From: "Robert Comer" 

The machines I have running Win95 or 98 don't have enough poop to run a
real OS. 

Actually, I have 1 machine running win98 that could run W2K acceptably, but
just one doesn't make a diff...

- Bob Comer


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:40bf3318$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Update them to Win2K???? .
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:40be8fe9$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > It's not a good idea to leave Win95 and Win98's running for days without
> at
> > least rebooting anyway, they get flakier and flakier and that something
> they
> > do at bootup is probably pulling down patches and updates.
> >
> > - Bob Comer
> >
> >
> > "Ellen K"  wrote in message
> > news:9096c0.c2a4f3{at}harborwebs.com...
> > > No idea, but probably yes, because I think we do something to them
every
> > time
> > > they boot, IOW we probably TELL them to shut them down every night.
> > >
> > > > From: "Glenn Meadows" 
> > > > Umm, do the people turn OFF their machines at night, and then on
again
> > in
> > > > the AM?  A simple test if the problem persists, is leave ALL the
> > computers
> > > > on for several days, and see if the problem goes away.
> > > > --
> > > > Glenn M.
> > > > "Ellen K" 
wrote in message
> > > > news:6096a8.c1b1f6{at}harborwebs.com...
> > > >> I know we have a lot of Win98's (that's what the
folks using the
> > Clipper
> > > > apps
> > > >> use), dunno about Win95's.
> > > >>
> > > >> What is SAP advertising?
> > > >>
> > > >> > From: "Geo." 
> > > >> > "Ellen K."
 wrote in message
> > > >> > news:dkvob0503g6coma1ppqap9v8fmkpuqphgj{at}4ax.com...
> > > >> >> Well, we ARE running tcp and IPX at the
same time, all those
folks
> > > >> >> logging on need both and I guess will
continue to do so as long
as
> > any
> > > >> >> pieces of the old Clipper apps are still
in use.   So if we
can't
> > > > remove
> > > >> >> the IPX, is there anything else that could
ameliorate this?
> > > >> > Sure, there are lots of other ways to fix it
but it depends on
the
> > > > cause. For
> > > >> > example if you have a bunch of win95 machines
you can disable SAP
> > > > advertising
> > > >> > on them (I don't remember how you do that but
I know that's one
> > > > solution). In
> > > >> > NT you can set the registry entry
> > > >>
> > > >>
> >
>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Parameters\Mai
> > > > nta
> > > >> > nServerList
> > > >> > to "No".
> > > >> >There are probably some other tricks I've
forgotten but tell
network
> > guy
> > > > to do
> > > >> > a search at www.jsifaq.com and they'll turn up.
> > > >> > Geo.
> >
> >
>
>

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