Bringing New PC Up on MS Broadband Network

I just bought a new PC and want to bring it up as the base
(hard wired) PC on my network but don'w want to mess up
the 2 wireless devices already on the network (Notebook
via PCMCIA card and another PC via USB wireless adaptor).
Is there anything I need to be careful about or can I just
load the broadband software on the new PC?

You don't need to load any software, Ray. Guessing you're on Windows XP,
just go into Network Connections on the new machine and "Create a new
connection."
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"RayW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1191601c441d7$d805f660$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I just bought a new PC and want to bring it up as the base
> (hard wired) PC on my network but don'w want to mess up
> the 2 wireless devices already on the network (Notebook
> via PCMCIA card and another PC via USB wireless adaptor).
> Is there anything I need to be careful about or can I just
> load the broadband software on the new PC?

Chris,

Yes, new PC is Windows XP Media Center Edition.

Thanks,

Ray
>-----Original Message-----
>You don't need to load any software, Ray. Guessing
you're on Windows XP,
>just go into Network Connections on the new machine
and "Create a new
>connection."
>--
>Chris H.
>Microsoft Windows MVP
>Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>Associate Expert
>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
>"RayW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:1191601c441d7$d805f660$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I just bought a new PC and want to bring it up as the
base
>> (hard wired) PC on my network but don'w want to mess up
>> the 2 wireless devices already on the network (Notebook
>> via PCMCIA card and another PC via USB wireless
adaptor).
>> Is there anything I need to be careful about or can I
just
>> load the broadband software on the new PC?
>
>
>.
>

Should be a relative snap, Ray. Just make sure your new machine (congrats
on the MCE!) is part of the same workgroup you've named on the LAN.
Everything else should be picked up automatically.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1195e01c441d9$a366d2b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Chris,
>
> Yes, new PC is Windows XP Media Center Edition.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray
>>-----Original Message-----
>>You don't need to load any software, Ray. Guessing
> you're on Windows XP,
>>just go into Network Connections on the new machine
> and "Create a new
>>connection."
>>--
>>Chris H.
>>Microsoft Windows MVP
>>Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>>Associate Expert
>>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>>"RayW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
>>news:1191601c441d7$d805f660$(E-Mail Removed).. .
>>>I just bought a new PC and want to bring it up as the
> base
>>> (hard wired) PC on my network but don'w want to mess up
>>> the 2 wireless devices already on the network (Notebook
>>> via PCMCIA card and another PC via USB wireless
> adaptor).
>>> Is there anything I need to be careful about or can I
> just
>>> load the broadband software on the new PC?
>>
>>
>>.
>>