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lava
May 2nd, 2003, 12:27 PM
****, I hate XP... everything's dumbed down... with Wizards and all that crap... I like doing things manually... argh

Anyways... how can I change the name of my computer and the description on the network? The only way that I know how to is by going through that Set up Network wizard... I don't want to use it because last time I did it got rid of my IP info...
prstudio
May 2nd, 2003, 01:59 PM
control panel-->system-->computer name
grimdeath
May 2nd, 2003, 06:51 PM
rotflmao dude just right click on my computer and choose computer name and change it

its that simple you just gotta look around the OS its very customizable if you know what your doing ;)
c!rYx
May 2nd, 2003, 07:04 PM
It seems easy to XP Users, but it is hard to find, when u used 98 before...
grimdeath
May 2nd, 2003, 07:15 PM
well its not really hard c!ryx you can even change winxp to look and feel like a win98 or 2000 machine, so its just really you have to be a bit curious and just experiment with it, and theres a bunch of websites that show you how to tweak and edit you winxp machine so just do a search on google for winxp tweaks you will find so much info you will be reading for days :beam:
prstudio
May 2nd, 2003, 09:18 PM
ive been using windows since windows 3.1
gpedit.msc baby...there ain't nothing you can't customize
lava
May 2nd, 2003, 11:10 PM
man, it's all about "classic view"

it's so freaking hard to get around if you don't know about that... it was the first time that I was seting up XP... and it just annoyed me to no end.


thanks for your help
Raf
grimdeath
May 3rd, 2003, 12:08 AM
aint that what were all here for buddy?? ;)
RelandR
May 3rd, 2003, 12:46 PM
www.techTV.com has a sh|tLoad of tricks on customizing XP
Soul
May 3rd, 2003, 01:31 PM
I'm having trouble with netowrking our two XP computers at the moment :( They won't see each other

- Soul :s:
grimdeath
May 3rd, 2003, 01:44 PM
what type of connection are you using?? a crossover cable hub what exactly is the problem??
Soul
May 3rd, 2003, 03:20 PM
Yeah that, the computers aren't seeing each other! :( They did for a short while, then just stopped!

- Soul :s:
Kitiara
May 3rd, 2003, 05:01 PM
Try pointing the monitors towards each other so they're facing, that might help. :)
Soul
May 3rd, 2003, 05:02 PM
Not helpful Kit :P


They're in different rooms!

- Soul :s:
Kitiara
May 3rd, 2003, 05:04 PM
It was worth a shot. :sure:

I have a similar problem - got two XP machines networked. This one I'm on can read the other one, but the other one won't find this machine. No apparent reason.
AnOraK
May 4th, 2003, 10:03 AM
the windows "x" p files?