Problem with using Network Setup Wizard

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Shirley

I need some help with trying to figure out how to use the
Network Setup Wizard on my Desktop PC which has Windows
98. After running the wizard on my laptop, Windows XP, I
have no way of creating a disk for the wizard to use on
my desktop PC. There is no floppy drive on the laptop,
and it seems to be required to do this.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
 
"Shirley" said:
I need some help with trying to figure out how to use the
Network Setup Wizard on my Desktop PC which has Windows
98. After running the wizard on my laptop, Windows XP, I
have no way of creating a disk for the wizard to use on
my desktop PC. There is no floppy drive on the laptop,
and it seems to be required to do this.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
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There's no need for a floppy drive. The Network Setup Wizard is
included on the Windows XP CD-ROM. This site shows how to run it on
your desktop:

XP ICS - Starting the Network Setup Wizard
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/networksetupwiz.htm

In fact, there's no need to run the Wizard at all. You can make the
same settings manually that it would make on the desktop. Here's what
the Wizard would do:

1. Set the computer name, computer description, and workgroup name
that you specify.
2. Install these network components if they're not already present:
a. Client for Microsoft Networks
b. TCP/IP
c. File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
3. Share any printers connected to the computer.
4. Create the "Shared Documents" folder if it doesn't exist.
5. Share the "Shared Documents" folder.
6. Configure the local area network connection to obtain an IP
address automatically.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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I forgot to mention, my laptop has Windows XP loaded into
it, so I don't have access to the Windows XP Cd. - Any
other suggestions??

Thanks!
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"Shirley" said:
I forgot to mention, my laptop has Windows XP loaded into
it, so I don't have access to the Windows XP Cd. - Any
other suggestions??

Thanks!
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You didn't get an XP CD-ROM with your computer? You should have. Who
did you buy it from? Contact that party and request one.

One suggestion is to manually perform the 6 steps that I listed above.

Another suggestion, if your XP computer has a CD writer, is to write
this file (which contains the Wizard) to a CD and run it on the
desktop:

C:\Windows\System32\Netsetup.exe
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
-----Original Message-----
You didn't get an XP CD-ROM with your computer? You should have. Who
did you buy it from? Contact that party and request one.

One suggestion is to manually perform the 6 steps that I listed above.

Another suggestion, if your XP computer has a CD writer, is to write
this file (which contains the Wizard) to a CD and run it on the
desktop:

C:\Windows\System32\Netsetup.exe
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
.
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Thank you very much for that file name - I did try to
find it but couldn't. I did previously contact Future
Shop who sold me the laptop, & they said I didn't need
one, just the recovery disks (I will contact them again &
try to insist on getting the proper one).

After all this, I ended up doing something to the desktop
to hang it up - it might have been due to updating the
Windows 98 files which hadn't been done in a long time.
The message is 'Windows Protection Error', so I will try
to work on this in the Safe Mode. - Such fun!

Thanks again for your support.

Shirley
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