The date may be significant, since that is the approximate date many cable
operators enabled DRM, and set non broadcast digital channels to 5c and copy
once or copy none. Without a cable card, the firewire ports may be disabled,
send encripted data, or disable after a few minutes. Some reports seem to
point to WMP 10 as part of the problem as well.

Your exact problem seems to be that the firewire ports are not configured
for network use.
I had the opposite problem in that they were enabled by default, and I use
an ethernet port for LAN connections.

You will likely first need to check My Network properties to see if the 1394
port is disabled, and likely re enable it.
The 1394 properties should allow you to setup TCP/IP, etc.
"Miika Asunta" <miika.asunta@saunavahti.fi.nospam> wrote in message
news:dmlbda$ba1$1@phys-news4.kolumbus.fi...
>
> I have two computers equipped with Win XP / SP2
> - desktop computer (XP Professional)
> - laptop (XP Home)
>
> I have used 1394 connection succesfully and reliably for almost two years
> between these computers to transfer on-location recordings and photos from
> laptop to desktop computer... just plug the cable and the network is
> working.
>
> However, after running Windows Update after October 12 last month (thats
the
> last date, when the connection has worked) , the 1394 connection no longer
> works on either machine.
>
> I havent't changed any settings...
>
> Control panel->Network Connection-> 1394 conncection:
> Connection status for 1394 connection on both computers show:
> - no Address type
> - no IP address
> - no Subnet mask
> - no default gateway
>
> Details window shows no details
>
> And "Repair"-button gives an error message (same thing in both machines)
> "Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following
action
> cannot be completed: TCP/IP is not enabled for this connection. Cannot
> proceed"
>
> ipconfig does not list 1394 connection at all (it used to work as well).
>
> TCP/IP settings for desktop computer:
> - IP Address 192.168.0.1
> - Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
> - Default gateway 192.168.0.1
> - Internet connection sharing enabled
>
> TCP/IP settings for laptop
> - IP Address 192.168.0.2
> - Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
> - Default gateway 192.168.0.1
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Already tried "netsh winsock reset catalog" on both machines, but with no
> change.
>
> For me this looks like a buggy update, but I don't have any means to
> determine which update has caused the problem.
>
> Best regards
>
> Miika
>
>