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Networking 98/XP
Name: _wildcat_ Date: April 7, 2006 at 03:36:57 Pacific OS: XP home and 98se CPU/Ram: 2200xp Product: 1gig ddr
Comment:
Ok new problem.
I had a windows XP and a windows 98 computer networked together. Something happened and the network was broken ever since i have been trying to manualy and using the xp network disk to set the network back up with out success. At one i got the xp computer visavle on the 98 computer but it disapperaered within secounds this happened twice and as if to tease me. Its really starting to get me down
Name: _wildcat_ Date: April 7, 2006 at 04:29:49 Pacific
Reply:
A thought just occured to me could it be that i have faulty networking cable as im sure the network cards are working propwely or they would come up as not working properly
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