Re: Network in Vista



roalf wrote:

I was trying to fix a wireless problem in my kids Vista run laptop. I
was in the Networks box when another PC showed up on my network. I
clicked on it and it asked for user name and password and I could not
access it. The name on it was HCooper-XP and its workgroup was
tkccommunications. I pulled the plug on the modem and it went away,
of course, along with my kids name he assigned to his computer. I
plugged the modem back in and about 10 min later it popped back up. Is
someone accessing his computer. My XP machine was plugged into the
same modem and I couldn't see a thing in the Networks window just my
connection.

Why should I secure my wireless network?
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/75bbf83e-a80b-4dd4-966d-6da33924992c1033.mspx

What are the different wireless network security methods?
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/b385cc8a-af25-489e-a82e-decf6df26b681033.mspx

Set up a security key for a wireless network
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/044ee3ed-ab72-48c7-9515-95d56f925fcb1033.mspx

Making your network more secure
(scroll down to "Wireless network security recommendations")
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/bf6372bb-c95c-4b39-aa50-de7e5bf034681033.mspx

How to secure a wireless network
http://blogs.technet.com/steve_lamb/archive/2007/08/17/how-to-secure-a-wireless-network-part-1-enabling-wpa-on-a-wireless-router.aspx



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Guy Macon
<http://www.GuyMacon.com/>

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