Souds familiar. Try going into control panel->network->
and add the NetBEUI protocol to both machines.

-yui shin
----- Original Message -----
Mary-Belle Simmons:


> I hope this makes sense...I have a new PC, running Win98.  Old PC running
Win95.  I'd like to get some of the files from the old PC.  I've followed
the >directions in Win98 Help for Direct Cable Connection.  No luck.  With
the Win98 PC as guest and the Win95 PC as host, I get 'verifying user name
and >password'  then  'LPT1 parallel port disconnected'.

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