Newbie! Needs help. Connecting 2 PCs?

Hi, Just built another system and I'm using my old box for backing up.

No problem connecting them over a LAN connection! My problem is that I am
using Win98SE OS for the backup.

Is there a way of using the box without a monitor or KB? I hope you
understand! When it boot it asks for a network neighbourhood password!

At the moment I'm booting blind and using a KB and hopefully when needed I'm
pressing the enter key "Seems to work" BUT.

Any help, much appreciated. If you get my drift:-0

CB

In article <c1jdn0$io0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "CB"
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Hi, Just built another system and I'm using my old box for backing up.
>
> No problem connecting them over a LAN connection! My problem is that I am
> using Win98SE OS for the backup.
>
> Is there a way of using the box without a monitor or KB? I hope you
> understand! When it boot it asks for a network neighbourhood password!
>
> At the moment I'm booting blind and using a KB and hopefully when needed I'm
> pressing the enter key "Seems to work" BUT.
>
> Any help, much appreciated. If you get my drift:-0
>
Use one of the VNC variants for remote control - I like TightVNC but
others are probably just as good. Or if you just want it to sit there
and serve files there's an automatic login option in TweakUI (probably
still available for download from Microsoft somewhere).

"Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) t...
> In article <c1jdn0$io0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "CB"
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
> > Hi, Just built another system and I'm using my old box for backing up.
> >
> > No problem connecting them over a LAN connection! My problem is that I
am
> > using Win98SE OS for the backup.
> >
> > Is there a way of using the box without a monitor or KB? I hope you
> > understand! When it boot it asks for a network neighbourhood password!
> >
> > At the moment I'm booting blind and using a KB and hopefully when needed
I'm
> > pressing the enter key "Seems to work" BUT.
> >
> > Any help, much appreciated. If you get my drift:-0
> >
> Use one of the VNC variants for remote control - I like TightVNC but
> others are probably just as good. Or if you just want it to sit there
> and serve files there's an automatic login option in TweakUI (probably
> still available for download from Microsoft somewhere).

Yes! OK thanks, never thought of that :-( Next problem! When I just switch
off the backup;-) A lot of people think it's dangerous to the comp, can't
see why?

Next step is to disable scandisk I assume?

TIA

CB

In article <c1jivf$lv6$(E-Mail Removed)>, "CB"
(E-Mail Removed) says...
>
> "Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) t...
> > In article <c1jdn0$io0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "CB"
> > (E-Mail Removed) says...
> > > Hi, Just built another system and I'm using my old box for backing up.
> > >
> > > No problem connecting them over a LAN connection! My problem is that I
> am
> > > using Win98SE OS for the backup.
> > >
> > > Is there a way of using the box without a monitor or KB? I hope you
> > > understand! When it boot it asks for a network neighbourhood password!
> > >
> > > At the moment I'm booting blind and using a KB and hopefully when needed
> I'm
> > > pressing the enter key "Seems to work" BUT.
> > >
> > > Any help, much appreciated. If you get my drift:-0
> > >
> > Use one of the VNC variants for remote control - I like TightVNC but
> > others are probably just as good. Or if you just want it to sit there
> > and serve files there's an automatic login option in TweakUI (probably
> > still available for download from Microsoft somewhere).
>
> Yes! OK thanks, never thought of that :-( Next problem! When I just switch
> off the backup;-) A lot of people think it's dangerous to the comp, can't
> see why?
>
> Next step is to disable scandisk I assume?
>
I thought you wanted the machine to save your files, not mangle them :-)
Just switching the machine off will leave the file system in an
inconsistent state. If you're not going down the VNC route there are
apps that will remotely shut down the machine. Here's one
http://www.webattack.com/get/shutitup.shtml

"Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In article <c1jivf$lv6$(E-Mail Removed)>, "CB"
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
> >
> > "Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed) t...
> > > In article <c1jdn0$io0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "CB"
> > > (E-Mail Removed) says...
> > > > Hi, Just built another system and I'm using my old box for backing
up.
> > > >
> > > > No problem connecting them over a LAN connection! My problem is that
I
> > am
> > > > using Win98SE OS for the backup.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way of using the box without a monitor or KB? I hope you
> > > > understand! When it boot it asks for a network neighbourhood
password!
> > > >
> > > > At the moment I'm booting blind and using a KB and hopefully when
needed
> > I'm
> > > > pressing the enter key "Seems to work" BUT.
> > > >
> > > > Any help, much appreciated. If you get my drift:-0
> > > >
> > > Use one of the VNC variants for remote control - I like TightVNC but
> > > others are probably just as good. Or if you just want it to sit there
> > > and serve files there's an automatic login option in TweakUI (probably
> > > still available for download from Microsoft somewhere).
> >
> > Yes! OK thanks, never thought of that :-( Next problem! When I just
switch
> > off the backup;-) A lot of people think it's dangerous to the comp,
can't
> > see why?
> >
> > Next step is to disable scandisk I assume?
> >
> I thought you wanted the machine to save your files, not mangle them :-)

I don't! But I just thought if I cold boot down scandisk would auto run?

> Just switching the machine off will leave the file system in an
> inconsistent state. If you're not going down the VNC route there are
> apps that will remotely shut down the machine. Here's one

As I said; A Newbie! Downloaded VCN so, I'm at the moment trying to get my
head around it :-0 XP's my other machine! It's taken me 3 day to sort my
other programmes to work on Xp:-(

ATB

CB

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:13:45 +0000, CB wrote:

> Hi, Just built another system and I'm using my old box for backing up.
>
> No problem connecting them over a LAN connection! My problem is that I am
> using Win98SE OS for the backup.
>
> Is there a way of using the box without a monitor or KB? I hope you
> understand! When it boot it asks for a network neighbourhood password!
>
> At the moment I'm booting blind and using a KB and hopefully when needed I'm
> pressing the enter key "Seems to work" BUT.
>
> Any help, much appreciated. If you get my drift:-0
>
> CB

I think the point has been missed here. I take it you don't want this
machine to ask for a password.

1. In the Windows folder delete the file default.pwl (if it exists)

2. Right click network neighbourhood. Set the "logon" to "windows logon"
click OK

3. Machine will reboot, when it asks for a password. Type default as the
user name and leave the password field blank click OK.

4. Do a test reboot to see if it works.

The BIOS may allow the machine to boot without the keyboard. The setting
is usually on the "basic" page set it to "halt on no errors"

Hope this helps, graham

"Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:13:45 +0000, CB wrote:
>
> > Hi, Just built another system and I'm using my old box for backing up.
> >
> > No problem connecting them over a LAN connection! My problem is that I
am
> > using Win98SE OS for the backup.
> >
> > Is there a way of using the box without a monitor or KB? I hope you
> > understand! When it boot it asks for a network neighbourhood password!
> >
> > At the moment I'm booting blind and using a KB and hopefully when needed
I'm
> > pressing the enter key "Seems to work" BUT.
> >
> > Any help, much appreciated. If you get my drift:-0
> >
> > CB
>
> I think the point has been missed here. I take it you don't want this
> machine to ask for a password.
>
> 1. In the Windows folder delete the file default.pwl (if it exists)
>
> 2. Right click network neighbourhood. Set the "logon" to "windows logon"
> click OK
>
> 3. Machine will reboot, when it asks for a password. Type default as the
> user name and leave the password field blank click OK.
>
> 4. Do a test reboot to see if it works.
>
> The BIOS may allow the machine to boot without the keyboard. The setting
> is usually on the "basic" page set it to "halt on no errors"
>
> Hope this helps, graham


Yes, figured it out eventually :-) That's precisely what I did. Thanks.
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I have a similar problem - am using Win XP, my desktop PC sees and talks to
my laptop, but when I try to see the desktop Pc from the laptop it ask for a
password.

There are no logon passwords set on the machine, but even leaving the field
blank does not work, it has me stumped.

Can anybody help? Thanks

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 22:20:39 +0000, Dave wrote:

> I have a similar problem - am using Win XP, my desktop PC sees and talks to
> my laptop, but when I try to see the desktop Pc from the laptop it ask for a
> password.
>
> There are no logon passwords set on the machine, but even leaving the field
> blank does not work, it has me stumped.
>
> Can anybody help? Thanks


Windows XP likes to use passwords, it's usually best to set up account
passwords if you are to use your PCs on a network.

If possible create the same user accounts on both machines with the same
passwords. Your networking should then work without asking for passwords,
but you will have to enter one when you start Windows XP.

Graham