dad found a good computer in w/end garage sale,, has it set up next to his usual one, and wants it to have internet access. made enquiries, and you cant just buy a splitter or whatever for the cable that comes out of his broadband modem to plug into the latest one. the two computers are less...

I have PC number 1 running W98SE (which connects very happily to the internet via a Realtek RTL8139 NIC). It has a second onboard Realtek RTL8169. I am attempting to use this to connect to a second PC (running XP but never been near the internet) via a CAT5 crossover cable to the second PCs...

Hello, I know this is a 98 newsgroup but can't find one for 2000. If not appropriate here, is there another newsgroup where I should post this? For anyone familiar with Win2000... I can't hear any flash videos online. MP3, etc., online are fine, and no problem with any audio files on my...

Running Window 98 SE: I have been attempting to install new D-LinkDFE 530 TX Ethernet card which would replace my existing PCI card that has a faulty cable connector. The old card has been working fine, no problem save for the connector which won't hold the cable connector in place. In fact my...

I was trying to reinstall Baldur's Gate after a MOD conflict when I accidentally clicked on Azureus and uninstalled it instead. I found that Azureus has now become Vuze and seems to no longer support Win9X. I like to sic my obsolete computer on doing things like running Bittorrent or burning CDs so...

Hi I have just set up a wireless network We have this computer downstairs running win 98SE, I have connected a 3com wireless router to this computer with an Ethernet cable. We have a computer upstairs running win XP, to which I have fitted a wireless network adapter into one of thePCI slots. The...

S.K.22.05.2008."Pölyttäjien täyskato uhkaa viedä kesän marjat. Omenapuut ja herukat kukkivat monin paikoin jo täysillä, mutta puutarhoissa on hiljaista. Pölyttäjiä ei ole liikkeellä. Sään lämpeneminenkään ei lupaa helpotusta, sillä luonnonvaraisten pölyttäjien kannat ovat romahtaneet...

I had two win98 computers connected via a crossover cable with no problems. I've just replaced one win98 computer with an XP. Now the win98 can access the XP ok. However the XP sees the win98 but in trying to access it the following message occurs. "\\win98 is not accessible. You might not have...

My eyes are starting to go and I need bifocals that won't be ready for at least a week. I'm constantly hitting the "increase font size" key combo on certain web sites such as www.ficwad.com that seem to ignore my "minimum font size" setting in Firefox. It doesn't seem as bad in firefox 3, but I'm...

I would appreciate any suggestions from the gurus here as to how I can get my two Win2000Prof computer talking to each other via Netgear WGR614 router. I had one 2000Prof and one 98SE networked and both worked fine. Recently I installed 2000Prof on the 98SE and now cannot get them to...

Date 5/4/2010 Starting in early summer 2010, Microsoft will begin progressively closing down the Microsoft public newsgroups to enrich conversations in the rapidly-growing forum platform. This decision is in response to worldwide market trends and evolving customer needs. Microsoft...

X posted. 2nd attempt as the first time I left the header off and it hasn't appeared! I recently purchased additional RAM for my system. The existing was 2x256k and for the remaining slot I bought 512k.(All the same spec/supplier/manufacturer). The system has been stable for some time so I added...

I have read through several posts and some are similar to my question, but not exactly. I have 2 computers one with Windows XP and the other is a dual boot with Windows 2000 Pro and 98 SE. I set up a wirless PCI card in the dual boot computer and the XP machine is hard wired to the router. I...

How can I look up the IP address of a computer with Windows 98?

I have been having a load of trouble trying to install an ethernet card 10/100 NIC thingy, I have an installation disk but that didn't seem to work properly so I have been trying to do it 'manually' too, by downloading various drivers which look 'likely suspects'. Anyway at first when I booted up...

Windows 98 O/S starts with boot tells me to use safe mode. instructs me to : control panel...network...check add...check adapter...check add...under manufacturer...detect net drives under network adapters...find Ndi2 driver...check ok...restart. then screen back to safe mode...and then repeat...

In article , Steve Winograd wrote: In article , "Jim Wray" wrote: I have a Xerox N17 network printer connected via its ethernet card to my switch. I also have an NT4...

Is there a simple software program that will allow users on a network to communicate with each other directly? Even if some machines are fat 32 and others are ntfs. mc

Hi, I am trying to network four computers together in my home. I have a D-Link Router providing wireless for one of the computers (a laptop). In the four computers, there is two ones running Vista, one running XP (the laptop), and one running 98. So far the vista and xp computers can see each...

I am trying to set up a simple home network - two Win98SE machines with Ethernet cards connected through a switch. Only one machine has a modem; I want to use ICS on the other. (I realize that this is not quite a state-of-the- art system, but it's what I've got). Everything was working until I...