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PC & MAC CLINIC - On line problem solving. (CPU)     

Crocodile - 16 Dec 2002 03:59

Optimist - 17 Feb 2003 23:30 - 201 of 11003

Martini

If your old computer still works don't bother swapping the hard drives but put the old computer in a different room and network them together.

Once you have the old one set up you don't need a screen or a keyboard. You can share the hard disk to your new computer and it can be made to look like a normal drive on your new machine.

This will give you a backup disk that is more secure against viruses, total failiure, theft or damage.

The other downside with swapping your old disk is that it is most likley a lot smaller and slower than current drives.

Martini - 17 Feb 2003 23:30 - 202 of 11003

Cheers guys this is looking clearer. You are helping an old man over the road. Boy Scouts on bob a job :)
I will do the first bit taking out the old hard drive then take a look inside the new PC for all the things you have said.
Do I presume that if I do fit it correctly I can then boot the new PC and it will automatically recognise the new drive or do I have to do some clever things with software and configurations?
M

Seymour Clearly - 17 Feb 2003 23:34 - 203 of 11003

Don't know! Anyone else? Optimist's idea is good.

Martini - 17 Feb 2003 23:35 - 204 of 11003

Optimist
As your name implies you assume I can do networking!!!
I will probably come back to this to get my two laptops hooked up but for now a pc with two hard drives feels like a good start.
M

Martini - 17 Feb 2003 23:36 - 205 of 11003

O and I might add I want them on wireless!

robber - 18 Feb 2003 00:09 - 206 of 11003

M, yes if you drop your 2nd HD in when you boot up the PC should recognise it as an additonal drive.

BTW, if you can stay with the learning curve networking will open up a huge range of new possibilities for you.

good luck

N

PlanB - 18 Feb 2003 08:51 - 207 of 11003

:)

I've got an old PC running Windows 95 and will be buying a new PC with Windows XP. What's the simplest way to network them?

PlanB

Biffer - 18 Feb 2003 09:06 - 208 of 11003

PlanB, ask Martini, I'm sure he'll be able to help :)

Robb - 18 Feb 2003 14:27 - 209 of 11003

PlanB - I'm sure I read somewhere that said you may have problems networking a W95 m/c to XP. W98 is ok (I did it on mine) but not 95 - maybe because its sooooooo old :-) IF it is ok then I found the simplest way was to get a PCWorld networking kit @50 and use the Networking Wizard on the XP machine to guide you through. It really is straight forward.

Martini - have you ever changed a graphics card e.g. put in a Matrox card for two screens? In terms of networking thats about as difficult as it gets. On an XP machine you get quite a bit of help with the set up.

Regards
Rob

karmicpete - 18 Feb 2003 14:43 - 210 of 11003

Has anyone come across Back Web lite?

The Spybot program found it, I have tried to remove it, but now all I get is a message at start up saying invalid Back web ID.

Any help gratefully received

Pete

Martini - 18 Feb 2003 15:03 - 211 of 11003

Robb
Good grief no!

Biffer
Watch it :)

PlanB - 18 Feb 2003 19:37 - 212 of 11003

Robb - thanks for the cautionary note.

Ho-hum. I've got an old scanner attached to the W95 machine and they don't do Win XP drivers for it. The scanner was very pricey and still works well so I'm reluctant to retire it.

Regards,

PlanB

Dailos - 18 Feb 2003 21:06 - 213 of 11003

Martini
stick to what you know best............
B00005S6IB.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

regards
dailos (compewter expurt):)

robber - 18 Feb 2003 23:27 - 214 of 11003

PlanB, www.anoyances.org thinks you CAN network across different MS versions;

Connect to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network;

I can't access other computers from My Network Places/Network Neighborhood
The most common cause is authentication. Windows 2000 and Windows XP both take security very seriously, and won't allow remote access to any computer without a valid username and password. Conversely, Windows 9x/Me has virtually no security, and does not enforce any sort of user authentication. Here's what you need to do:

Make sure your Windows 9x/Me systems all have valid users logged in; if you don't see Log off (username) in the Start Menu, then you're not really logged in. (Note that some early versions of Windows 95 might be a little flaky here).
Also, make sure you've entered a password; although Windows 9x/Me allows blank passwords, Windows XP/2000 does not. (If you don't want to enter a password each time you start Windows, see this article.)
If you have more than one Windows 9x/Me-based computer, and you don't care about security between the computers in your home/office, it will probably be easiest to give all the computers the same username and password.
Then, in any Windows XP/2000 systems you want to connect to, use the Users and Passwords icon in Control Panel to add a new user: the username and password should match those entered on the Windows 9x/Me systems. You can make as many user accounts as you need, and even set different permissions depending on what you want them to be able to access (make them Administrators if you want everyone to have full access).

Havnt tried it with 95 myself but it sounds like its worth giving it a go. Alternatively how about upgrading your old machine to win98?

Neil

Optimist - 19 Feb 2003 00:05 - 215 of 11003

Plan B

Make sure that you use TCP/IP Protocol on the Win95 M/C you should have no (few) problems networking Win 95 to XP

PlanB - 19 Feb 2003 07:34 - 216 of 11003

robber / Optimist

Thanks for the advice - lots to investigate there.

PlanB

hawkeye - 19 Feb 2003 15:32 - 217 of 11003

I cancelled a Freeserve account yesterday, but it's coming back to haunt me.
Every 3-4 minutes, the "Enter Network Password" dialogue box keeps popping up, showing "pop.freeserve.com" as the Server and asking for my username and password.
I've deleted all reference to Freeserve on Internet Options, Network Connections and Phone & Modem, but still it keeps coming back.
Should I be looking somewhere else to delete it?

tia, hawkeye

Kayak - 19 Feb 2003 15:38 - 218 of 11003

hawkeye, it's the mail account trying to pick up your mail. Go into Outlook Express, Tools/Accounts/All tab, find Freeserve entries and Remove.

hawkeye - 19 Feb 2003 16:26 - 219 of 11003

Kayak, thanks. That, of course, was the problem. The fact that it happened every 4 minutes, should have given me the clue:-)

karmicpete - 20 Feb 2003 01:28 - 220 of 11003

Some info on Back Web lite:

http://www.cexx.org/dlgli.htm

I'm still having problems shifting this from my PC... although I think it's disabled. I suspect it sneaked in with the Logitech mouse driver.

Regards,

Pete
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