From: "Glenn Meadows" 

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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