, I don't see anything recognisable.
What you might want to do, though, in addition to starting a new thread with
initial details of your problem, is to get Process Explorer (also free) (also
from SysInternals) at
<http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml>. PE will tell you
lots more about any processes which might be interesting.
And, as you've learned, researching a problem, by randomly shutting down
processes, is not a good idea. Here are a couple references where you might
look up processes (applications and services), before shutting them down:
Applications: <http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php>
Applications: <http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/>
Services: <http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm>
BTW, Paul, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Posting your email address openly will get you more unwanted
email, than wanted email. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep
yourself a bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest
of the internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
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