Thanks Jorge -- sounds like marvellous advice. Problem is, I don't possess a copy of XP (except for the miserable recovery disk that came with my laptop), can't afford to purchase one at the prices M$oft charge, and don't know anyone who can give me a copy :-( If I can solve the winsock problem, looks as if I'll have to struggle along with Win 98se.
Virginia On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 05:18:52 -0600 "Jorge D. Camboni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > Hi Virginia. Some stupid program messed up with the win98 winsock settings. > If I were you I would install XP on top (no need of reformatting, neither > losing installed programs) > I did it several times, worked flawlessly. Just make sure to kill windows > messenger after installing > XP and configuring firewall properly. You4ll find ICS setup extremely easy > with XP, 10 times easier > than with 98se. > Good luck > Jorge > > At 04:22 p.m. 03/03/2005 +0000, you wrote: > >No-one answered my plea for help a couple of days ago, so I am resending my > >posting. > >Somebody out there must be able to offer some helpful suggestions -- > >PLEASE!! > >This is what I wrote on 28 February: > > > >Have had a bit of a disaster! Win98SE 512MB ram 1.2Mhz CPU -- has never > >given any problems. I recently installed a DSL USB modem and was delighted > >with the increased speed of internet access. All worked well (I could also > >access the Internet using ordinary dial-up connection) > > > >Then I decided to install a network card in the computer to be able to use > >DSL on my laptop as well, using Internet Connection Sharing (laptop has XP > >home). Having installed the NIC together with the driver software (it asked > >for the Win98 CD as well, and installed God knows what), I was then no > >longer able to access the Internet. Zone Alarm Pro and AV program both gave > >multiple error messages, so I uninstalled them. Connection is no problem, > >either by ADSL or dial-up , but PPP connections will not work, and every > >attempt to access internet addresses bring up DNS errors. I uninstalled the > >Nic drivers, removed the network card, all to no avail. Still no connection > >to the internet. Checked all the settings against those in another computer > >which works, but still can't find what the problem is. I finally > >re-installed the OS (but of course all the old system settings were > >retained). Something happened when I installed the software for the network > >card which I can't seem to reverse. > > > >In desperation I have now connected my ADSL modem to my laptop and abandoned > >the Win98 machine, at least for the Internet. > >but I really do need it. Can't think what other options I have, except to > >reformat the C: drive, which I really don't want to do. > > > >Please can anyone suggest a solution to the problem ... I am desperate! TIA > > > >Thank you ... > >Virginia ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
