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Old February 7th 10, 12:48 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Noel Paton[_3_]
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Default networking ME to win 7 via router

Norton (assuming its the Internet Security version) would certainly be the
first thing to get rid of!
try switching off the firewall part of it first - you're behind a router, so
that can act as the firewall for the network for the (limited) time you need
to test the effects.
If that works then you already know my opinions on the rest of the
bedspread suite - I've been ranting on about it for the past 9
years in these groups! g


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Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

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"Rockytsquirrel" wrote in message
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Greetings Noel,
I just got back from a bookstore with a purchase I hope will help clear up
some of my dummieness..

"Windows 7 for Dummies"

It seems to have a pretty good section on networking..
Give me a day of two to read it through and I'll see how it does then..
;-)

Just a glance I think I got several thing I need to check on, my
D-Link DI-604 router for one, check the ports to see if there open
for cross linking..
I now suspect the Vista machine has networks disabled, the possible
firewall problem of NORTONS which is running on the win 7 machine..

tks for all the feedback

RTS

(we'll get this pig whipped yet) LOL


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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"Mike M" wrote in message
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Noel Paton wrote:

You need to set up the Win7 machine user with a password - then you
can use that username and password to log in from the ME machine.
Alternatively, you can go into the Network & Sharing page in Win 7,
and switch off password-protected sharing.

HTH - post back if you need blow-by-blow instructions

Noel,

Can a Win Me PC access a network share on a PC running Win 7? Win 7 can
easily access shares on a Win Me machine but the reverse is more
difficult.
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Mike

AFAIK, there shouldn't be any problem with the Win 7 machine getting into
the the ME machine - but as you say, getting the ME machine into Win 7
may be more problematic.
Unfortunately, I no longer have a hardware 9x machine to play with (and
VM's don't count), but I'm sure I could share between Vista and ME back
during the Beta. Things may have changed for Win 7.....
Struggling in my archive to find any references for WIn98/W7
networking. - nope, nothing
I may set up a couple of machines to play with - just for the giggles -
but it'd take a few days.

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Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

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www.crashfixpc.co.uk