I have a Windows ME and a Windows 98 computer that I would like to
network together.  I've attached a Firewire cable to them both; little
green light is lit next to both, but neither computer seems to know
that the other exists.  I've tried the Home Networking Wizard and the

During my research on gmail I came across this quite useful tool. It hasn't
been mentioned on this NG before, according to my knowledge, and therefore I
would like to bring it to your attention.
The link to the download site is:   www.viksoe.dk.

    I just hooked up a 512 mb flash drive to the USB port. It does
not see the drive when I open windows explorer. I think I remember
shortening my drive list a long time ago but I forgot how I did it.
Can someone tell me how to increase the assigned drive list?

Just wondering if my experience was a lone effort :-)
I have a dual boot WinME and WinXP system, ASUS motherboard using the now
discontinued RDRAM.
I increased the RAM from 512Mb to 1024Mb.

I heard there was a new worm to be let loose this weekend called MyDoom.
How do I check my free AVG to make sure that this virus is in their
database?
Thanks, Eileen

Yesterday when I was browsing the Internet using IE 6, my Dell Dimension
4100 crashed and displayed the following error message:  "There is a problem
with a system file.  Windows may not be able to run correctly.  You may be
able to fix it using System Restore.  Otherwise reinstall ...

in windows me, i've been trying to create a startup disk and i receive the
following error
the following error occurred "The file was not found"(error #2)
Set up could not finish opening a file on the source disk.

Is it possible to load a mini-Ipod from a Windows ME system ?
I know the Ipod product states that you need XP or 2000 with SP4 (I
think)...
but I was wondering if there was any way of frigging to get it to connect

After uninstalling Sygate and installing EZ Firewall, gmail keeps trying but
can't finish loading.
I don't get any messages from my firewall and it worked perfectly before.
Is there a remedy?

In case anyone overlooked their notice via e-mail:
Come April 1st, News.Individual.Net will charge 10 Euros per year for
participation in its news groups, including 'alt.comp.virus' and
'alt.comp.antivirus', with one exception:  users of the server

How can I get replacement cd's for the originals which have been lost?  This
was an upgrade retail product which I had bought to install over W98.
It's on an, obviously, old computer that I dont think pays to bother to
update to XP.

Revisiting this subject with new information:
Everything seems to be allright, until I open OE and click on this or any
other NG. There is no problem with OE, but when leaving OE and trying to
open IE, it 'cannot find server or DNS error'.

What is the cause of this error message in the browser bar? It was working
allright 'til now and only comes up while opening gmail.
       Harry.

Since I had to recover and my machine a while back, I am now getting a
Microsoft Network Name/Password login window, every time I boot.
This never came up before.
I hit cancel for now, but can anyone advise me which setting I need to make

Hi there.   I did a "Repair Windows" instead of a complete reinstall (didn't
want to reformat hard drive).  The installation appeared to have gone
smoothly, however when I went to connect to internet - I could not dial out.  
"Microsoft Dial-Up Adapter is not Installed".    I ...