What OS to go? XP or Win2000?

[Duracell]

Re: Re: Re: Re: go for Windows 2000 SP2

but Win98 from network can't read the NTFS drives right?

not right; it's like weboneando told it above, a W98 PC can read and write to NTFS at an XP machine; it's only a matter of the XP rights management; for your W98 you have to setup a network account in the XP machine, then you can manage the access rights for the XP folders and partitions;

Maybe someone can provide a link to a usefull homepage about home networking? my bookmarks are only in german language;


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[catachresis]

Hey Luuve, here's some things to consider (note I haven't ready 100% of this thread, so if I tell you something that's already by offered by another of our erudite members, just take it as an affirmation):

1. For a Win9x machine (win95/98/ME) to fully "see" an NT-based machine, NetBEUI really ought to be installed on both machines. I know that WinXP no longer offers NetBEUI as an install option, so maybe one of our knowledgeable XP Users can comment on this further (I'm sticking to Win2K, myself).

It's really smart to manually assign an IP address in TCP/IP to all your computers on your network, and, as Weboneando suggested, its best to use a standard, secure address address structure like 192.168.1.x, where your main interent Pc is "192.168.1.1" and your others are something like "192.168.1.2", "192.168.1. 15", etc. Don't forget to enter the subnet mask figures of "255.255.255.0" in your network TCP/IP settings so that Windows know that the last of the four numbers (the "0") is the address variable. If you need any basic suggestions about basic networking, I may be able to help and you can PM me. Lots of other folks on these boards will know too. Good luck.

 

[Luuve]

Hey Luuve, here's some things to consider (note I haven't ready 100% of this thread, so if I tell you something that's already by offered by another of our erudite members, just take it as an affirmation):

1. For a Win9x machine (win95/98/ME) to fully "see" an NT-based machine, NetBEUI really ought to be installed on both machines. I know that WinXP no longer offers NetBEUI as an install option, so maybe one of our knowledgeable XP Users can comment on this further (I'm sticking to Win2K, myself).

It's really smart to manually assign an IP address in TCP/IP to all your computers on your network, and, as Weboneando suggested, its best to use a standard, secure address address structure like 192.168.1.x, where your main interent Pc is "192.168.1.1" and your others are something like "192.168.1.2", "192.168.1. 15", etc. Don't forget to enter the subnet mask figures of "255.255.255.0" in your network TCP/IP settings so that Windows know that the last of the four numbers (the "0") is the address variable. If you need any basic suggestions about basic networking, I may be able to help and you can PM me. Lots of other folks on these boards will know too. Good luck.

I have finally be able to see the XP system and copied few files from Win98 to XP, the XP can see 2 Win98 systems but can only access to 1 of them (the other reports about the Computer NAME and I will try to logon using different name see if it helps).

About WinXP and Win2K, this is the first time for me to try something newer than Win98 so I will give both WinXP and Win2K a try.

I am enjoying the faster CPU speed, longer internet connection without having to reboot the system because something keeps messing up the connection (Winsock error), my Usenet reader has become real slow because the killfile has gotten so large

And thanks for the help.

 

[weboneando]

For a Win9x machine (win95/98/ME) to fully "see" an NT-based machine, NetBEUI really ought to be installed on both machines. I know that WinXP no longer offers NetBEUI as an install option,...

NetBEUI is an older protocol and is not esential for any system to comunicate, it´s not included in the install of XP but for users who need to work with older networks it is included in the XP cd-rom under \VALUEADD\MSFT\NET\NETBEUI and has to be installed manually, the folder also includes a readme file.

A pc only needs tcp/ip to comunicate with others.

For more info this site could be helpfull:

http://www.kayodeok.btinternet.co.uk/favorites/kbasewinxphowto.htm

 

[scarecrow]

Filesystem is irrelevant over a TCP/IP network... you can even browse Unix partitions on a W9X PC is samba server is running on the *nix machine.

 

[dx]

Indeed..... as can a MAC running OSX see Windows FAT and NTFS partitions over a TCP/IP network. I do it all the time at work

 

[mojo8850]

I have had xp with service pack integrated for about 6 months and i think it runs like a dream...

Never had to format it nver will i hope i dont have to..

Cant afford to lose 60gb of information.. You know wat I mean..
All I can say is that windows xp is the lick shot well.... so .... far.

Peace