Hi All! I get this error when I try to connect to network drives. Every time I must Logoff and logon - then I can connect. I want it the way it's on the second machine - it asks user name and password every time I go in Win98 and I dont nee to logoff/logon. c:\WINDOWS\NET USE k: \\MYPENTIUM\k...

What is the proper type of cable to use when connecting a server to a switch? We are using HP servers, connecting them to a 3COM 4500 switch, can i use stright through cables or do i need to use a crossover cable? Thanks in advance

So I switched from an ADSL-connection to fibre and I would like my Windows 98-running desktop to connect to the net through LAN. This should work by simply plugging the cable from the ethernet card into the box on the wall, and it works fine on my XP-equipped laptop. But when I start Internet...

I have a series of Windows 98 SE computers all connected together. One of them has a large LaserJet printer that is shared to all the other computers. This has been working fine for years. Yesterday the printer suddenly became inaccessible. I looked over the settings and fount that when I...

How can I connect to another win98 via network w/o windows loaded? It's and old broken system and I cannot load or reinstall windows - I have win98 command prompt only.

So I switched from an ADSL-connection to fibre and I would like my Windows 98-running desktop to connect to the net through LAN. This should work by simply plugging the cable from the ethernet card into the box on the wall, and it works fine on my XP-equipped laptop. But when I start Internet...

I am trying to set Broadband connection options on a Win98se system. The computer is connected to a router, by a cable and LAN card, which in turn is connected to a DSL modem. Whenever I click on IE6/Tools/Internet options/CONNECTION tab, all I get is DialUp options, no broadband options. I can...

Hi I successfully linked a Win98 PC and my XP (Home) Laptop to the internet via a wireless router. However, the Win98 PC doesn't show Microsoft Network and I can't network the machines for printer and file sharing. As the Win98 PC boots up I have to cancel error messages for missing...

Hi All, I had installed Kerioa Firewall 4 software in past and removed it. Unfortunatelly there remained some trash on the PC, which I removed manually (all files and all registry entries). I installed ZoneAlarm and removed it. No problems here. But it seems, that something has survived, that...

Greetings, Cable modem (Earthlink), Ethernet. Computer worked fine before move (different ISP) connected to Internet via cable modem. Stuck with the 169 IP address. 1. Tried renew/release IP info through winipcfg...get DHCP Server unavailable Renaming adapter. 2. Tried renew/release through...

Ciao qualcuno conosce un sistema per forzare il logon su pc windows 98 ? Ringrazio

I have a Linksys router, that connects to my home desktop and a wireless router. I want to be able to connect to the home desktop from outside of my home network. But I don't have the computer's true IP address, since the router assigns it a static ip address (192.168.1.XXX). What I am trying to...

We are running a multiuser access database converted a couple years ago from Access 97 to Access 2000. Most of our employees use Windows XP workstations. One uses an older Windows 98 workstation. I cannot see the workgroup file on this workstation in the network folder when I login. All...

I have a new HP Color LaserJet 2600n installed on my home network. My other computer can see and use the printer, but the Win 98SE system cannot. The Add Printer Wizard asks for a network name which I assume is the mDNS name but when I enter it I get a message that the named printer does not...

We have a 2 computer network problem: Windows98SE on one machine and WindowsXP on the other. Networked via standard ethernet cables and a Linksys Switch. Upstream from the switch is a DLink router provided by Verizon. File and printer sharing is turned on. We used to have a printer...

Windows just will not assign an IP address to "Intel(R) Pro/100 VE Network Connection", I've tried uninstalled the drivers and TCP/IP, Assigning one myself and Windows update. I'm at the end of my rope. Suggestions? -- Thanks for any and all help ~KHK

We are running Windows 98 with a LAN internet connection. Is there any way to have windows automatically reconnect when the connection is lost or is a reboot required?

I am running a small office in nigeria with five computers connected through a server to a dial-up connection to the internet. The connection, from what we were given by the company, comes with a telephone line, the telephone equipment itself serving as the modem. We have a problem right now. the...

I have a small home network with two Windows XP Pro computers and one Windows 98 SE computer (there are no Win2K or XP drivers available for some of the hardware, so it has not been upgraded). The configuration has basically been the same for the past three years and I have had no problems until...

I am thinking about buying my first laptop computer, and sometimes taking it to work with me. Does Ethernet 10/100 allow RJ-45 connections and disconnections while the network is active ? Joe