The majority of the advice I found in
searching this newsgroup about how to
install a network interface card leads
to excessive optimism that Windows will

I have a peer to peer home network.  2 XP computers & a Windows 2000 one
connect to each other with no trouble.
The 4th is a Windows 98 desktop which the other can connect to OK.  On this
computer however:

My boys use an old IBM Aptiva (166MhZ, Windows 98) that is wired to a
LexMark printer.  My wife has a Dell Inspiron 5150 with a Belkin
wireless adapter.  We also have a Belkin router/print server for our
broadband connection, but it won't work with the LexMark.  Can I (how

I am setting up a new machine running WinXP-SP2
Home edition, to replace an older machine running
win98SE - updated to current date.
This will eventually be used by someone else in

Hello Members,
Some time ago I started a blog where I write about Language issues in
Business. This is not about web sites in different languages, but how
language affects businesses. In other words, how does language affect

I am transferring stuff from a Win98SE machine to
a new XP machine over a home ethernet network.
Network is set up okay and file/folder sharing is
set up ok. I have already transferred some stuff

We have a small-office TCP/IP network consisting of mainly Win2K
systems. On the network is a network printer and a DSL router that
provides Internet access to all the Win2K systems.
We also have a Win98 system that we use to run some older programs.

HELP!!!
My son wanted to connect his playstation 2 to his computer in his bedroom
which is Windows 98 (2nd edition).  The internet works fine via a Speedtouch
121g adaptor and my main computer (Windows XP), downstairs (which has a

i use my Laptop w/ Win98 on it at home, school, and everywhere in between.
i'd like to use static IP w/ my network card, but it may cause issues with
school (we have *lots* of networks there, with a ton of hosts). i just leave
it on DHCP.

Dear windows community:
I have a win98 computer connected to a workgroup.  In that workgroup, there
is a win2000 professional computer with a local printer shared without any
problems with other win2000 computers.  I'd like to be able to print from the

I know that Internet Connection Sharing was made to share Dial-Up, but how
about Cable and DSL?
See, I have a wireless network with a cable modem. My laptop runs fine. But
my desktop can't hold the connection for more than a few seconds (I think

I have a client who has a peer-to-peer Win98 network.  The "server" needs to
be backed up every day.
To be cost effective and reliable, what do you recommend?
Thanks

I have a basic LAN set up (crossover cable) and I am
wondering if I can remotely control the other computer.
By that I mean if I run a executable on the remote machine
I assume it would actuallly run on the local machine (not

I have a an XP and a w98SE conected via a crossover
eyhernet cable. I ran through the wizard on the XP
machine OK, seemed pretty fool proof.
Not to sure what I have to do on the W98SE. I tried

I just got a secondhand computer with Win 98 on it. On startup a dialog box
pops-up asking for a login and password. I can just hit cancel and it starts
fine, but until I hit cancel nothing starts at all. It's just an annoyance,
but how do I get rid of that dialog box?