WIN98SE protocol 1 error 59

I have a win 98SE network with one XP home machine on it.
Suddenly on several win 98 machines I am getting message
"cant load protocol 1 error 59"
message at boot and I cant see my router,
which is giving out IP addresses and the internet.

Any clues as to what has happened: some machines still
work fine, and I think I can network even to one that
complains (I am guessing because I have NETBui on the
win98 machines)

alan betts

that's a good guess :>

"Alan Betts" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:02bc01c38dd1$9867da10$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a win 98SE network with one XP home machine on it.
> Suddenly on several win 98 machines I am getting message
> "cant load protocol 1 error 59"
> message at boot and I cant see my router,
> which is giving out IP addresses and the internet.
>
> Any clues as to what has happened: some machines still
> work fine, and I think I can network even to one that
> complains (I am guessing because I have NETBui on the
> win98 machines)
>
> alan betts

This can happen the first time you install a NIC or after you restore your
computer.
UnInstall and REINSTALL the NETBeui Protocal and restart. In my experience,
file sharing uses NETBeui.

"Alan Betts" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:02bc01c38dd1$9867da10$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a win 98SE network with one XP home machine on it.
> Suddenly on several win 98 machines I am getting message
> "cant load protocol 1 error 59"
> message at boot and I cant see my router,
> which is giving out IP addresses and the internet.
>
> Any clues as to what has happened: some machines still
> work fine, and I think I can network even to one that
> complains (I am guessing because I have NETBui on the
> win98 machines)
>
> alan betts

In article <ePsHmT#(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jordan Freeland"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>This can happen the first time you install a NIC or after you restore your
>computer.
>UnInstall and REINSTALL the NETBeui Protocal and restart. In my experience,
>file sharing uses NETBeui.
>
>"Alan Betts" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:02bc01c38dd1$9867da10$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have a win 98SE network with one XP home machine on it.
>> Suddenly on several win 98 machines I am getting message
>> "cant load protocol 1 error 59"
>> message at boot and I cant see my router,
>> which is giving out IP addresses and the internet.
>>
>> Any clues as to what has happened: some machines still
>> work fine, and I think I can network even to one that
>> complains (I am guessing because I have NETBui on the
>> win98 machines)
>>
>> alan betts

File sharing can use NetBEUI, but it doesn't have to. Nothing in
Windows networking requires NetBEUI. TCP/IP can handle all Windows
networking tasks.
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