In a small office there was
1 ADSL router
1 98  wkst for writing
1 98SE wkst for file sharing & backup

I am using a cable modem hooked up via an ethernet card.  
How can I get the network icon to show up in my system
tray (lower left hand side of screen where the clock is).  
Or is there an icon I can click on in system that will

I am using P2P networking between my laptop and my home computer problem is
with home computer it login always without asking network password if I want
to access network I hav to relogin
any suggestion ?

Do the suggestions to fix network problems when reference
is made to an ME machine at the site:  
www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
apply to 98 machines as well?

I recently installed my ma101 netgear wireless usb
reciever to my windows xp laptop. WEhen I was setting up
the hardware, a popup message said that installing this
device could cause problems in the future and suggested

I have just had our 2 family PCs set up as a LAN.
The new PC operates with Windows XP home edition and the
older PC runs Windows 98 second edition.  The network
cards were installed several weeks ago, and all was ok.  

I have a toshiba 4060xcdt laptop (98) linked via lan to an xp machine and a
98se machine. My problem is that I can access the printer from the xp (host)
and the 98se machine (client) but my laptop keeps coming up with error
messages when I try to print on it. I've downloaded the ...

I know I can do this with XP/2000 machines but have so far
been unable to do this with 98:
I have two machines networked, one with Win 98SE and one
with Win 98. There is a CD writer on the machine with 98,

when i start my win98 pc it does not ask for netwok username and password it
just login
if i want network resources i hav to logof and again login
i hav checked windows family login not enable

I am trying to set up a home workgroup between W2K pro computer and
Win98SE computer.
I can share files with Win98se pc but not W2K pc. I can see W2K on the
98se pc, but cannot log in. A password is requested. I tried the

here is the problem that i am having.
98 user policys work fine, i dont want to have to set up
75 different user policys. i creadted a group policy in
poledit and set it up the same way as the user policy.

only asking because i have no cd or floppy on an old ibm thinkpad 560Z i am
recieving tomorrow.I need this card to get me onto my network
cheers
mark

Hi everyone! I'm trying to install a new LAN card in my
pentium II PC, after installing of the driver it prompts
to reboot, after rebooting it prompts to enter a password,
after clicking the OK button it prompts an error "Illegal

I installed a 3COM ISA 3C5099B-TPO card into an old 486
based computer running Windows 98. I downloaded the latest
drivers and followed the instructions for a custom
installation since my computer does not have plug-and-play

Does a Win98 peer to peer server have a max file handle limit which
would affect the clients ability to open files residing on the server ?