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Can't click on the network id button in Windows XP, HELP!!
In the system properties, computer name tag in windows XP. The network ID button isn't enabled so I can't click on it. I have administator rights and can't find a way to enabled this button. I'm trying to setup a two xp machine peer to peer network
Tags: huclbuck21@..., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, network, networking, peer to peer, windows xp
Discussion threads 2006-12-31
Australian court rules against Kazaa
Don't be complacent !Complacency in many sites about the issues raised here have seen peer to peer activities occurring using bandwidth and assets of the employer without knowledge in some cases and to then use the corporate assets to burn the copied files to CD/DVD. This decision then could make...
Tags: AUSTRALIAN, Australian Court, Australian Court Rules, it management, Kazaa, p2p, peer to peer, piracy, riaa, SentryWatch
Discussion threads 2005-09-08
DOWNLOAD: Windows XP File Sharing Interface Switcher
Windows XP Pro's Simple File Sharing interface makes it easy to set up common file sharing arrangements, but doesn't allow you to set individual NTFS permissions for each user--a task the Classic File Sharing interface found in Windows 2000 allowed. The Windows interface lets you manually disable the Simple File...
Tags: Bill Detwiler - TechRepublic, Classic File Sharing, download, file sharing, file-sharing, FSInterface, Greg, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\forcegue, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, peer to peer, scripting, Simple File Sharing, vbscript, windows, windows xp
Discussion threads 2005-05-19

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Take precautions against peer-to-peer threats
Save your company from a multitude of legal issues and security threats by taking steps to deal with peer-to-peer file-swapping software. Learn the risks involved with allowing P2P software and see how you can defend against them.Think Napster and its file-swapping cousins are only a concern for the music industry?...
Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), John McCormick, P2P, Napster Inc., RIAA
Technical articles 2002-04-22
Understanding the differences between client/server and peer-to-peer networks
What's the difference between client/server and peer-to-peer networks? In terms of security and cost, quite a lot. Brien Posey discusses these differences and offers advice on picking a networking architecture that's right for you.If you work with computers long enough, sooner or later you’ll hear the terms “client/server” and “peer-to-peer.”...
Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Servers, NETWORKING, Brien M. Posey MCSE, P2P, network, client-server, security, server, password
Technical articles 2000-05-26
Security on a peer-to-peer network
Peer-to-peer networks are inherently insecure. In this Daily Drill Down, Brien Posey shows you several techniques you can use to enhance your network's security.When it comes to network security, peer-to-peer networks present a special challenge. That’s because peer-to-peer networks are insecure by their very nature. However, if you need to...
Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), NETWORKING, Brien M. Posey MCSE, P2P, network, Billy, database, client-server, security
Technical articles 2000-08-17
Take advantage of peer-to-peer network technology
Although peer-to-peer networking has been around for a while, it's been used mainly on smaller networks. But as contributor Dallas Releford points out, there are ways to take advantage of this configuration on larger networks, too.Peer-to-peer networking is the process of connecting several computers so that they can talk to...
Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Dallas Releford, P2P, P2P networking, network, computer
Technical articles 2001-01-02
Malicious Threats of Peer-to-Peer Networking
Peer–to-peer networking has existed since the birth of computing networks. Recently, however, peer-to-peer networks have gained momentum with searchable peer-to-peer network file databases, increased network connectivity, and content popularity.This paper will discuss the malicious threats, privacy concerns, and security risks of three common peer-to-peer network systems, which are gaining...
Tags: Network, P2P, P2P Networking, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet
White papers 2001-12-11
Leveraging Collaboration of Peer-to-Peer and Web Services
Collaborative usage of peer-to-peer and Web Services has been recently paid a lot of attention. Proposed solutions, however, are mainly focused on enhancing service discovery by replacing centralized service registries with distributed peer-to-peer architectures. This paper presents a service environment that leverages collaboration of peer-to-peer and Web Services further. The...
Tags: Web, Collaboration, P2P, Web Service, University Of Oulu, Service Environment, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet
White papers 2008-07-02
Super-powered peer to peer
Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...
Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), NETWORKING, P2P, network, file-swapping, file-trading, computer
Technical articles 2004-10-06
An introduction to peer-to-peer computing
How is peer-to-peer computing evolving and how do organizations harness its capabilities to their benefit? In this article, we'll look at the various flavors of P2P and see how two businesses are pushing the technology.By George DaffinYou're working the trading desk at a large brokerage firm when your best institutional...
Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), PRODUCTIVITY, Guest Contributor, P2P, computer, peer-to-peer computing
Technical articles 2000-12-27
Find the master browser in a peer-to-peer workgroup using regular expressions
When working on a peer-to-peer workgroup, you know the importance of the master browser. In this Daily Drill Down, Greg Shultz employs the regular expressions feature in a VBScript to help you track down that elusive master browser.As you know, when you run Windows in a peer-to-peer workgroup, one of...
Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, PRODUCTIVITY, Greg Shultz, P2P, Web browser, master browser, Microsoft Windows, Find Master Browser Utility
Technical articles 2001-10-29
Distributed Data Mining in Peer-to-Peer Networks
Distributed data mining deals with the problem of data analysis in environments with distributed data, computing nodes, and users. Peer-to-peer computing is emerging as a new distributed computing paradigm for many novel applications that involve exchange of information among a large number of peers with little centralized coordination. Peer-to-peer file...
Tags: Network, P2P, Peer-to-peer Computing, Data Mining, Peer To Peer (P2P), Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Internet, Marketing
White papers 2008-01-01
The importance of effective peer-to-peer policies
Napster. It all really started with Napster. Free music,seemingly. Download a small program, grab a broadband connection and beginsharing all the music you could want. All for free.Then reality--and the lawsuits--hit. Everyone, fromstudents to parents, was sued. Napster, forced to close, would later re-emergeas a legitimate company with an actual...
Tags: Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, Napster Inc., network, P2P
Technical articles 2006-08-21
Peer-to-peer networking for the entrepreneur, part 1
The small business owner is typically responsible for his or her own computing needs. In part one of this three-part Daily Feature series, Steve Pittsley explains how peer-to-peer networking can help flatten the learning curve.So, you have decided to take the plunge into owning your own business. Regardless of what...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, NETWORKING, Peer to peer (P2P), Steven Pittsley CNE, small business owner, network, computer, network adapter, adapter, P2P, software, P2P networking
Technical articles 2001-05-16
Application Control: Using Zone-Based Firewall to Control Instant Messaging and Peer-to-Peer Applications
Instant messaging and peer-to-peer applications are two of the most widely used applications on the Internet. Most organizations view these applications as frivolous ways to consume expensive resources, including employee time and network bandwidth. Furthermore, instant messaging and peer-to-peer networks can act as a conduit for malicious threats such as...
Tags: Firewall, IM, P2P, Cisco Systems Inc., Peer-to-peer Application, Peer To Peer (P2P), Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications
White papers 2009-06-01
Get IT Done: Create local user accounts for Windows 2K/XP peer-to-peer networking
Sharing resources on Windows 9x/Me systems is as easy as opening Network Neighborhood and double-clicking the share name, and maybe typing a password if the resource is password protected. However, the process is a bit more complicated when setting up a peer-to-peer network that includes Windows 2000 or Windows XP...
Tags: Get IT Done, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, network, networking, P2P, P2P networking, password, user account
Technical articles 2003-04-16
Peer-to-peer networking for the entrepreneur, part 3
Now that you have the basic steps to get started with peer-to-peer networking from parts one and two, Steve Pittsley completes this series with a discussion on TCP/IP configuration and a how-to on sharing files.In the first part of my series on peer-to-peer networking, I focused on giving you a...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Peer to peer (P2P), NETWORKING, Network technology, Steven Pittsley CNE, computer, TCP/IP, network, P2P networking, P2P, IP address, IP
Technical articles 2001-05-30
Windows Peer-to-Peer Networking
Peer-to-peer networking is the utilization of the relatively powerful Personal Computers PCs that exist at the edge of the Internet for more than just client-based computing tasks. Peer-to-peer networking enables or enhances Real-Time Communications RTC, collaboration, content distribution, and distributed processing. To address the need for platform-based peer-to-peer networking capabilities,...
Tags: Network, P2P, P2P Networking, Peer To Peer (P2P), Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
White papers 2004-08-05
Enabling Peer-to-Peer Web Service Architectures With JXTA-SOAP
Service Oriented Architectures SOA are nowadays the de-facto standard for IT infrastructure integration in the business and commerce domain. To better cope with fundamental issues such as scalability, flexibility and fault-tolerance, large-scale SOAs envision arbitrary pairs of peer application entities communicating and providing services directly with each other in a...
Tags: JXTA, P2P, SOA, JXTA-SOAP API, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Peer To Peer (P2P), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet
White papers 2008-04-13
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