Hi i just recently got an ethernet card and upgraded to DSL. Something about my connection is wrong and my system has become very unstable:
I installed the ethernet card, then on booting the pc asked for my win98 cd for some drivers, then for the disk that came with the card, ...

My wife's laptop is running 98SE. We have set up an XP home computer for the
kids and it has our only printer. I am able to print to it from 2003 Server,
but not from the laptop. Here are some things I have tried after reviewing
ideas on MS KB, Google and Lexmark:

For a private network between 2 WIN98se systems I used Netbeui with good
results. Now on one system I have WinXP installed and am trying to
reestablish connection. Do I need an other protocol for this?
If you can tell me I appreciated this. Please reply directly to my

I've got two computers (xp and w98se) hooked up to a router that's fed by a
cable modem.  With XP I can disable the net connection easy using the "LAN"
connection icon.  How do you do this in Windows 98se??

When you install Win98se, you have to create a user name and password. This
is used to log onto Windows.
1. How to I change the user name?
2. How do I change the password?

Downloaded the latest critical Windows patches this morning, and now
can't connect to anything.  I'm guessing maybe the patch blew away the
networking settings, and I have no idea what they're supposed to be.
Setup is: Windows 98 PC connected to wireless router/firewall,

At present I have a simple network by joining my PCs with a crossover cable
and I can access Wanadoo Broadband from either as long as both are switched
on.
If I altered my system using a router which would allow each to access the

I wish to network three Windows 98 PCs and I'm considering using the DLink
DI-704P router/print server and the DLink DSM-602H (or 604H) NAS. I made a
diagram and uploaded it to the following address, does this look like a good
solution?

When I boot up my 98 PC which is networked to my XP PC I am asked for the
Entire Network Password for MS Networking.
This is a nuisance and is not required. How do I get rid of this?
Blair

I have the following situation and it's driving me nuts!!   Any
suggestions would be most welcome.
Configuration: Wireless home network; 1 laptop running WinXP, 2
desktops running Win98SE.   All local communication good and one WinXP

I've just spent the best part of a day on this and not solved it, what
have I missed? (I'm an Internet software developer, but networks aren't
my everyday thing).
I've a Windows 98 machine connected by cable to a Linksys WAG54G 4 port

In p2p network, connection between to computer are cross cable or ????

The Win98 Power Management newsgroup appears to be inactive.  So, I'm posing
this question here.
I have power management set to "system standby never", "turn off monitor
after 15 minutes", and "turn off hard disks never".  But, my mouse and

Hey everyone..
I had setup a small (4) group of systems together to use our T1 line..
I had reset their workgroup name and the old name still shows in the
network group.

A friends network dumps memory at a daft time; can I change this time until
after working hours. If so how???
Urgent help neede please...