XP - Win98se connectivity problems . . .

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JohnH

Having read thru a stack of posts in this Newsgroup there
seems to be a lot of common issues with networking WinXP
and Win98. My problems only started happening about 3
days ago and I can't find the problem. Up until then I
could browse the 98 box from XP and vice versa without
any problems at all.

I get WinXP updates from Mocrosoft automatically and
although I have not made any changes to the configuration
this does not rule out any changes that are made as a
result of the updates.

I seriously suspect the automatic updates as being the
most likely cause.

I am using WinXP pro SP1 (+updates) and Win98SE (no
significant updates recently as not on Internet)

Any comments anyone ???
 
assuming the issue is that win98 can't access xp, make sure not firewall
running on xp.

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JohnH said:
Having read thru a stack of posts in this Newsgroup there
seems to be a lot of common issues with networking WinXP
and Win98. My problems only started happening about 3
days ago and I can't find the problem. Up until then I
could browse the 98 box from XP and vice versa without
any problems at all.

I get WinXP updates from Mocrosoft automatically and
although I have not made any changes to the configuration
this does not rule out any changes that are made as a
result of the updates.

I seriously suspect the automatic updates as being the
most likely cause.

I am using WinXP pro SP1 (+updates) and Win98SE (no
significant updates recently as not on Internet)
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John,

possible but unlikely, in my opinion. Please have a look at
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg
 
Robert

This is with the firewall turned OFF. That was the first
thing I suspected and turned it off. Still no luck.

John H.
 
Willie

Tried the rollback. Rolled it all the way back 1 month
and now apart from having to reinstall several apps and a
printer - things still do NOT work.

Thanks anyway.

John H
 
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