I have a shared drive on a 98SE machine that I keep password protected. To ease some administrative tasks, I removed the password so that I could have full unrestricted access from any of our network machines. None of these tasks involved any network settings. I restored password protection to...

I connect to a Windows 98 peer-to-peer network everyday and was wondering if there was any way to have Windows finish loading with out having to hit the enter key at the "Enter Network Password" dialog box when I boot up. I do not use a password. I think it would be pretty neat if there was some...

I apologize if this is a duplicate posting - I am not sure if the earlier one was sent properly. Can anyone help? "WeatherGuy" wrote in message news:... Hello I hope someone can help me. I am putting together a small home network using a router and...

Hello I hope someone can help me. I am putting together a small home network using a router and Ethernet adapters. It hasn't started too well. Right now I have only two computer on the network, one using Win98 and the other WinXp SP2. Both access the internet OK through the router and the...

Hello I hope someone can help me. I am putting together a small home network using a router and Ethernet adapters. It hasn't started too well. Right now I have only two computer on the network, one using Win98 and the other WinXp SP2. Both access the internet OK through the router and the...

I received an old Windows 98SE laptop without the Windows 98 setup disk. I tried to setup a Linksys wireless card but it is asking for the setup disk to be loaded to get a driver. Is there a way around it???

I received an old Windows 98SE laptop without the Windows 98 setup disk. I tried to setup a Linksys wireless card but it is asking for the setup disk to be loaded to get a driver. Is there a way around it???

Having few computers connected to the network. Auto-assign IP to every computer. No problem of seeing each others from the Network Neighborhood but all Win 98 computer can't access all Win XP Pro computer (Win XP computer has no problem accessing Win 98 computer). Error message appear like "Can...

Having few computers connected to the network. Auto-assign IP to every computer. No problem of seeing each others from the Network Neighborhood but all Win 98 computer can't access all Win XP Pro computer (Win XP computer has no problem accessing Win 98 computer). Error message appear like "Can...

Please forget me for this very novice question. How to block few computers from accessing Internet under the following 2 situations :- 1) Router 2) ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) TIA --

Please forget me for this very novice question. How to block few computers from accessing Internet under the following 2 situations :- 1) Router 2) ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) TIA --

I have a PC running Win 98 SE, after rebuilding it due to replacement of a hard drive. Everything worked fine until I receive an automatic update message asking me to install the update. I followed the instructions and installed the updates. Now, I found out that I can't connect to my...

I have a PC running Win 98 SE, after rebuilding it due to replacement of a hard drive. Everything worked fine until I receive an automatic update message asking me to install the update. I followed the instructions and installed the updates. Now, I found out that I can't connect to my network. ...

Am trying to set up a friend's older laptop with wireless networking. It came with 2000 installed but someone at Circuit City talked her into buying XP upgrade and also a Netgear kit with router and adapter card. The upgrade did not work properly because of older hardware; she did not need...

Am trying to set up a friend's older laptop with wireless networking. It came with 2000 installed but someone at Circuit City talked her into buying XP upgrade and also a Netgear kit with router and adapter card. The upgrade did not work properly because of older hardware; she did not need...

Three days of trying I give up. Need to install IP for DSL connection. Win98SE. Control panel, Network, no Microsoft network listed, only Windows Family Logon and something else. Control panel, system, device manager, only network adapters are Dial up Networking and the Netgear NIC I installed...

Anyone know how to share a drive in the Win98 "exit to DOS" mode so that it can be seen on the network? -- Wesley

Anyone know how to share a drive in the Win98 "exit to DOS" mode so that it can be seen on the network? -- Wesley

I have a home wireless network with 2 machines (both XP) on it, and both work fine. I also have an older machine which was 2000 that the worked fine, however I have just downgraded the OS on this machine from 2000 to Win98se (with a clean install). Now the wireless adapter will not connect to...

I have a home wireless network with 2 machines (both XP) on it, and both work fine. I also have an older machine which was 2000 that the worked fine, however I have just downgraded the OS on this machine from 2000 to Win98se (with a clean install). Now the wireless adapter will not connect to...