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re: Question about 'Connect to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network'
Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 6:21 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by kim
(1 messages posted)
Didn't help me. Selecting a manual IP address on the w2k box just disabled autoDNS.
I seem to remember WinME creating a network install disk. Is that there in w2k somewhere?
On Friday, April 26, 2002 at 9:56 am, MarK wrote:
>To restore your logon box in Win98, go to Control Panel, select Network and change
>the Primary Network Logon (mid page) from "Windows Logon" to
>"Client for Microsoft Networks".
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>Host and Guest machines applies to the Direct Cable connections. In this instance
>for 2 machines neither of which is a Domain Server (don't fret, you don't want or
>need a Domain believe me) you are dealing with a Peer to Peer network, where both
>should - subject to you using the sharing tab on the folders - be able to access
>files on the other machine.
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>Assuming you've set up TCP/IP addressing correctly (try setting your TCP/IP protocol
>against your network card under the same Network applet panel to 192.168.0.1 on
>one machine and 192.168.0.2 on the other with a Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0) then
>the next most likely cause of not seeing the other machine is that they are in different
>Workgroups.
>To check this go to the middle tab on the Network applet you accessed to change
the
>Logon - it is marked Identification.
>The Computer Name and Description are fairly cosmetic and give a description of
which
>box you are seeing on the net work once you connect them. The Workgroup name MUST
>be the same on both machines - if they aren't they wont see one another.
>
>Hope that helps
>
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