Hi, I have many windows 98 machines in my environment and I need sharing a lot of folders from my File Server. I read in KB 160843 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160843) that Windows 98 does not work with long file share names. How Can I workaround that ? Do I...

I know how to set the speed of the nic on win2k but i do not see how to do it on win98. can someone tell me how

I know how to set the speed of the nic on win2k but i do not see how to do it on win98. can someone tell me how

Follow up to earlier item. My file sharing works perfectly, but none of the printers (2 x HP and a QMS) show on the XP. My router (ADSL Vigor 2600) support people confirm that this is correct and I quote: ".....Our meaning is that Win98 can install network printer but it can't share this network...

windows ME net card loads OK but hangs on client or protocal when added in network properties it has them to select but won't load them. help

Hello all, I need to map a drive from several 98 workstations that are part of a domain environment to a share on a 2k server that is in a workgroup. I have not found a way to map the drive using a different username. Windows 98 assumes the username that is currently logged on when attempting to...

I am using an old Windows 98 PC as a printer server for my home LAN. Cold boots and restarts require me to enter my Microsoft Networking Logon Password. Is there any way to disable (or bypass) this feature such that when the PC starts or restarts no manual input is needed before the desktop comes...

Hello all, I need to map a drive from several 98 workstations that are part of a domain environment to a share on a 2k server that is in a workgroup. I have not found a way to map the drive using a different username. Windows 98 assumes the username that is currently logged on when attempting to...

Hello there.... I want to make my computer name at the "control panel - network - identification" be invisible, so other computers at my LAN can't see my computer name. They will be see as 'unknown' if they try to scan my LAN (as if I'm offline). I mean they will not know if I'm online. Could you...

I have 2 pentium II computers, one with windows 98 other with millenium. I also have 10/100 BT ethernet 32 bit PCI card and CAT 5e patch cable, 4 pair UTP-24 AWG cable. will I have to install drivers of the card on both computers?

Hi all, I've 2 machines Win98SE and WinXP connected together with Actiontec wireless adaptors. I'm using the XP machine to connect to the net. I can browse web pages and newsgroups etc through ICS but I'm unable to access files/folders on the XP machine from the Win98 machine . When I try to...

Hello there.... I want to make my computer name at the "control panel - network - identification" be invisible, so other computers at my LAN can't see my computer name. They will be see as 'unknown' if they try to scan my LAN (as if I'm offline). I mean they will not know if I'm online. Could you...

I purchased a new computer and a router, intending to set up a home network with my 5-year-old computer. The new pc is running Windows XP, the old one has Win 98SE. The new pc does not have a floppy (3.5") disk drive. The Network Setup Wizard on the XP machine gives the option of creating a...

Hello: I'm kind of lost on Gigabit technology and am hoping that someone can help me. Here is the problem. I have two PCs ( both faster then 1.5Ghz ) each of which is equiped with an Aopen Gigabit network card and Windows 98 SE. I've connected the two computers with a crossover cat5e network...

Hello: I'm kind of lost on Gigabit technology and am hoping that someone can help me. Here is the problem. I have two PCs ( both faster then 1.5Ghz ) each of which is equiped with an Aopen Gigabit network card and Windows 98 SE. I've connected the two computers with a crossover cat5e network...

I purchased a new computer and a router, intending to set up a home network with my 5-year-old computer. The new pc is running Windows XP, the old one has Win 98SE. The new pc does not have a floppy (3.5") disk drive. The Network Setup Wizard on the XP machine gives the option of creating a...

I have 2 pentium II computers, one with windows 98 other with millenium. I also have 10/100 BT ethernet 32 bit PCI card and CAT 5e patch cable, 4 pair UTP-24 AWG cable. will I have to install drivers of the card on both computers?

net card loads, but won't load client and protocals when i add client (tried all) I select "add" then "client" then "client of MS", it goes back to "select network componet type" screen, not adding client I have removed all network drivers, reloaded, I'm lost on this one HELP

net card loads, but won't load client and protocals when i add client (tried all) I select "add" then "client" then "client of MS", it goes back to "select network componet type" screen, not adding client I have removed all network drivers, reloaded, I'm lost on this one HELP

pnp network card (tried several) loads driver fine BUT won't load client (any of them) or protocals what do i need to load or reset