Hi, I have a peer-to-peer network with Me and 98se. When I reboot the Me machine, an explorer window appears with my network share on the 98 machine. This only happens on the Me machine. What really gets me is if I hold shift while logging on, the share doesn't show. This led me to believe...

I have 2 Win ME, 1 Win 98 and 1 Windows XP Home connected to a router in order to share a cable internet connection. This sharing works fine. Also, I can share files between the Win ME and Win98 computers. The problem is that I cannot see the Win XP computer from the Win ME and vice versa. I *can*...

I want to temporarily create a P2P connection between WinME and XP (to transfer data from an old PC to a new one). I have a crossover patch cable and each PC has only one NIC. Is there a simple step by step guide to connecting WinME to XP somewhere? The NIC in the WinME machine is currently...

When I view "Network Neightborhood" or "My Network Places" under Windows, a list of computers show up. How can I tell, under the various versions of Windows, which ones are being accessed via NetBUI and which ones are being accessed via TCP/IP? It seems like this ought to be simple (e.g.,...

I have a client with ME and his machine was infected with spyware and viruses. I have removed everything and it works great now except that I can't get the internet to work. It will never pull an address from the cable modem. I have verified that everything is working hardware wise and I have...

Can Windows ME and Windows XP computers network together using a domain??

When I run winipcfg my network adapter is showing up as 'PCI Bus Master Adapter' rather than the adapter name. Instead of 'IP address' it says 'IP autoconfiguration' with ip of type 169.etc & subnet of 255.255.0.0. This ip cannot be release 7/or renewed. How can I get my network adapter name to...

My desktop has been in place for a number of years sharing files and printers with 2 XP machines and another ME machine problem free. All of a sudden I cannot access my other computers or printers. The files are visible in network neighborhoood but I receive an error stating that the computer...

Recently purchased a Linksys wpc54g to finally get my notebook on wireless. I was looking to keep dial-up as a back-up, but ever since the installation have been having problems with the dialup. The wireless card appears to be working fine. I have tried uninstalling the wireless card still with...

Hmmmm! After trying all the things mentioned in the earlier postings am still unable to access Vista files from Me though Me files from Vista are readily available. Vista folders show up on Me but won't open. Display is the proverbial "not responding" for those particular network locations. Any...

Calling all PC Gurus! I am trying to network 2 computers: 1 with 98se and 1 with me. I thought that i would be able to just connect them together with an ethernet cable and run the setup wizard and bam it would work as easy as pie. But no, it's not working out just yet and any of you think you...

I have Win ME installed on a laptop I own. I've got it connected it up to my desktop PC (Running Win XP Pro), but I cannot get it to connect to the internet. Every other aspect of the network works fine, as far as i can tell, and it even shows me the correct gateway status. However, anything that...

My Dell laptop, running Win ME OS, is now without the original dial-up adapter and TCP/IP dial-up adapter, thanks to bad advice. I don't have a Win ME CD-ROM to do a reinstall. Does anyone know where to find this communications piece of the ME software online? Or can you offer any other suggested...

I am having a bizarre problem... or at least one I haven't seen before. I have just installed WinME on a laptop. I downloaded and installed the latest driver for my 3Com PCMCIA Ethernet card and that worked fine. The card appears as a NIC and with no errors. I went in to the Network section of...

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Hi I have been struggling to hook my network up with vista. I finally got my xp computers working and got the ME computer to see the vista. I can even get to the folders but then the ME computer seems to hang or freeze when I click on the folder. Any suggestions? I am Connecting thru...

Hi, I was trying to set up my daughters and uni.friends pc to share a broadband connection. The win2k pc is Ethernet connected to a router/switch which is in turn connected to the broadband modem, no problem. However I connect the winme Ethernet to the router/switch and am unable to get an internet...

Read with interest the 12/19/04 Setup Win ME as server/WinXP as Client via Wireless Router and all the answers. I have a GateWay running Win ME connected to Actiontec GT701-WG and HP PSC 1410v by USB. My daughter has a Toshiba Satellite runnig XP that connects wireless to the Actiontec for...

Hello out there, I was running my T-Sinus 154 data II Wireless Adaptor on Win ME for several months without problems, however, after the last reinstall, it didnt work anymore. My network is still found by the WLAN Manager, but I can't seem to get any kind of connection to it, though all settings...