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Acquisitions Editor: Alex Blanton Project Editor: Aileen Wrothwell Technical Editor: Curtis Philips Series Editor: Sandra Haynes Body Part No. X08-82180 www.it-ebooks.info iii Contents at a Glance Part 1 Windows XP . . . . . . . .1 Networking Chapter 1 Introduction to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Windows XP Networking Chapter 2 Configuring TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 and Other Protocols Chapter 3 Creating Network Connections . . . . . . .47 Part 2 Internet . . . . . . . . . . 79 Networking Chapter 4 Configuring Internet Connections . . . . .81 Chapter 5 Using Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Connection Firewall Chapter 6 Using Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . .137 Advanced Features Chapter 7 Using Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . .181 Advanced Features Chapter 8 Using Windows Messenger . . . . . . . .219 Chapter 9 Using Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249 Information Services Part 3 Network . . . . . . . . 281 Connectivity Chapter 10 Managing Workgroup Connections . . . 283 Chapter 11 Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Domain Connectivity Chapter 12 Solving Connectivity Problems . . . . . .345 Part 4 Network . . . . . . . . 371 Resources Chapter 13 Selecting a File System . . . . . . . . . . .373 Chapter 14 Understanding Resource . . . . . . . . . . .397 Sharing and NTFS Security Chapter 15 Making Files Available Offline . . . . .449 Part 5 Advanced . . . . . . . 471 Networking Chapter 16 Remote Desktop and . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473 Remote Assistance Chapter 17 Remote Access and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503 Virtual Private Networking Contents at a Glance www.it-ebooks.info iv Contents at a Glance Chapter 18 Interconnectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .519 with Other Systems Chapter 19 Wireless Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531 Chapter 20 Maintaining Network Security . . . . . .557 Chapter 21 Monitoring Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . 597 Network Performance Part 6 Appendix . . . . . . . 611 Appendix A Windows XP Service Pack 1 . . . . . . . .613 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .617 Index to Troubleshooting Topics . . . . . 629 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .631 www.it-ebooks.info v Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii We’d Like to Hear from You! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix Conventions and Features Used in This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi Part 1 Windows XP Networking 1 Chapter 1 Introduction to Windows XP Networking 3 Windows Networking Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What Is a Network? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Why Is a Network Necessary? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What Is Needed for a Network? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Understanding Home Networks and Workgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Understanding Domain Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Windows XP Networking Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 TCP/IP Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 NTFS File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Internet Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Remote Control and Remote Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Virtual Private Networks and Remote Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Support for Internet Information Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Wireless Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Universal Plug and Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Chapter 2 Configuring TCP/IP and Other Protocols 15 OSI Reference Model Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Using Layers in the OSI Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Seven Layers of the OSI Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Understanding TCP/IP in Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Application Layer Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Transport Layer Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Network Layer Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Internet Protocol Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Classifying IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Applying the Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using Default Gateways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Understanding Public and Private IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 www.it-ebooks.info vi Table of Contents Configuring IP Settings in Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Configuring Advanced TCP/IP Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Understanding Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using IPv6 with Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Other Networking Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 AppleTalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Chapter 3 Creating Network Connections 47 Understanding Network Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Installing a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Connecting with Hubs and Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Wiring the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Adding Routers and Residential Gateways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Choosing a Network Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Direct Cable Connection (DCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Ethernet Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 HomePNA Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Powerline Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Wireless Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Other Types of LANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Installing NICs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Managing Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Checking the Status of the Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Understanding Connection Protocols and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Network Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Bindings and Provider Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Bridging Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Part 2 Internet Networking 79 Chapter 4 Configuring Internet Connections 81 Internet Connections 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 The Role of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 What an ISP Provides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Types of Internet Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Dial-up Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Satellite Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 www.it-ebooks.info vii Table of Contents Corporate Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Fixed Wireless Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Configuring Modems and Broadband Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Modem Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Diagnostics Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Advanced Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Driver Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Resources Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Creating New Internet Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Managing Dial-up Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Connection Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Configuring Dialing Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Managing Broadband Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Chapter 5 Using Internet Connection Firewall 117 Introducing Firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 What Is a Firewall? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Understanding Internet Connection Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 How ICF Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 How to Use ICF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 When You Should Use ICF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 When You Should Not Use ICF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 What ICF Does Not Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Activating and Configuring ICF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Enabling ICF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Using the ICF Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Enabling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Allowing ICMP Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Using ICF with E-mail Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Testing ICF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Chapter 6 Using Internet Explorer Advanced Features 137 Managing Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Dial-up and Virtual Private Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Local Area Network (LAN) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Setting Internet Explorer Security Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Security Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Understanding Privacy and Content Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Privacy Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Content Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 www.it-ebooks.info viii Table of Contents Setting Additional Internet Explorer Features and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Choosing a Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Customizing the Appearance of Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Managing AutoComplete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Setting Default Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Choosing Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Customizing the Internet Explorer Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Configuring the Internet Explorer Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Managing Internet Explorer History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Managing Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Customizing Search Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Importing and Exporting Favorites and Cookies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Choosing Language Encoding Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Using Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Managing Internet Explorer with Local Group Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Understanding Local Group Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Using Local Group Policy to Invoke Internet Explorer Settings . . . . 176 Chapter 7 Using Outlook Express Advanced Features 181 Managing Connectivity and Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Configuring Connectivity and Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Using Multiple Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Using Identities in Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Configuring Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Read Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Receipts Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Send Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Compose Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Signatures Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Security Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Connection Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Maintenance Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Managing E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Sending Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Using Mail Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Managing Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Managing Received Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Creating Message Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Managing Spam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Importing and Exporting Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Finding Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Managing the Appearance of Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 www.it-ebooks.info ix Table of Contents Using the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Using Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Chapter 8 Using Windows Messenger 219 Setting Up and Connecting with Windows Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Creating a .NET Passport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Connecting Through a Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Windows Messenger and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Using Windows Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Managing Sign-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Creating Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Using Instant Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Using File Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Making Voice Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Using Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Whiteboard and Application Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Requesting Remote Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Mobile Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Online Security and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Chapter 9 Using Internet Information Services 249 Running IIS on Windows XP Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Getting to Know IIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 History of IIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Features Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Preview of IIS Version 6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Installing IIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Configuring IIS Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Configuring Global Web Site Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Configuring Individual (Default) Web Site Properties . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Configuring FTP Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Configuring SMTP Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Part 3 Network Connectivity 281 Chapter 10 Managing Workgroup Connections 283 Planning a Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Choosing a Network Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Gathering the Network Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 www.it-ebooks.info [...]... “Understanding Domain Connectivity.” 8 1: Windows XP Networking Chapter 1: Introduction to Windows XP Networking Windows XP Networking Features Chapter 1 Windows XP contains the networking software features that you need for most any network you might want to join However, there are important differences in the networking capabilities of Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional Windows XP Home... another Windows computer (including Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows Me, or Windows 95/98) and a dial-up or broadband connection to your LAN to access the Windows XP Professional computer You can then see the remote desktop and run applications or open files, just as if you were sitting at the remote computer note Remote Desktop is not provided in Windows XP Home Edition You can use Windows XP. .. Windows XP Home Edition to access and control a Windows XP Professional computer, but a Windows XP Professional computer cannot access and control a Windows XP Home Edition computer using Remote Desktop 11 1: Windows XP Networking Part 1: Windows XP Networking Chapter 1 Remote Desktop has a number of potential applications including collaboration and console sharing, and perhaps most importantly, you... technology or a feature xxii Windows XP Networking Part 1 1 2 3 Introduction to Windows XP Networking 3 Configuring TCP/IP and Other Protocols 15 Creating Network Connections 47 1 This page intentionally left blank 1: Windows XP Networking Windows Networking Concepts 3 Windows XP Networking Features 9 Introduction to Windows XP Networking Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Networks have been around since the early days... of sorts The user can share files and other data, and manage security based on his or her needs G Security is localized Because there is no server, logon security is imple- mented on a computer-by-computer basis The good news is that Windows XP provides local logon security, which makes Windows XP a better choice for workgroups than Microsoft Windows 9x or Microsoft Windows Me (Millennium Edition) G... importance of networking to share information and manage a computing environment—was evident even when computers used vacuum tubes and filled an entire room The computing world has changed drastically since then, and it continues to rapidly change and evolve as networking and computing technology continues to grow Microsoft designed Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition with networking in... invitation, and you can connect to his computer using your Windows XP computer With the proper permission in place, you can remotely configure his computer to fix problems To learn more about Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance, see Chapter 16, “Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance.” 12 1: Windows XP Networking Chapter 1: Introduction to Windows XP Networking Virtual Private Networks and Remote Networking. .. industry-standard systems for automatically managing client configurations greatly reduce these management burdens, as do the features for configuring and monitoring TCP/IP built into Windows XP 9 1: Windows XP Networking Part 1: Windows XP Networking The TCP/IP protocol suite itself, along with the tools provided by Windows XP to best take advantage of it, are covered in Chapter 2, “Configuring TCP/IP and. .. Outlook Express 6, and Windows Messenger, see Part 2, Internet Networking You can also learn more about configuring ICS in Chapter 10, “Managing Workgroup Connections.” newfeature! Remote Control and Remote Troubleshooting Windows XP provides some new remote networking features that can make life easier, depending on what you need to do Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance provide access to other Windows. .. are experienced with Windows networks, this chapter serves as a review as well as a guide to Windows XP Windows Networking Concepts Like any complicated process, getting your feet on solid ground from the start is always important Networking does not have to be terribly complicated, but depending on your needs, it certainly can be This book explores the procedures 3 1: Windows XP Networking Part 1: Windows . xix Conventions and Features Used in This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi Part 1 Windows XP Networking 1 Chapter 1 Introduction to Windows XP Networking 3 Windows Networking. Win32, Windows, Windows Media, Windows NT, and Xbox are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/ or other countries. Other product and company. or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Simmons, Curt, 1968- Microsoft Windows XP Networking Inside Out / Curt Simmons. p.