Tandem boot: Win98/XP
I just reinstalled 98 three days ago and am trying to use it
to access the internet.
MB is a Shuttle MN31 with ethernet/firewire.

I am instaling a new spam killer and it is asking for my pop server.Where do
I find this info?

Ok, I am using DHCP to assign IP addresses to my network.  Thanks to some
help from this forum I was able to get my printer on the printserver working.
However, whenever I shut everything down, the printer gets a new IP so I
have to reinstall the printer port each time.  What I ...

I have the following; a desktop (D1) running XP Pro and hardwired into a
Netgear router, a laptop (L1) running XP Pro wireless to the router, and
another laptop (L2) running XP Home wireless to the router. L1 had been
connected and sharing up until I purchased and installed L2 ...

Pinging the loopback address tests confirms that TCP/IP is running, correct?
Is there any reason that I can still ping the loopback address even though I
have disabled TCP/IP? Or is my understanding of what pinging the loopback
address does wrong?

I really need some help on this. Background: P2P network, 10 workstations XP
SP2. The router is handling DHCP.
Problem:  When I click "View entire workgroup" on one workstation, I get the
error message "[Workgroup] is not accessible. You may not have permission to

I have a small home network with a desktop and laptop.  I have a satellite
modem connected to a Linksys router.  My desktop is connected via wire to the
router and my laptop accesses via wireless.  I am able to connect to the
internet and mail from both pc's.  I am not able to ...

I have a work VPN connection which i need to have connected most of the
time. When it is connected i have trouble browsing the web because all
the requests go over the VPN connection. I also lose my MSN messenger
connection, I was wondering if there was a way to set it up so that ...

This has driven me nuts. I have 3 computers and 2 printers and 1 dsl router.
we also have voip phones and 1 pc and 1 laptop is connected by ethernet to a
voip phone which in turn is connected by ethernet cable to the router.  1 pc
is connected direct to the router and the other ...

I have several machines with XP Pro on them connected to a server with Server
2000.  All work perfectly.  I get a new machine, go thru all the steps to
connect to domain, but for some reason, the domain name I use for EVERY other
machine can not be contacted thru this one.  I've ...

I have a problem on a small peer to peer network.
There are four machines , one is Windows 98 and the others are XP. I
want to use one machines for Internet Connection Sharing. I also need
to have printer and file sharing enabled.

Is there any way I can persuade either XP Pro or Vista Business to act as a
domain controller?? I did have a Server2003 setup but really used this only
a fileserver and DC.. I ditched S 2003 because it will not support WLAN. If
I can make it do this, thats another way around the ...

Having probs with a new laptop running XP Media Centre Edition.  We have
a password protected share on the network and it refuses to remember the
login / password (there is no "remember password" check box)  Looked in
the "stored user names and passwords" function of the user ...

I have an IBM Infoprint 20 with the print server card installed.  I have the
printer attached directly to my router as per the install instructions.  I
have the printer configured for my network and can even ping its IP address
and find it there.  However, when I try to add a ...

Server failed to start even there is no firewall or antivirus protection.
What to do?