Hope someone can help with this. Hubby recently upgraded to a new system running xp. Was running w98se on old system and had no problems with printing. He now can't print to the printer attached to my computer running w98se. I've double checked all the settings. The printer is set for...

query as asked by others and me too: i networked my system running windows 2000 with another running windows 98SE,but i can not access any resource on the windows 2000 from the windows 98se but can do it vice versa easily.The system asks my to supply a password for the resource which i did not...

I need to transfer a lot of data from an old PC to a newer one. The old one is P90 but in this case it cannot be set up for ethernet, USB, CDRW or internet connection. Also, files too large and time consuming for floppies. I would like to connect to new computer with either the existing...

What would be the best free combination of the above for W98 that is still freely available and is least demanding on system resources. TIA

Hi. As some of you will be aware, I have set up a new network, (my first), mostly thanks to you guys who helped me through it, not a particularly difficult labour, but the first is always the most worrying. With this aging and cluttered Win 98 PC in need of some colonic irrigation, can I now...

(cross-post added to Win98 Networking) "DJW" wrote in message ... I am running windows 98SE and trying to use PC to PC calling in Yahoo messenger 8. As soon as I try to accept a call from someone running XP with a...

Hello, I have a problem, I bought a PCMCIA Ethernet Card on the web, it's the "NEC WL11C", when I plug it into my laptop, it won't be detected by windows : I hear the bell, and then I choose the folder where the driver is, windows sets it up, reboot, and then I can't use it. Please help. Thank you

My mom's Win98 SE computer is connected directly (no router, hub, or switch) to her broadband cable modem. Her ISP is suddenlink.com . Their website claims they provide dynamic IP addresses rather than static ones, which I believe is somewhat uncommon for cable ISP's . While she has an internet...

Hey there guys, I've asked a few questions here before and had excellent results, so here I go again... I've had a network with 2 XP SP2 computers for a while now, and everything is great, Internet-file sharing all work great. A friend of mine has a computer in the back room, and he's never...

Apology for a longish post. Is there a way to force supposedly open files to be closed so they can be backed up? This involves Win98 on peer-to-peer network. One computer is "designated" server and has the main application and data accessed by the other computers in the workgroup, whose OSes...

I start my server in the morning. I can ping myself. I can access the internet. If my son switches his PC on, he can ping himself, but not me, and vice versa. No internet If my wife switches her PC on, she can ping herself, my son, and vice versa. Neither can ping me. No internet Then I reboot my...

How many users can simultaneously connect to a Windows 98 box?? Thanks, Tom

Greetings and thank you for reading this! I am installing an Ethernet adaptor PC Card (PCMCIA) on a friend's laptop running Windows 98 - Not the 2nd edition. During the install, it stumbles on 2 missing files that should be in the c:\windows\options\cabs directory. The files are..... cb102.sys...

I live in a 75 year old house - we have the cable modem/wireless router (with 4 ports) on the main floor. We're in the process of remodeling 600 sq feet of the basement area... I want to put in two computer outlets down the one next to where the cable tv hookup will be and one in another...

First of all, I've read through knowledge base article Q258717, as well as a few other documents and howtos out there. I have a couple of questions for the experts. What I'm doing: I'm trying to arrange File and Printer Sharing between two PCs: a Windows 98SE laptop connected wirelessly to a...

I have installed a DLink G-520 wireless pci card on an HP pavillion running windows 98SE. I have had nothing but problems. The latest is that the card works \ does not work as follows: Upon a total wireless card driver uninstall \ install, I get a message that the card is not working and to...

I have three computers on a wired LAN in my house, two are using Windows 2000 and they connect to the network OK. The Internet works fine and I can do file sharing between the two. However, I am running Windows 98 on the third computer and I can get on the Internet, but I can not get on the...

I have a network with two PCs XP and 98 The IP address for the XP is 195.92.195.95 How do I find the IP address for the 98? I require it in order to add to the trusted zone in Zone Alarm Blair

Win98SE. TP770E. It was working. Now it isn't after I didn't use it for a long time. I'm seeing signs that the driver installation isn't finding all the right files on either the machine or the installation CD - altho it did work before. What is msodisup.vxd? BTW, could someone remind me why...

I've successfuly installed a network printserver connected to the parallel port of my printer, but I'm stuck at the last step of installing the printer driver for the printer. I can define the printer port on the network but when I go to install the printer driver using the Printer Wizard, my...