Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Brian Jones]

I suspect a damaged registry.  You may be forced to live with this problem 
until you can do a clean install of your operating system. You could try a 
registry cleaner, but it might make things worse.

 - Brian
- Original Message - 
From: "Mike Sloane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question


I had a similar problem just today - I couldn't get an older 3Comm PCMCIA 
card to work in an HP laptop I picked up cheap. The system said everything 
was working, but it wouldn't connect. I was using Windows default 
installation and the Win98SE CD. Then I downloaded the drivers from the 
3Comm Website, used them for the install, and the network came right up. So 
I guess the lesson is not to trust the MS install script, and use the 
manufacturer's drivers.


Now I have another related question: when I go to shut this machine down, 
the default "radio" button on the shutdown screen is always "restart", I 
click on "shutdown" but it restarts anyway. This is something that is 
probably easy to fix, but I have never encountered this before. Any 
suggestions?


Mike

Stephen Brownfield wrote:
Today, I finally got back to his house, so I was able to try out 
everyone's advice.  I used winipcfg to see that he had DNS address.  I 
then tried using the IP address that Tom gave me for Google.  It didn't 
work.  I asked him if he had the drivers for his wireless card. He said 
"Yes." We got the CD out, uninstalled the drivers and then re-installed 
them. Rebooted the computer and *he finally had an internet!*

Thanks to everyone for all your help!

Steve



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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Mike Sloane]

I had a similar problem just today - I couldn't get an older 3Comm 
PCMCIA card to work in an HP laptop I picked up cheap. The system said 
everything was working, but it wouldn't connect. I was using Windows 
default installation and the Win98SE CD. Then I downloaded the drivers 
from the 3Comm Website, used them for the install, and the network came 
right up. So I guess the lesson is not to trust the MS install script, 
and use the manufacturer's drivers.


Now I have another related question: when I go to shut this machine 
down, the default "radio" button on the shutdown screen is always 
"restart", I click on "shutdown" but it restarts anyway. This is 
something that is probably easy to fix, but I have never encountered 
this before. Any suggestions?


Mike

Stephen Brownfield wrote:
Today, I finally got back to his house, so I was able to try out 
everyone's advice.  I used winipcfg to see that he had DNS address.  I 
then tried using the IP address that Tom gave me for Google.  It didn't 
work.  I asked him if he had the drivers for his wireless card. He said 
"Yes." We got the CD out, uninstalled the drivers and then re-installed 
them. Rebooted the computer and *he finally had an internet!*

Thanks to everyone for all your help!

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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Stephen Brownfield]

Today, I finally got back to his house, so I was able to try out 
everyone's advice.  I used winipcfg to see that he had DNS address.  I 
then tried using the IP address that Tom gave me for Google.  It didn't 
work.  I asked him if he had the drivers for his wireless card. He said 
"Yes." We got the CD out, uninstalled the drivers and then re-installed 
them. Rebooted the computer and *he finally had an internet!*

Thanks to everyone for all your help!

Steve



Vicky Staubly wrote:

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Stephen Brownfield wrote:
He is running Win98 SE!  It is a wireless PCI card.  What utility 
under Win98 SE would let me know if it "sees" the wireless router?  I 
know how to do that under the newer OS like XP, but how do I do it 
under Win98 SE?  I don't think that it "sees" the router.  I believe 
that may be the problem.


My memory is a little rusty, but I think you can run the command 
"winipcfg" (Start Menu, "Run"), which will show you if you have an IP 
address (i.e. has the router given you one via DHCP, unless you 
statically assigned an address). That will also show you (I think) if 
you've been given a DNS address. Then maybe try Tom's suggestion of 
using an IP address (if that works, you may be getting the _wrong_ DNS 
address).



Admiral Harris wrote:
What kind of adapter?  How is it connected?  Is this Win98 SE? Is 
the utility able to "see" the wireless router?


- Original Message - From: "Stephen Brownfield" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to 
run Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run 
some of his adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless 
internet.   He had a  wireless  card put into his computer about a 
year  or so  ago.  About 2 weeks ago he said that he lost his 
internet connection.  I went over to his home, the wireless 
connection still works for other computers.  (I tested it with a 
laptop running XP.)  I went to control panel > System > device 
manager   and checked out the properties on his wireless card which 
said that the device was functioning properly.  I looked at the 
card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was on and 
when I tried to look up something on the internet (a web page) the 
other light would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As 
I look at everything looks like it should work.  What do you think 
might be wrong? Despite what the device manger  says do you think 
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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Stephen Brownfield]

John,
  Thanks.  I have some holes in my computer knowledge (as 
demonstrated by this exchange).  This is why I belong to this list to 
learn how to how to fill those holes.  I'm constantly am finding more 
and more  holes in  my knowledge.


Steve

John DeCarlo wrote:

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Stephen Brownfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

  

John,
   Thanks.  That is why I typed out the URLs to make sure we were
talking about the same thing.  Since Tom had referred to a numeric IP
address earlier, when made his comment I wondered if he was still
talking about a numeric IP address.  This is the first time  I've been
exposed to a numeric IP address.




Steve,

Just a quick note.  IP addresses are numeric.  That is all the network
actually uses.

Your computer takes a name like www.google.com and looks up the IP address.
It can't send any email or web traffic or anything else on the Internet
without that IP address.

A lot of the time, not being able to get to www.google.com is because that
particular computer is not getting the IP address.  So if www.ggogle.com is
also 64.233.169.99, and you can get there with one but not the other, then
we have isolated the problem.  In that case, the Internet and your access to
the Internet is working perfectly.  All that is broken is looking up the IP.

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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[John DeCarlo]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Stephen Brownfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> John,
>Thanks.  That is why I typed out the URLs to make sure we were
> talking about the same thing.  Since Tom had referred to a numeric IP
> address earlier, when made his comment I wondered if he was still
> talking about a numeric IP address.  This is the first time  I've been
> exposed to a numeric IP address.
>

Steve,

Just a quick note.  IP addresses are numeric.  That is all the network
actually uses.

Your computer takes a name like www.google.com and looks up the IP address.
It can't send any email or web traffic or anything else on the Internet
without that IP address.

A lot of the time, not being able to get to www.google.com is because that
particular computer is not getting the IP address.  So if www.ggogle.com is
also 64.233.169.99, and you can get there with one but not the other, then
we have isolated the problem.  In that case, the Internet and your access to
the Internet is working perfectly.  All that is broken is looking up the IP.

Hope this helps.

-- 
John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own


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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Stephen Brownfield]

I have not had access to his computer since posted the original 
question, thus I have not had a chance to type in the numeric IP address.


Steve


Tom Piwowar wrote:

No, that is not what I asked. Those are URLs. Very different.

  
Yes, I tried typing addresses like www.yahoo.com,  www.aol.com, 
www.msn.com.  I don't know if I tried www.google.com. 


Tom Piwowar wrote:


And of course you tried typing in an IP address into the browser?
  



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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Stephen Brownfield]

For those of you late to the discussion:  The reason he runs Win 98 is 
that he is disabled and some of his adaptive software will not  run on 
anything newer. We would like to move him to XP, but first we need to 
find a way to replace/work around his adaptive software needs.


Steve


mike wrote:

That's true of almost anything between 98 and xp.

Mike

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  

I haven't been paying attention, but it would probably be easier to
run his software in WinXP than to try to get wireless working in
Win98.


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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Stephen Brownfield]

John,
   Thanks.  That is why I typed out the URLs to make sure we were 
talking about the same thing.  Since Tom had referred to a numeric IP 
address earlier, when made his comment I wondered if he was still 
talking about a numeric IP address.  This is the first time  I've been 
exposed to a numeric IP address.


Steve



John Duncan Yoyo wrote:

Tom meant the numeric IP address.  Google is .
This should take you to google english.  If you get anything else you
may have a virus/trojan that has taken over your PC.

I would switch over to opendns.com and follow their directions for
changing your DNS server.

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Stephen Brownfield
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  

Yes, I tried typing addresses like www.yahoo.com,  www.aol.com,
 www.msn.com.  I don't know if I tried www.google.com.





 Tom Piwowar wrote:
 > And of course you tried typing in an IP address into the browser?
 >
 >
 >> I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to run
 >> Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run some of
 >> his adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless internet.
 >> He had a  wireless  card put into his computer about a year  or so
 >> ago.  About 2 weeks ago he said that he lost his internet connection.  I
 >> went over to his home, the wireless connection still works for other
 >> computers.  (I tested it with a laptop running XP.)  I went to control
 >> panel > System > device manager   and checked out the properties on his
 >> wireless card which said that the device was functioning properly.  I
 >> looked at the card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was
 >> on and when I tried to look up something on the internet (a web page)
 >> the other light would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As
 >> I look at everything looks like it should work.  What do you think might
 >> be wrong? Despite what the device manger  says do you think it may be
 >> the card?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Tom Piwowar]

No, that is not what I asked. Those are URLs. Very different.

>Yes, I tried typing addresses like www.yahoo.com,  www.aol.com, 
>www.msn.com.  I don't know if I tried www.google.com. 
>
>Tom Piwowar wrote:
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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[John Duncan Yoyo]

Tom meant the numeric IP address.  Google is .
This should take you to google english.  If you get anything else you
may have a virus/trojan that has taken over your PC.

I would switch over to opendns.com and follow their directions for
changing your DNS server.

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Stephen Brownfield
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, I tried typing addresses like www.yahoo.com,  www.aol.com,
>  www.msn.com.  I don't know if I tried www.google.com.
>
>
>
>
>
>  Tom Piwowar wrote:
>  > And of course you tried typing in an IP address into the browser?
>  >
>  >
>  >> I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to run
>  >> Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run some of
>  >> his adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless internet.
>  >> He had a  wireless  card put into his computer about a year  or so
>  >> ago.  About 2 weeks ago he said that he lost his internet connection.  I
>  >> went over to his home, the wireless connection still works for other
>  >> computers.  (I tested it with a laptop running XP.)  I went to control
>  >> panel > System > device manager   and checked out the properties on his
>  >> wireless card which said that the device was functioning properly.  I
>  >> looked at the card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was
>  >> on and when I tried to look up something on the internet (a web page)
>  >> the other light would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As
>  >> I look at everything looks like it should work.  What do you think might
>  >> be wrong? Despite what the device manger  says do you think it may be
>  >> the card?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[mike]

That's true of almost anything between 98 and xp.

Mike

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I haven't been paying attention, but it would probably be easier to
> run his software in WinXP than to try to get wireless working in
> Win98.
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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Tony B]

I haven't been paying attention, but it would probably be easier to
run his software in WinXP than to try to get wireless working in
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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Stephen Brownfield]

Yes, I tried typing addresses like www.yahoo.com,  www.aol.com, 
www.msn.com.  I don't know if I tried www.google.com. 




Tom Piwowar wrote:

And of course you tried typing in an IP address into the browser?

  
I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to run 
Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run some of 
his adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless internet.   
He had a  wireless  card put into his computer about a year  or so  
ago.  About 2 weeks ago he said that he lost his internet connection.  I 
went over to his home, the wireless connection still works for other 
computers.  (I tested it with a laptop running XP.)  I went to control 
panel > System > device manager   and checked out the properties on his 
wireless card which said that the device was functioning properly.  I 
looked at the card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was 
on and when I tried to look up something on the internet (a web page) 
the other light would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As 
I look at everything looks like it should work.  What do you think might 
be wrong? Despite what the device manger  says do you think it may be 
the card?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!




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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Tom Piwowar]

And of course you tried typing in an IP address into the browser?

>
>I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to run 
>Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run some of 
>his adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless internet.   
>He had a  wireless  card put into his computer about a year  or so  
>ago.  About 2 weeks ago he said that he lost his internet connection.  I 
>went over to his home, the wireless connection still works for other 
>computers.  (I tested it with a laptop running XP.)  I went to control 
>panel > System > device manager   and checked out the properties on his 
>wireless card which said that the device was functioning properly.  I 
>looked at the card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was 
>on and when I tried to look up something on the internet (a web page) 
>the other light would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As 
>I look at everything looks like it should work.  What do you think might 
>be wrong? Despite what the device manger  says do you think it may be 
>the card?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Tom Piwowar]

>If this is the problem and he's getting the wrong DNS address, how do I 
>correct it?

Quick solution is to manually enter the address of a known good DNS. I 
use Open DNS for this. (Yes you can Google that, then copy/paste the 
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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Stephen Brownfield]

If this is the problem and he's getting the wrong DNS address, how do I 
correct it?

Thanks,

Steve



Vicky Staubly wrote:

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Stephen Brownfield wrote:
He is running Win98 SE!  It is a wireless PCI card.  What utility 
under Win98 SE would let me know if it "sees" the wireless router?  I 
know how to do that under the newer OS like XP, but how do I do it 
under Win98 SE?  I don't think that it "sees" the router.  I believe 
that may be the problem.


My memory is a little rusty, but I think you can run the command 
"winipcfg" (Start Menu, "Run"), which will show you if you have an IP 
address (i.e. has the router given you one via DHCP, unless you 
statically assigned an address). That will also show you (I think) if 
you've been given a DNS address. Then maybe try Tom's suggestion of 
using an IP address (if that works, you may be getting the _wrong_ DNS 
address).



Admiral Harris wrote:
What kind of adapter?  How is it connected?  Is this Win98 SE? Is 
the utility able to "see" the wireless router?


- Original Message - From: "Stephen Brownfield" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to 
run Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run 
some of his adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless 
internet.   He had a  wireless  card put into his computer about a 
year  or so  ago.  About 2 weeks ago he said that he lost his 
internet connection.  I went over to his home, the wireless 
connection still works for other computers.  (I tested it with a 
laptop running XP.)  I went to control panel > System > device 
manager   and checked out the properties on his wireless card which 
said that the device was functioning properly.  I looked at the 
card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was on and 
when I tried to look up something on the internet (a web page) the 
other light would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As 
I look at everything looks like it should work.  What do you think 
might be wrong? Despite what the device manger  says do you think 
it may be the card?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!





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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[mike]

yes

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 8:34 PM, Stephen Brownfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Tom,
>   Am I correct in thinking that I enter this in the address bar of
> his browser?
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> Tom Piwowar wrote:
> > First thing to check is the DNS. Try http://64.233.167.99/ to see if you
> > end up at Google.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to
> >> run Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run
> >> some of his adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless
> >> internet.   He had a  wireless  card put into his computer about a
> >> year  or so  ago.  About 2 weeks ago he said that he lost his
> >> internet connection.  I went over to his home, the wireless
> >> connection still works for other computers.  (I tested it with a
> >> laptop running XP.)  I went to control panel > System > device
> >> manager   and checked out the properties on his wireless card which
> >> said that the device was functioning properly.  I looked at the
> >> card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was on and
> >> when I tried to look up something on the internet (a web page) the
> >> other light would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As I
> >> look at everything looks like it should work.  What do you think
> >> might be wrong? Despite what the device manger  says do you think it
> >> may be the card?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Stephen Brownfield]

Tom,
  Am I correct in thinking that I enter this in the address bar of 
his browser?


Steve



Tom Piwowar wrote:
First thing to check is the DNS. Try http://64.233.167.99/ to see if you 
end up at Google.




  
I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to 
run Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run 
some of his adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless 
internet.   He had a  wireless  card put into his computer about a 
year  or so  ago.  About 2 weeks ago he said that he lost his 
internet connection.  I went over to his home, the wireless 
connection still works for other computers.  (I tested it with a 
laptop running XP.)  I went to control panel > System > device 
manager   and checked out the properties on his wireless card which 
said that the device was functioning properly.  I looked at the 
card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was on and 
when I tried to look up something on the internet (a web page) the 
other light would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As I 
look at everything looks like it should work.  What do you think 
might be wrong? Despite what the device manger  says do you think it 
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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Vicky Staubly]

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Stephen Brownfield wrote:
He is running Win98 SE!  It is a wireless PCI card.  What utility under Win98 
SE would let me know if it "sees" the wireless router?  I know how to do that 
under the newer OS like XP, but how do I do it under Win98 SE?  I don't think 
that it "sees" the router.  I believe that may be the problem.


My memory is a little rusty, but I think you can run the command 
"winipcfg" (Start Menu, "Run"), which will show you if you have an IP 
address (i.e. has the router given you one via DHCP, unless you statically 
assigned an address). That will also show you (I think) if you've been 
given a DNS address. Then maybe try Tom's suggestion of using an IP 
address (if that works, you may be getting the _wrong_ DNS address).



Admiral Harris wrote:
What kind of adapter?  How is it connected?  Is this Win98 SE? Is the 
utility able to "see" the wireless router?


- Original Message - From: "Stephen Brownfield" 
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To: 
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to run 
Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run some of his 
adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless internet.   He had 
a  wireless  card put into his computer about a year  or so  ago.  About 2 
weeks ago he said that he lost his internet connection.  I went over to 
his home, the wireless connection still works for other computers.  (I 
tested it with a laptop running XP.)  I went to control panel > System > 
device manager   and checked out the properties on his wireless card which 
said that the device was functioning properly.  I looked at the 
card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was on and when I 
tried to look up something on the internet (a web page) the other light 
would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As I look at 
everything looks like it should work.  What do you think might be wrong? 
Despite what the device manger  says do you think it may be the card?  Any 
advice would be greatly appreciated!


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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[John DeCarlo]

Win98 had a utility called 'winipcfg' I believe.  That would pop up and tell
you things about the IP connection, what the IP address was, etc.

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Stephen Brownfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> He is running Win98 SE!  It is a wireless PCI card.  What utility under
> Win98 SE would let me know if it "sees" the wireless router?  I know how
> to do that under the newer OS like XP, but how do I do it under Win98
> SE?  I don't think that it "sees" the router.  I believe that may be the
> problem.
>

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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[mike]

Think I would try uninstalling and reinstalling driver (restarting between)
before you mess with the stack.

Mike

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> First thing to check is the DNS. Try http://64.233.167.99/ to see if you
> end up at Google.
>
>
>
> > I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to
> > run Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run
> > some of his adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless
> > internet.   He had a  wireless  card put into his computer about a
> > year  or so  ago.  About 2 weeks ago he said that he lost his
> > internet connection.  I went over to his home, the wireless
> > connection still works for other computers.  (I tested it with a
> > laptop running XP.)  I went to control panel > System > device
> > manager   and checked out the properties on his wireless card which
> > said that the device was functioning properly.  I looked at the
> > card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was on and
> > when I tried to look up something on the internet (a web page) the
> > other light would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As I
> > look at everything looks like it should work.  What do you think
> > might be wrong? Despite what the device manger  says do you think it
> > may be the card?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
>
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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Tom Piwowar]

First thing to check is the DNS. Try http://64.233.167.99/ to see if you 
end up at Google.



> I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to 
> run Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run 
> some of his adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless 
> internet.   He had a  wireless  card put into his computer about a 
> year  or so  ago.  About 2 weeks ago he said that he lost his 
> internet connection.  I went over to his home, the wireless 
> connection still works for other computers.  (I tested it with a 
> laptop running XP.)  I went to control panel > System > device 
> manager   and checked out the properties on his wireless card which 
> said that the device was functioning properly.  I looked at the 
> card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was on and 
> when I tried to look up something on the internet (a web page) the 
> other light would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As I 
> look at everything looks like it should work.  What do you think 
> might be wrong? Despite what the device manger  says do you think it 
> may be the card?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Brian Jones]

Uninstall the IP stack, and reinstall it.  I have seen this happen when a 
virus scanner or ad scanner removes a worm that has attached itself to the 
winsock.  The links are not repaired, and the packets are lost in transit.


There is also a winsock repair utility that I have used successfully in the 
past:

http://cexx.org/lspfix.htm

Or you could do it by manually:
http://thesourcecomputing.biz/windows-problems/reseting-windows-winsock-tcp-ip-stack.html

Good Luck!
  - Brian



- Original Message - 
From: "Stephen Brownfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question


I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to run 
Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run some of his 
adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless internet.   He had 
a  wireless  card put into his computer about a year  or so  ago.  About 2 
weeks ago he said that he lost his internet connection.  I went over to his 
home, the wireless connection still works for other computers.  (I tested 
it with a laptop running XP.)  I went to control panel > System > device 
manager   and checked out the properties on his wireless card which said 
that the device was functioning properly.  I looked at the card/antenna 
from the back of the computer.  Its light was on and when I tried to look 
up something on the internet (a web page) the other light would start to 
blink as it looked for a connection.  As I look at everything looks like it 
should work.  What do you think might be wrong? Despite what the device 
manger  says do you think it may be the card?  Any advice would be greatly 
appreciated!


Steve


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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Stephen Brownfield]

He is running Win98 SE!  It is a wireless PCI card.  What utility under 
Win98 SE would let me know if it "sees" the wireless router?  I know how 
to do that under the newer OS like XP, but how do I do it under Win98 
SE?  I don't think that it "sees" the router.  I believe that may be the 
problem.


Steve



Admiral Harris wrote:
What kind of adapter?  How is it connected?  Is this Win98 SE? Is the 
utility able to "see" the wireless router?



- Original Message - From: "Stephen Brownfield" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question


I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to 
run Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run 
some of his adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless 
internet.   He had a  wireless  card put into his computer about a 
year  or so  ago.  About 2 weeks ago he said that he lost his 
internet connection.  I went over to his home, the wireless 
connection still works for other computers.  (I tested it with a 
laptop running XP.)  I went to control panel > System > device 
manager   and checked out the properties on his wireless card which 
said that the device was functioning properly.  I looked at the 
card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was on and 
when I tried to look up something on the internet (a web page) the 
other light would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As I 
look at everything looks like it should work.  What do you think 
might be wrong? Despite what the device manger  says do you think it 
may be the card?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


Steve


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Re: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Admiral Harris]

What kind of adapter?  How is it connected?  Is this Win98 SE? Is the 
utility able to "see" the wireless router?



- Original Message - 
From: "Stephen Brownfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question


I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to run 
Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run some of his 
adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless internet.   He had 
a  wireless  card put into his computer about a year  or so  ago.  About 2 
weeks ago he said that he lost his internet connection.  I went over to his 
home, the wireless connection still works for other computers.  (I tested 
it with a laptop running XP.)  I went to control panel > System > device 
manager   and checked out the properties on his wireless card which said 
that the device was functioning properly.  I looked at the card/antenna 
from the back of the computer.  Its light was on and when I tried to look 
up something on the internet (a web page) the other light would start to 
blink as it looked for a connection.  As I look at everything looks like it 
should work.  What do you think might be wrong? Despite what the device 
manger  says do you think it may be the card?  Any advice would be greatly 
appreciated!


Steve


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[CGUYS] A windows 98 question

[Stephen Brownfield]

I work with individuals with disabilities.  One young man needs to run 
Windows 98,  because that is  the newest  system that will run some of 
his adaptive software.   The home he lives in has  wireless internet.   
He had a  wireless  card put into his computer about a year  or so  
ago.  About 2 weeks ago he said that he lost his internet connection.  I 
went over to his home, the wireless connection still works for other 
computers.  (I tested it with a laptop running XP.)  I went to control 
panel > System > device manager   and checked out the properties on his 
wireless card which said that the device was functioning properly.  I 
looked at the card/antenna from the back of the computer.  Its light was 
on and when I tried to look up something on the internet (a web page) 
the other light would start to blink as it looked for a connection.  As 
I look at everything looks like it should work.  What do you think might 
be wrong? Despite what the device manger  says do you think it may be 
the card?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


Steve


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