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Title: networking windows ME and XP
Post by: stuntmannick on February 13, 2007, 10:45:14 PM

Got a question:

I have a seven year old HP (porn box) and my laptop connected to a hub. Can I network these? I've been having trouble setting it up. Any pointers would be appreciated.

Title: networking windows ME and XP
Post by: CougarSE on February 14, 2007, 04:46:13 AM

Of course you can. I prefer to map network drives instead of browsing another machines shares.. seems to work smoother..

Title: networking windows ME and XP
Post by: doodaa on February 15, 2007, 10:52:49 AM

First - buy a copy of Win98SE on ebay and toss the Windows ME. That wil make life easier.

Title: networking windows ME and XP
Post by: xr7cat on February 17, 2007, 12:27:44 AM

Quote from: doodaa;129692

First - buy a copy of Win98SE on ebay and toss the Windows ME. That will make life easier.

I was going to suggest he hand himself but this works, only thing to remember is to be patient. ME was more of a non network OS, but if they are running similar work group names, and maybe there own static IP's it would lessen the headache, that may or may not follow.

Title: networking windows ME and XP
Post by: 85turbotbird on March 13, 2007, 11:55:52 PM

I agree with CougarSE. I have my mp3s on my machine mapped throughout my network. Like someone said, get rid of ME (mistake edition :punchballs: ) and either go up to 2000 or 98SE. It shouldn't be "hard" to network the PCs either through a router, or ICS (internet connection sharing).

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Computers/PCs => General Computer Forum => Topic started by: stuntmannick on February 13, 2007, 10:45:14 PM