Network Windows 98 and XP Home Edition

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Ian Mckenna

Hi folks

I have a small 3 PC Windows 98 network. I recently bought
a laptop with XP Home. I'm told that the two are
incompatible but I need the laptop to connect to the
network for file sharing etc.

Can anyone suggest the best way to do this so that it
won't cost me a fortune in upgrading all machines to XP
Pro or similar. Would simply upgrading the laptop to XP
Pro do the trick?

I've tried running W98 on the laptop but it's a pain in
the neck as I don't have drivers for some of the hardware.

Thanks folks

Ian McKenna
 
Ian Mckenna said:
I have a small 3 PC Windows 98 network. I recently bought
a laptop with XP Home. I'm told that the two are
incompatible but I need the laptop to connect to the
network for file sharing etc.

Can anyone suggest the best way to do this so that it
won't cost me a fortune in upgrading all machines to XP
Pro or similar. Would simply upgrading the laptop to XP
Pro do the trick?

I've tried running W98 on the laptop but it's a pain in
the neck as I don't have drivers for some of the hardware.
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Ian,

Windows XP Home works just fine with Windows 98 when set up
properly, so don't worry about upgrading all other computers.

Have a look at the many similar messages in this newsgroup to
find all the answers. When you hit any particular problem,
please ask here again.

Hans-Georg
 
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