ME in the driving seat?

Hi,
In his (excellent) reply to my post, Steve Winograd (many
thanks again) suggested that I use our new XP system as
the primary system on our two PC network. As I'm now
connecting the two it occurs that it would be far more
convenient (phone-line geography) to keep the ME PC as the
primary connection and to run the xp system as a second
PC. Acceptable?
Also, our ME system has a log-on prompt with a long-
forgotten password, we always just cancel it on start-up.
Could this be a problem to networking.
Thanks, in advance, for your time and patience. Best
wishes, ph

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

It's all explained in there.

Carey

"ph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:511601c42c7c$b27363d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> In his (excellent) reply to my post, Steve Winograd (many
> thanks again) suggested that I use our new XP system as
> the primary system on our two PC network. As I'm now
> connecting the two it occurs that it would be far more
> convenient (phone-line geography) to keep the ME PC as the
> primary connection and to run the xp system as a second
> PC. Acceptable?
> Also, our ME system has a log-on prompt with a long-
> forgotten password, we always just cancel it on start-up.
> Could this be a problem to networking.
> Thanks, in advance, for your time and patience. Best
> wishes, ph

In article <511601c42c7c$b27363d0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "ph"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Hi,
>In his (excellent) reply to my post, Steve Winograd (many
>thanks again) suggested that I use our new XP system as
>the primary system on our two PC network. As I'm now
>connecting the two it occurs that it would be far more
>convenient (phone-line geography) to keep the ME PC as the
>primary connection and to run the xp system as a second
>PC. Acceptable?

Thanks, "ph". Yes, you can do that. Set up Internet Connection
Sharing on ME, and configure XP as an ICS client. I've written some
web pages with full details:

ICS Installation [WinMe]
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...smeinstall.htm

XP ICS - Client Setup Using the Network Setup Wizard
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../clientwiz.htm

Don't run XP's Network Setup Wizard on the ME computer even if it
tells you to.

>Also, our ME system has a log-on prompt with a long-
>forgotten password, we always just cancel it on start-up.
>Could this be a problem to networking.

Canceling the login will prevent the ME system from accessing shared
disks and folders on the XP system. To remove the password, go to the
C:\Windows folder and delete the file <username>.pwl.

>Thanks, in advance, for your time and patience. Best
>wishes, ph
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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