Home Networking Wizard not installed??

I've had a small home network (4 PCs) working fine for a
couple years, with the server (2 NICs) being a Windows XP
machine. I decided that I wanted an older server (running
98 SE) to be the network gateway, so I put the extra nic
in that pc.

When I try to set-up the network again, for the life of
me, I can't find the Home Networking Wizard (which makes
the diskette making it simple to get all the systems
running). It's not in my accessories, its not in my
program files, etc etc. I've also searched google and
microsoft, and it appears that it's something that is
supposed to be on 98, but is not a downloadable app if
it's not there.

The only thing that I can see is that I'm supposed to be
an "administrator" to run the app (and on my PC, you can
log in as any name--no passwords are required at this
point). Is it possible that the application is hidden
unless I find a way to truly login in as an administrator?
And if so, how the heck do I do that!!

Thanks for any and all help!

Dan


Dan

In article <00bb01c39ab4$be3d1210$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Dan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I've had a small home network (4 PCs) working fine for a
>couple years, with the server (2 NICs) being a Windows XP
>machine. I decided that I wanted an older server (running
>98 SE) to be the network gateway, so I put the extra nic
>in that pc.
>
>When I try to set-up the network again, for the life of
>me, I can't find the Home Networking Wizard (which makes
>the diskette making it simple to get all the systems
>running). It's not in my accessories, its not in my
>program files, etc etc. I've also searched google and
>microsoft, and it appears that it's something that is
>supposed to be on 98, but is not a downloadable app if
>it's not there.
>
>The only thing that I can see is that I'm supposed to be
>an "administrator" to run the app (and on my PC, you can
>log in as any name--no passwords are required at this
>point). Is it possible that the application is hidden
>unless I find a way to truly login in as an administrator?
>And if so, how the heck do I do that!!
>
>Thanks for any and all help!
>
>Dan

When you install Internet Connection Sharing on Win 98 SE, it creates
the diskette. However, that diskette won't run on Windows XP. To
configure XP as an ICS client, un-share its shared Internet connection
and configure the LAN connection to obtain an IP address
automatically.

There's no reason to run the diskette on any other computers, because
they're already set up as ICS clients.

In my experience, the version of ICS in Windows XP is easier to set up
and more reliable than the version in Win 98 SE.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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