When I used ME before, I was using dialup modem. Installing on an old computer for my mom and want to complete all the updates, virus software, etc using my existing cable modem which will speed things up dramatically before taking to her house and setting up her dialup. Any assistance in how to...

The situation is this: I have a PC with cable modem connected via a long inverted or crossed over, I don't know how this UTP cable layout is called, it's when both endings are different and you use them to connect 2 PC. Anyway, this cable goes to my moms PC and she enjoys Internet thanks to my...

I'm trying to SHARE an Internet Connection from a P2 Windows ME computer ("Host") TO a P2 Windows XP computer ("Client")--I am already sharing files between the 2--but NO Internet Connection can be found on the XP (Client)--this is a Dial-up Internet Connection and the File-sharing (and supposedly...

My ME computer can ping ip addresses locally and on the internet. My ME computer and my XP computer both use DHCP; my XP computer works fine. My ME computer and my XP computer can transfer files back and forth. My ME computer can not resolve host names on the Internet. I have deleted and...

I have a compaq presario, with WinME, that probably has never been updated. I can ping yahoo's ip address, but cannot get there to surf? I get "cannot find server". It did occur to me that it is a DNS problem but when I check winipcfg, everything looks in order? Can anyone give me some...

Can you share a Scanner? How have you connected and shared a Scanner like this Visioneer USB on Windows 98 and connected to it from Windows ME using Ethernet with a Netgear router. The 2 printers are shared but not the Visioneer Scanner. -- You will find much more info...

Hi; I'd already sent this to "microsoft.public.windowsme.setup" before I noticed the networking group, so apologies if this is seen twice. I've got a laptop with Windows ME preinstalled. I'm trying to set up an office network, but every time I double click on the Network icon in the control...

I am running a DUAL Boot Dell L1000R W/XP Prof SP1 and WinMe. with two 5 port 3COM Home Connect HUBS connected by a Crossover Cable Win(*'s are using 3c450 NIC's the others are using other cards. The Dell has a Belkin NIC running as a RTL8139(A) W/Driver for 8139-810x Maybe I need to find a...

Recently, I downloaded some progam (forgot what it is) for reducing the virus attack. From then on, I could not see my ip address from the internet protocol properties. However, the network was still working. Later on, I could not reassigned my ip address after I accidently changed the setting...

Hi, I met on serious problem with my computers. I have one desktop & one notebook both with windows ME installed. Each of which has a LAN card installed. I could use each of them to browse internet separately (IP auto assigned from ISP). However, as I connected them to my LAN hub AND configured...

Newly put together computer with Windows ME. Installed dial-up to network server. Have done this successfully with other computers. When dial-up starts dialing, computer shuts down and then restarts--but no dial-up. Help! lp

The ME PC is a client in an SBS 4.5 domain with a mix of other Win 98 2nd Ed. and Win 2000. There are no other ME pcs. When I bootup the ME machine most of the time it wants to logon using Windows Logon, which is not secure. In networking properites 'client for microsoft networks' is selected. ...

I've posted here before - but am still having the same problem. Even though all my settings are set for Network Logon (as opposed to Windows Logon), i *always* get the Windows Logon anyway at startup. Sometimes after startup, I can log off and then when the logon screen appears again is IS for...

I recently had my computer cleaned of viruses and since I got it back, the Windows logon window doesn't automatically appear at startup. In order to get to my desktop, I need to logoff and re-logon. I've tried setting the autoadminlogon and defaultusernamd & defaultpassword keys to my logon in...

I've set up a peer-to-peer home network via a CAT6 crossover cable, with a Windows XP machine as the host and a Windows ME machine as the client. After hours of tweaking, I've finally got everything working, with one exception: I can't print from the client PC to the printer attached to the host...

I have a WinMe pc (configured as ICS host, btw) with a peer-to-peer XP. Internet sharing works fine. I can access XP's files from the WInMe fine too. But the WinMe doesn't show up on the XP's "View Workgroup Computers". The workgroup name IS the same (MSHOME) on both computers. What could be the...

I have desktop pc (running ME) hard wired to broadband/wireless router/modem and a laptop (running XP home) using Linksys wireless card that keep losing their print and file sharing capabilities. Both OS's have different methods for networking/sharing setup and I am lost! Any ideas out there?

Trying to setup a simple p-p network between an XP Pro and ME machine, the ME machine does not allow me to set a static IP address. I can't enter any digits. Any ideas how to remedy this? Thanks, Chris

I am on a LAN network running Client Access. The PC running ME can "see" some, but not all of the shared folders on a PC running Win98se when I open My Network Places. However, from within Excel or Word, I can "back into" seeing all of the folders by clicking "open", "My Network Places" and then...

Hello. I cannot access the shared folder on my wireless ME PC from my wired XP Pro PC. Here is what happens; I ran the network setup that XP requires from a floppy. All seemed to go just fine. I then set up a shared folder on the ME pc with a full access password. The XP machine sees the ME pc on...