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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