Problem with internet sharing

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Richard

I have run into a very strange problem that I cannot seem
to fix. I have a desktop and a laptop at home. These
two are connected by means of a crossover cat5 cable.
When I went to setup my home network for the two
computers the desktop running xp home said there was an
error setting up the network so I should input
information manually. I did that. My laptop runs XP
Pro. With the manual inputs I can see the hard drives,
ping, transfer files and share printers and all of that
but I cannot share my broadband internet (the main
connection is on the desktop). I have an internal dsl
modem that cannot be changed out with out paying a ton of
money. When I go into network connections and try to
force my desktop to share the internet connection (ICS)
it tells me "Error 2 File not found" and that is it.
ANy thoughts or suggestions are much appreciated.
 
Hello Richard
Perhaps you could rerun your network setup (?)
Uninstall any 3rd party firewall programs.
Just a thought

yellowpike
 
Thanks for the idea but I get the error message everytime
I run network setup and I dont have any 3rd party
firewalls. Any thoughts on how to reinstall (?)
 
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