I had one of those fancy things awhile back. I had the same problems. It had a mind of its' own which I did not appreciate. I went back to a good...
No. ( unless the Printer itself contains one ) The printer ( HP5850 ) has its own separate cable plugged directly into the Router. And as I wrote...
Good suggestion. I learned the hard way also. I was shutting down the Router and Modem. Now the Router, and Modem are on their own separate...
I forgot something in my earlier post. If you use my suggestion, make sure you select APPLY before leaving. BillyBob
I use IE and when I want to change my Home page- I navigate to the site I wish to use. Select TOOLS from the nenu at the top. Select...
When viewing my Windows Folder using PowerDesk I see several subfolders labled $NTUinstallKBxxxxxxx. What in the world are these and can they...
Something VERY IMPORTANT when upgrading overtop that I forgot. You do need to watch carefully and make sure the new OS goes into the existing...
Yes you can. The HD that I am on right now is a COPY of a 40gig that started out with Win95. Then upgraded to o 98 Then to 98SE and is now XP...
I do not understand that at all. If they were all running OK why did they need to be put into Startup ? If I read correctly they were all...
Over the years with all versions of Windows I have found that things loaded at should be limited to what is actually necessary. Such as...
Something that I forgot. While I was setting up the 5850 I was having problems with the 98SE machines finding it. So I shut the other two...
I had the same problem when I had an HP5550 Printer set up on this XP Pro machine and shared by two 98 machines. It was VERY,VERY tempermental....
I have been there and done that. And was not happy with it. Cure was to Install a Router and then set each machine to connect to the internet...
Something that I forgot. I never installed 95 or 98 from the CD anyway. I copied the Setup files to a a partition other than C: on the HD and...
All the more reason to attemt an upgrade install. And a proper upgrade install will usually fix most problems. ( has for me any way ) This HD...
Two of mine are I guess 30'. But are under the floor so are not in the way. All three machines are in the same room just on opposite sides....
One to each machine so that each can have its own Internet connection without replying on the other. BillyBob
If you do indeed have a Router then why do you need to to share the Internet connection ? Can't you go from each machine directly to the...
Thanks for the good news. BillyBob
The way I did it was to 1-Right Click on the DeskTop 2-Select - New/Folder 3-Name it 4-Drag-n-drop drop the proper shortcuts into it....
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