Re: Windows 2000 and TP760ED

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From: James Lai (orialv21_at_mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Oct 04 1999 - 01:29:06 EDT


Bill,
Did you set the same protocol on all machines?
And check with they are all in the same workgroup.

These two are the most overlooked problem. If it still doesn't work, try to
disconnect the working ones and use the same connection on the ones that
work.

Hope this helps.

-James

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Morrow <penzance_at_icanect.net>
To: James Lai <orialv21_at_mindspring.com>
Cc: Paul Khoury <pkhoury_at_loop.com>; ThinkPad List <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 and TP760ED

> win2000, beta 3, is running fine on my 600.. the only problem is it only
'found'
> one of the 4 or 5 machines on my LAN and i can't figure out how to tell it
to
> 'see' the other machines..
>
> James Lai wrote:
>
> > RC2 is already out and happily using it on my TP600. ( PII300, 5.1G,
196MB
> > ram )
> >
> > If your laptop is not NT certified, there is not guarantee that if will
even
> > run W2k.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bill Morrow <penzance_at_icanect.net>
> > To: Paul Khoury <pkhoury_at_loop.com>
> > Cc: ThinkPad List <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 2:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: Windows 2000 and TP760ED
> >
> > > Paul...
> > > wait for the RC-2..
> > > the mwave that you and i can get right now is not, IMO, correct for
either
> > w2000 or NT..
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Paul Khoury wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've run into a problem with NT. This might be more of a software
issue
> > than
> > > > hardware, but anyways - In NT 4 (which I'm running now, and it runs
> > quite well),
> > > > however (since I'm using a small hard drive now), I use it to play
MP3's
> > in my car
> > > > quite a bit, and with the HD being only 1.4GB, I run some apps off
my
> > TP750
> > > > (through the network one way or the other).
> > > >
> > > > Only problem is when I suspend, I lose that connectivity.
> > > >
> > > > In Windows 2000 however, everything works *except* for sound. It
> > install's it's own
> > > > mwave drivers. If I try to install over it, it complains. I've
tried
> > using the NT4 drivers
> > > > with minimul success (only sound during boot), and Win98 drivers
with
> > less success.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have any suggestions, or would I be better off waiting
for
> > Win 2K
> > > > Release Candidate 2 (which I'll be obtaining from a seminar on Oct.
12)?
> > Or
> > > > is this machine not too suitable for Win 2K?
> > > >
> > > > On a side note, I upgraded to 80MB, and despite Win 2K asking for a
P166
> > minimum,
> > > > it runs quite well on my machine otherwise.
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > >
> > > --
> > > Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...
> > >
> > > ** Bill Morrow ** :-)
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> > > e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net
> > >
> > > use the delete key to avoid unwanted flames,
> > > any mis-spellings are the fault of the spell checker, poor typing
skills
> > or i just don't care..
> > > :-)
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...
>
> ** Bill Morrow ** :-)
> WEB page http://thinkpads.com
> Thinkpad User Community: http://thinkpads.com/enter.html
> Compuserve Thinkpad(c) Forum Sysop, Webmaster http://www.
roadwarriortrading.com
>
> e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net
>
> use the delete key to avoid unwanted flames,
> any mis-spellings are the fault of the spell checker, poor typing skills
or i
> just don't care.. :-)
>
>


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