How do you uninstall a network?

Hi,
I have a d-link router installed for sharing internet between tower and
laptop. Some friends came over and said I should have a real network and
they proceeded to set one up. They did something on the tower, and
something on the laptop. Of course, it didn't work.
Now, under my network places, entire network, Microsoft windows networks, it
shows two networks (I'm working on the laptop now), one says mshome and the
other says Workgroup. If I click on the one that says Mshome, the system
hangs. When I click on Workgroup, a drop down menu comes up with my laptop
c drive on it, shard docs, printers and faxes, and scheduled tasks.

I want to start over with the local network thing, but don't want to tangle
up things any worse then they are now. I'm new to all this. I figure the
best bet would be to uninstall whatever has been done on the tower and the
laptop and then start over using the wizards.

Which one should the network be created on? Should you set it up on the
towered first, and then the laptop, or vice versa, or doesn't it matter?

How do I erase the networking stuff that's been done without loosing my
internet sharing which is working perfectly, finally, via wifi or cat 5?

TIA

Aart

Hello Aart
First open the Properties of My Network Places, delete or disable all
connections except your internet connection, (both computers). Right click
your IC go to Properties the Local Area Connection Properties will open,
install Client for MS Network, File & Print Sharing, Internet
Protocol(TCP/IP), click the Advanced Tab turn off the Firewall,(the router
will provide the firewall)
click OK. Now back on your Network Connections click on the left of the
page, Setup a Small Home Network, the wizard will open then just follow the
instructions, when you get to the point to Create a Floppy then do so, then
you just run it on the other computer,(insert the floppy in the other puter
open My Computer double click A drive then double click the link that
appears. Be sure to name your Workgroup (not domain) the same and give each
computer a different name.

It will be better to have the Desktop as the host computer then you can hook
a printer to it and be mobile with your laptop.

To hook up Printer sharing just install the printer on the host computer go
to Printer and Faxes right click you printer the go to Sharing then set it
to Share then name it, OK.
Go to the other computer open Printer & Faxes on the left of the page click
add a printer then follow the instructions.

I have probably for got something if you get this far you can check here for
help.

or here
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...g/xp/addxp.htm

Be sure to visit MS Windows Update site and download the updates, this is
for your security and safety.
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
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Hope This Helps
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Not a MVP
Not nothing, just a good ole boy.

In article , "~Aart"
wrote:
Hi,
I have a d-link router installed for sharing internet between tower and
laptop. Some friends came over and said I should have a real network and
they proceeded to set one up. They did something on the tower, and
something on the laptop. Of course, it didn't work.
Now, under my network places, entire network, Microsoft windows networks, it
shows two networks (I'm working on the laptop now), one says mshome and the
other says Workgroup. If I click on the one that says Mshome, the system
hangs. When I click on Workgroup, a drop down menu comes up with my laptop
c drive on it, shard docs, printers and faxes, and scheduled tasks.

I want to start over with the local network thing, but don't want to tangle
up things any worse then they are now. I'm new to all this. I figure the
best bet would be to uninstall whatever has been done on the tower and the
laptop and then start over using the wizards.

Which one should the network be created on? Should you set it up on the
towered first, and then the laptop, or vice versa, or doesn't it matter?

How do I erase the networking stuff that's been done without loosing my
internet sharing which is working perfectly, finally, via wifi or cat 5?

TIA

Aart

I don't know what your friends meant when they said that you "should
have a real network", Aart, and it's hard to say what they did wrong.
I'd say that you had a real network before they came, and that they
broke it. :-)

The names that you see under "Microsoft Windows Networks" are
workgroup names. Your computer belongs to the workgroup named
"mshome". At some time in the past, it was connected to another
computer that belonged to the workgroup named "workgroup". If there
are no computers in that workgroup now, it will automatically go away
after a while.

Run XP's Network Setup Wizard on both computers. Tell it that they
connect to the Internet through a residential gateway (router), and
tell it to use the workgroup name "mshome". The Wizard will make all
the right settings:

XP ICS - Starting the Network Setup Wizard
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...rksetupwiz.htm
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Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
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I don't know what your friends meant when they said that you "should
have a real network", Aart, and it's hard to say what they did wrong.
I'd say that you had a real network before they came, and that they
broke it. :-)

The names that you see under "Microsoft Windows Networks" are
workgroup names. Your computer belongs to the workgroup named
"mshome". At some time in the past, it was connected to another
computer that belonged to the workgroup named "workgroup". If there
are no computers in that workgroup now, it will automatically go away
after a while.

Run XP's Network Setup Wizard on both computers. Tell it that they
connect to the Internet through a residential gateway (router), and
tell it to use the workgroup name "mshome". The Wizard will make all
the right settings:

Sounds to me like that's what his friends did - perhaps file/print sharing
wasn't enabled before. The old WORKGROUP name is just a vestige? However,
you're right in that re-running this, on all computers, can't hurt.

XP ICS - Starting the Network Setup Wizard
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...rksetupwiz.htm

Hi,

Thanks for all the replys! What they meant about a "real network" was
having the 2 boxes be able to see each other so I could access files on one
from the other and remotely print from the laptop.

The way it is now, is that they don't see each other when I use the file
manager, but they both work on email and the internet, and they work
independent of each other. Like right now, the tower is off, but I am on
the internet anyway with the laptop's wifi card via the cable modem, wifi
router, access point, gateway. Am I doing Windows internet sharing, or is
this configuration considered something else?

I'm still a little confused about terminology. I read the info about the
wizards in the link provided by Steve and Lanwench. That was all about
internet sharing. Is internet sharing and networking the same thing?

I found 2 listings under Lan or High Speed Internet in the network
connections screen:
Local Area Connection 3, and Wireless Network Connection. Poking around in
the screens, they had 4 things listed in properties:
client for microsoft networks,
file and print sharing for microsoft networks,
QoS packet scheduler, and
Internt protocol TCP/IP. Each has a box, and all of the boxes were checked
in both connections.
Are these the connections Haus told me to remove? Also, the firewall is
unchecked in both.

Under Wizards, two are listed. One for new connections, and one for network
setup.

Is it OK to just run Network setup again, or should I remove things first?
I'm gonna run it first on the tower as suggested.
Oh yeah, here's the other thing I'm VERY worried about. I don't want to
loose what I have now. It took me 14 months to get this wireless thing
working! I'd work on it for a couple of hours, get frustrated, and then put
it away for months at a time. Can running the wizard bork what I have now?

Thanks agian for your help

Aart