YuppieScum

ledzeppl is refering to the Win2K cd that you installed w2k from. if you don't have that, then you're SOL. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

There is a tool that will allow Win9x to read NTFS partitions (search will find it) but there is no tool to convert NTFS to FAT (12 16 or 32) ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Easy. You add the text © 2000 by DreddCorp. All rights reserved. or similar. What you do if someone violates your copyright is somewhat more complicated. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Sorry Simon, but bollocks. Quote: As long as you password your guest account with a different one from the default. Then you have as much protection as you do with any other login. No you don't, you have half as much protection, as attackers already know the username - they just have to crack the pwd. And further bollocks... Quote: Having the guest account enabled is the only way to allow other machines in a workgroup style network have acces to shares on any NT based machine. Wrong. For small networks, create user accounts under W2K with the same username and password as the Win9x logins you wish to grant access, then permission the W2K shares accordingly. For larger networks, make a W2K machine a domain controller, and have all the W9x boxes authenticate via that... [This message has been edited by YuppieScum (edited 12 April 2000).]

It's possible to make an arbitrary connection between 2 machines - IRC, AIM, ICQ and deathmatch game all do it. Drive mapping should be do-able also, but it much depends on which ports the ISP actually allows traffic on - after a lot of bad publicity in the US, most cable companies actively filter port 138 (or 139) which is used by the Network Neighbourhood browser. Once I get cable in my apartment, I'll give it a go...

Change the mobo 'cos the modem doesn't work? Hm - I've got a nice bridge for sale... The dual will always be better than the single...ditch the modem and ISDN TA, and get better(supported) ones. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Quote: Good things come to those who wait. ...and so do really crap things, and sometimes nothing at all.

why? surely that would hurt?

Sounds like bollocks to me...the SDKs for W2K have been available for each milestone release on the same day...

Point being... You're all a bunch of idiots! Bwahahahahaha!

W2K should support it without problem, as long as you have enabled USB in the BIOS - it might be labelled "Allocate IRQ to USB". If W2K still doesn't, and Tyan have no drivers on their site, then you're SOL. FWIW, my Tyan Trinity 400 works fine.

Which Voodoo2 drivers have you installed? Tony Toaste's "kludge-pack" is the best, but doesn't support D3D, only Glide. The official 3dfx drivers (last I saw) did D3D but badly. Under no circumstances install the DX7a update - it is for Win9x only. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Todd - Great news that you got it working...now, what exactly was it you got working? [sTEN]Senate - You solve it by now installing it. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Try this... http://www.surveyorcorp.com/ispy/ ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Right then. For default gateway, pick an arbitrary machine on the network (192.168.0.1), and set it to that. Use the "file search" under W9x to find the HOSTS file - it will be somewhere under the C:\Windows directory. The HOSTS file should be the same for each machine - it should include entries for all the machines on the local net. Silly question time - does the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" entry in the LAN Connection Properties page under W2K have a tick next to it indicating it's enabled?

FWIW, 192.168.0.* is the reserved class C address range I was always taught to use for non-internet LANs. Anyway. I assume that all 3 machines have the same subnet mask (255.255.255.0) and the same default gateway. Have you tried the W2K box in a different port on the switch - in case you've plugged into the uplink by mistake? Have you tried rebooting the switch with all three machines powered up? Also, just for a laugh - try installing NetBEUI on all three boxes. It is a very trivial-to-setup stack as it only requires each machine has a name and is in the same workgroup, but should prove connectivity between all three boxes... HOSTS is a text file that is used by TCP/IP if DNS isn't available. It contains the IP address of each machine, along with it's name. For everything to work, though, this file must be on every machine on the network - hence for more than 5 boxes you use DNS. Let me know how you get on, and I'll keep thinking...

The Compaq site has DOS drivers for both CD and network here. I'd recommend testing the accessability of both [bold]before[/bold] I did anything destructive... Also, a self-extracting DOS boot disk can be had from www.dell.com - just search for the support file CDENAB.EXE ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Don't do what the idiot above suggests - your friends connection will stop working, and he'll probably get a nasty visit from the @Home police. Most service providers now filter the message types that allow network neighbourhood to work, otherwise you'd see everyone else's machine too - and they'd see yours. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Several questions. Are there any link status lights on the w2K card or on the switch - do they show "good"? Have you tried the board diagnostics (if any)? Have you tried manually configuring the cards connect parms (100Mb/FD) instead of using "auto"? Why using 203.32.4.* instead of the usual 192.168.0.*? Are you pinging by host name or by IP address? Have you updated the W2K "hosts" file with the names of the W9x machines? ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

I would strongly recommend doing clean installs of both OSs, then reinstall apps and finally copy/import any data files. It's a real pain but incredibly worth it if only in terms of boot time. It also means you can do a defrag between each step...a very good way of maintaining performance. Otherwise, if you're committed to mirroring your existing drives, then use a tool like Ghost which will allow do migration between dis-similar volume sizes. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Hm. If you had mentioned that to begin with, I might have come up with better solutions. It now comes back to making sure you have the latest ASPI layer and firmware for the drive. Also make sure that in the "Media" tab for the device property page under "Comp Manage","Storage","Remov Storage","Phys Loc" has the correct media types defined.

I'm using an "HCF 56K PCI Modem" that i got from a computer fair for 20 quid (about $30). W2K recognised it straight away...

Which apps don't work?

From the "windows script host reference" on MSDN... [*]SYSTEMROOT System directory (for example, c:\winnt). This is the same as WINDIR. [*]WINDIR System directory (for example, c:\winnt). This is the same as SYSTEMROOT. [/list:u] However, WINDIR is available as a system and process variable under W2K and as a process variable under Win9x, but SYSTEMROOT is a W2K process variable only. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Are you using a switch or a hub to link the machines? Are you using CAT5 cable throughout? Are they all in good nick? Does the hub or switch show a "collision" light? Is the latest machine just using a 10Mb only card? It could be that the "auto speed negotiation" that 10/100 cards do is not completing properly. Manually config all the cards to 100Mb full duplex. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)