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"Paul S" <anybody.RemoveThis@anyone.plus.com> wrote in message
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> I've tried, unsuccessfully to set up a Network between my old PC, which
> uses W95, and my new PC, which uses XP.
>
> This is what I've done:
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> 1. I installed a Kingston KNE30BT Network Card in my old PC and installed
> W95 drivers via a Floppy (downloaded for me via the Internet).
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> 2. I ran the the Network Set-up Wizard on my new PC
> On the final screen, I clicked on "Just finish the wizard; I don't need to
> run the wizard on other computers".
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> I have called my old PC BERYL on Workgroup MSHOME and my new PC PAUL on
> Workgroup MSHOME.
>
> When I click on My Network places, only my new PC appears. When I click on
> View Workgroup Computers both BERYL and PAUL appear. When I click on BERYL
> properties I get a message saying "The server Beryl could not be found on
> the network"
>
> I then did a Google on Network, W95, XP and found many newsgroup posts on
> the subject. I followed the instructions given by Steve Winograd (MS-MVP)
> on one of them to make sure I had set the old PC up properly.
>
> On the old PC, Network now has the following on the Configuration screen;
>
> Client for Microsoft Networks
> Dial-up Adaptor
> Dial-up Adaptor #2 (VPN Support)
> Kingston EtherRx client PCI Ethernet Adaptor
> Microsoft Virtual Private Networking Adaptor
> NDISWAN Microsoft Virtual Private Networking Adaptor
> TCP/IP Dial-up Adaptor
> TCP/IP Dial-up Adaptor (VPN Support)
> TCP/IP Kingston EtherRx client PCI Ethernet Adaptor
> File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks
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> File and Print sharing are both ticked
>
> Access Control is Share-level access control
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> My new PC now tries to connect to the internet every few minutes. I
> thought this was something to do with it trying to assign IP addresses,
> but it makes no difference when I allow it to connect.
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> Can anyone help ?
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