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	Operating Systems:
	Windows 98 (SE) attached to a Microsoft network running
	Windows 98 (SE), Windows 95, Windows NT or Windows for Workgroups
	3.11


	Summary:
	If you are having problems communicating from or to a Windows 98 
	computer that is attached to a Microsoft network, you might check 
	in a few different areas:

	1.	Make sure that file and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks 
		is part of your network configuration by clicking the Network 
		icon in the Control Panel. Click the File and Printer Sharing 
		button, and make sure that you have enabled sharing by marking 
		one or both of the File and Print Sharing check boxes.

	2.	Highlight File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks in the 
		Network dialog box, and click the Properties button. Set Browse 
		Master to Enable, and LM Announce to Yes.

	3.	If you are using the IPX/SPX protocol, highlight that network 
		component in the Network dialog box, click Properties, click the 
		Advanced ' click Frame, and be sure that the frame type value is 
		set to the frame type that is used on your network. If you are 
		communicating with WFWG 3.11 computers, you may want to set it 
		to 802.3, for example.

	4.	Click the Identification tab in the Network dialog box, and 
		carefully check your computer name to make sure that it is unique. 
		Also verify that the workgroup name is the same as the workgroup 
		name for the other computers in your workgroup.

	5.	Make sure that you are actually sharing something. Just because 
		you've enabled the ability to share, doesn't mean you have. 
		Right-click a folder or drive icon in your Explorer, and click Sharing.

	6.	Check your network card setup in the Device Manager. There may be an 
		unrecognized conflict between your network card and I/O port COM 2. 
		Disable COM 2 to check this out. You can change the resources use by 
		the network card later, if you do indeed have a conflict.

	You can troubleshoot your network problems by clicking Start, Help, 
	Troubleshooting, Windows 98 Troubleshooters, Networking. Also checkout this 
	Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
	http://premium.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/ql34/3/04.asp.


	Source:
	Windows 98 Secrets, by Brian Livingstone & Davis Straub