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When I am adding the printer on our network to new PC's the "Add Printer Wizard" doesn't complete until I go into task manager and end the HPNRA.exe process. I know this process tells the machine that a new printer has been added/deleted but it doesn't seem to go away until I kill this process...

You will need your provider to create, on there side, a pointer record for the IP address of your mail server. We had this exact same problem about two years ago and it fixed our issue not being able to email people with yahoo.com addresses

Did you remove the account from the DC then try and re-add the laptop?

Linksys claims that their Higher Gain antenna's work. I have used them twice. Once with good result and once where the factory antenna's worked better. Have you tried getting close enough to connect to the router and then moving to the other room? It would be probable to suggest that if you...

You might try downloading an Active Directory Checker. I use NETIQ ADcheck. It has been able to clue me in on some AD issues my network was having. This will at least let you narrow it down a little.

Try using a program like roxio or anything like that to burn the CD i would start with a fresh format of the disk. then going on from there.

If nothing else. restart the machine and uninstall the sound card from device manager and then let it find the device during the next restart

I would first start by disabling any firewall you have in place. Windows XP inherently blocks file and print sharing so under the security center assure that it is enabled. then create an account on both machines with the same username and password exactly.

Make sure that you are not getting too many timeouts. to check do a constant ping with a packet size of at least 1000 bytes. If it is timing out fairly often you might have some interference. these timeouts will severely hinder smtp.

If you are using DHCP on your network, and security is not an issue, you can just plug in a standard Linksys AP and away you go with the adapter connecting to the ssid of linksys. the switch and access point will communicate flawlessly

In looking at fixing the problem I would start with your HDD's. if the processor isn't being hammered they might be on the verge of locking up (ceasing 'sp').

Did you load the drivers (press f6) when you booted from the windows 2003 server disk. It will need this driver information before the installation can procede. I am assuming this is the boot disk. if not then I am way off base.

You might actually get away with using your router / default gateway as the DNS. It will then transfer outside dns requests and also still be able to resolve internally

Uninstall terminal services would be my first step if you don't want to use it as a terminal server. at which point I believe you can have up to two contiguous sessions going at the same time.

Is the ISP using PPOE or DHCP? If it is using PPOE you will need to enter the information into it.