re: more bout: Question about 'Connect to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network'
Monday, October 14, 2002 at 12:29 pm
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Posted by Paul
(2 messages posted)
I had a similar problem and did exactly as suggested with an XP and an ME machine.
On the XP machine I created the network setup diskfrom the wizzard and then installed
this on the ME machine. It worked right away. I noticed that the ME wizzard did
not support a router while the XP wizzard did.
On Saturday, May 25, 2002 at 2:00 pm, Rick Graves wrote:
>Alan,
>
>I had two other thoughts to share.
>
>1) Under WinXP, it seems that I frequently have to go into the administrator account,
>(open Control Panel,) open Network Connections, select the network connection, and
>hit "repair". I do this so often, I put a Network Connections icon on the desktop
>of the Administrator account user.
>
>2) Even when the network is working, after a reboot a WinXP machine, the WinXP
machine
>seems to take longer to connect than a Win98 machine. In other words, right after
>reboot, the WinXP machine has not yet connected, but may connect successfully on
>its own after 5 minutes or so. (On a Win98 only network, machines would seem to
>reconnect after reboot almost immediately.)
>
>I hope this is helpful.
>
>Rick
>
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