Networking xp with 98

29 Apr 2005 2:02 AM

Liz

I am working on a network that consists of 3 98 PC's and one XP laptop.
Previously there was an additional XP desktop. At that time the network was
up and running great, but the XP desktop crashed. Now only one 98 desktop
communicates with the laptop XP. The other two desktops 98, talk to each
other.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Liz

29 Apr 2005 2:13 PM

Doug Sherman [MVP]

If 'communicate' means browsing - Win98 is notorious for refusing to accept
defeat in master browser elections with other Windows versions. So,
possibly your situation results from a browser election conflict. Try this:

On the laptop, go to Administrative Tools and open the Services applet.
Double click on Computer Browser and change the setting from Automatic to
Manual. Reboot all computers.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSE, MCP+I, MVP

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"Liz" <L**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EAA2D4F6-275E-4338-89A9-FEB9C7532F12@microsoft.com...
> I am working on a network that consists of 3 98 PC's and one XP laptop.
> Previously there was an additional XP desktop. At that time the network
was
> up and running great, but the XP desktop crashed. Now only one 98 desktop
> communicates with the laptop XP. The other two desktops 98, talk to each
> other.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Liz

4 May 2005 4:48 PM

Liz

I set the browser to manual, and rebooted all the computers. The XP computer
couldn't see the network at all. Everything else stayed the same. None of
them saw the XP.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Liz

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"Doug Sherman [MVP]" wrote:

> If 'communicate' means browsing - Win98 is notorious for refusing to accept
> defeat in master browser elections with other Windows versions. So,
> possibly your situation results from a browser election conflict. Try this:
>
> On the laptop, go to Administrative Tools and open the Services applet.
> Double click on Computer Browser and change the setting from Automatic to
> Manual. Reboot all computers.
>
> Doug Sherman
> MCSE, MCSE, MCP+I, MVP
>
> "Liz" <L**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EAA2D4F6-275E-4338-89A9-FEB9C7532F12@microsoft.com...
> > I am working on a network that consists of 3 98 PC's and one XP laptop.
> > Previously there was an additional XP desktop. At that time the network
> was
> > up and running great, but the XP desktop crashed. Now only one 98 desktop
> > communicates with the laptop XP. The other two desktops 98, talk to each
> > other.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Liz
>
>
>