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Pastimes : Computer Learning -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (16748)	2/23/2001 2:41:14 PM
From: Ed Forrest	Respond to of 110644

Nope, the less money I give MS, the better. I am trying to break the upgrade madness. CK LOL,one persons madness is anothers sanity. :) Ed

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (16748)	2/23/2001 3:01:05 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110644

cheeky if you're planning on networking your pc's together, i have read that winme is very bad for that. i don't know if that affects your decision or not. here's an excerpt from scot finnie on windows me's networking probs.... ****************************** "Question: I have Windows Me clean installed on a Dell Pentium III 600. This computer is in a small peer networked environment. It uses a 3Com NIC, and I'm running TCP/IP and NetBEUI network protocols with the Microsoft Networking client. My problem is that My Network Places [what was called Network Neighborhood in earlier versions of Windows] sometimes doesn't see other computers on the network. No matter what I do, it can't see them. It's a different story when I open the Start Menu, choose Run, and type following and press Enter: \\{workstation name}\{drive share name} That little trick lets me open the drives of other PCs on the network no problem. How can I fix this problem? --James McGrath Answer: Windows Me is the most unreliable version of Windows since Windows 3.x when it comes to networking. There's just something wrong with the way it handles network browses. By the way, there have been issues with network browsing in earlier versions of Win9x too. (Some people need to forcibly change the network browse method on the properties for their network cards from "Auto" to "Enabled," although not everyone has that option.) I do have something that might help you, though. Microsoft has the Knowledgebase article Q260214: Unable to Browse the Network When You Click Network Neighborhood. support.microsoft.com The solution it details, deleting the AutoLogon value from Registry, has worked for me on some Windows Me machines. --S.F." ****************************** hope this helps :) mark