I’m currently using an ethernet cable to connect the two computers together. I’m wondering what I have to run on each PC to make them recognize each other, be able to share files, and most importantly, have the 98 machine be able to connect to the internet.

My setup is as follows: My main PC, the Windows XP one, connects to the internet via a router. I want the 98 PC to be able to connect to the XP machine and also get internet.

Can anyone help me?
My internet connection is Verizon DSL. I am 100% sure this will work because I’ve done it with friends, I just can’t remember how.

whenever u install a prog, a default installation HD partion drive is chosen to install it…since my default partion is getting full,how do i change it?

i installed win 98 during installation of win 98 setup gave an error named hwinfo but it got installed and was running fine .but when i tried to install win xp with win 98 the setup gave an error that PCI.sys file currupted .so what should i do to correct this problem and install win xp i tried to install xp on my hard drive with other system but it still gave the same error.

When I ran SpyBot one of the items to fix was “Windows xp security Center disabled. I clicked to fix. I rebooted the compuer and when I went to Control Panel and clicked on Security Center, it opened and said the Security Center did not start. It said to reboot or Start the center. I rebooted but it still would not start. Other than to reboot, I don’t know how to start it. I had recently uninstalled Norton anti virus and installed AVG anti virus. My other computer is fine.(same unintalll and new installation of AVG)
Any help would be appreciated
JP III

I have Win XP Pro SP2 and I want to disable the Security Centre permanently. Or at least I want to disable that annoying System Tray icon which says “Your Computer Might Be At Risk” at every startup. Please Help.

I’m using a dell Laptop (windows xp) with wireless card that uses the wireless network in my home. Most of the time when I go on the internet, it will disconnect when I click a link and then reconnect immediately, with the little voice balloon coming up to say it’s connected.
I get the same results whether the firewall is on or not. I have all the right tcp/ip info & passwords…
I’ve already tried un and reinstalling everything, including explorer, I’ve reset the connection from the hub and reset the hub many times.
Windows is not finding any hardware or program conflicts either.
Please somebody help me!

I have 4 20Gb partitions on this converted USB HDD and previously all 4 could be detected. However, after upgrading to win XP service pack 2 and installing a few security patches, I always only manage to detect the same 2 partitions with the other 2 being seen as generic storage partitions but without a drive letter assigned to them. As such, I cannot access the data. Is there anything I can do short of popping the HDD back into a system again? I only have a Laptop at the moment. Thanks
its an IDE HDD and the funny thing is that all 4 partitions were previously detectable when i first converted it to an external USB. Now only 2 partitions are visible.

I encrypted some files in windows Xp through “right click>properties>advanced>encrypt”. Then during the time to format my XP i forgot to reclaim those files by decrypting and all and reinstalled Xp. Now i am not able to access my files, neither move nor copy or delete them. Please help me out i have tried the certificate thing and all. If you have some kind of software or anything then please tell me to reclaim the loss. if you know how to reclaim through the certificate thing then please give me step by step info how to do it? please help me out and i will choose it as the best answer….. please

i have bought a hp Laptop with which i have got a origional win xp sp2 now if i install this on my desktop will that copy will b legel copy.

Hi folks,
I got Dell #1505 Laptop and have my windows corrupted. I got the Windows XP pro SP2 reinstallation CD from Dell(Only one CD). There’s no separate Device Driver CD from Dell. I got a few spywares on my PC which I couldnt remover using the spyware removal tool. Do I need to back up all the drives before I try this re-installation CD?

Can I go ahead format my C:\ drive and reinstall Win Xp Pro from Dell reinstall CD? If I can do like this then what about the drivers? Do anyone of you have any experience in doing so?

Thanks
Surya