On 1 Aug 2002, at 2:19, Rick Thornton wrote:

> Our seniors computer club has 7 machines (6xceleron 733 and 1xP111
> 450) networked through a switch. One machine runs winxp home and
> is the "master for ICS". The rest run win98se. All was well until
> last week.  We reformatted all the machines and reinstalled
> everything.  Now two machines (win98se) will not browse the
> network.  We have checked that the win98 installation installed
> the necessary files and protocols and that the cables are indeed
> connected at both ends. Could this be a problem with the network
> cards in the two machines? I also notice that we get a network
> logon screen on some but not on these two. Any advice or
> suggestions appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Rick Thornton

  Check that their network logon is set to "Client for Windows
Networks" and not "Windows Logon", and that their workgroup name
("Identification" tab under network properties/control panel) matches
all the others.

David Gillett

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