Via “Computers Near Me”, you have access to all shared resources:From a Windows95 systemin the same workgroup:On the Windows95 System:first, the windows for thenetwork Windows2000 Systemis displayed without any contentThen, the Password request for the IPC$ share is display:Reason: When …
Due to its Plug-and-Play capability, Windows 2000 should detect your network card andinstall the proper drivers (which worked fine on my system with my Realteak card, but first I had to learnthat INTELl does not anymore support the “EtherExpress 16 …
Some non-network related Windows-2000 items, which may be helpful for you:Support for IOMEGA Parallel-Port ZIP-drive:Windows 2000 did NOT detect my Parallel-port ZIP-drive.It was required for the Printer port to “Enable legacy Plug and Play detection“:I could have added a Registry …
After you defined a Dial-up Connection, I strongly suggest to verify the settings(and for some Internet connections, you MUST define additional parameters ! ) :Goto “Network and Dial-up Connections“and Right-Click on your connection toselect “Properties“Tab: GeneralHere you could enter/correct the …
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After we defined and configured the Dial-up connection, we are ready to make the connection:(User name and password are displayed, because I have requested this in the properties, allowing me to verify/modify. This is important, when loging on to Windows …
There are multiple paths to get to the Dial-Up Networking Window:Via the Control-Panelusing the icon“Network and Dial-upConnections“Via the Start-Menu“Settings“, then“Network and Dial-upConnections“via your desktop icon“My Network Places“,then the link to “Network and Dial-upConnections“.As instructed , select to“Make a New Connection”This …
Due to its Plug-and-Play capability, Windows 2000 should automatically detect your modem,so let me just verify that it has been properly identified:Check #1:In the Control-Panel, use the“Phone and Modem” applet.Select the tab: Modemsto view the list of installed modems.Check #2:In …
Access to the Sharing permissions is given (like on Windows95) via the “Context”-menu (Right-Click):Although you did not give any permissions, all drives on the system show already the “Sharing” icon: the “hand holding the disk”:These are the “Administrator” shares, they …
Although you may have shared your disk (or a part of it), there can be goodreason that you do NOT want either just the Sharename to be displayed inthe Network Neighborhood. In some configuration, you do not even liketo have …
The “Network Neighborhood” on an NT-system worksvery similar as on a Windows95 system, except thatis handled the higher security of NT (usernames).It is based on the Browse-Master concept(because for Microsoft, NT is superior to Windows95/98,so on a network with both …
