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Win98 Help?

posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 01:51pm on 2004-03-21

I've got a Win98 machine I'm trying to troubleshoot for someone else. It looks like I'll need to download a driver off the net. What seemed obvious was to plug it into my LAN, give it an IP address, and use my existing net connection to get whatever I need. But when I try to configure the IP settings on the Ethernet adaptor using the apropriate control panel, Windows asks me for the Win98 CD to install some bits from, and guess what I don't have. Some of the files it wants exist on my Win95 CD, but I'm not sure that's safe to use here.

Can I get away with copying secur32.dll, svrapi.dll, ndis.vxd, ndis2sup.vxd, ndiswmi.sys, and vnetbios.vxd onto a floppy or a CD from another Win98 machine and telling Windows to look there (or manually copying them to wherever the need to go)? And will the machine still try to autoconnect to AOL when a browser is opened, after I give it back and there's no Ethernet cable plugged in any more?

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posted by [identity profile] butterfluff.livejournal.com at 11:36am on 2004-03-21
Why does it want to connect to AOL? Oh, right, you have to tell it not to, and that's where it is balking.

Sure, Win 98 will look where you tell it when you have the needed files in a folder for it. Are both the machines the same edition, though? I have Win98 SE on mine if the machine-to-be-repaired needs those, and the other machine is first edition.
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posted by [identity profile] blumindy.livejournal.com at 11:42am on 2004-03-21
Same experience here: the WIN98 and SE have fits with each other on the same network.
Yes, you have to remove that AOL autoconnect. One of my upstairs machines still tries to use a modem even though I removed both the hardware and the software when I installed all the ethernet equipment. It's not a problem for *me* to hit cancel and let it find the broadband connection on its own but it gives my mom fits even though both she and I have been doing it on that machine, together and separately, for close to a year and a half.
Maybe Anniemal can help her? Sorry...sometimes, I just can't stop myself!
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posted by [identity profile] snarkyman.livejournal.com at 12:08pm on 2004-03-21
The files probably already exist on the hard drive - you can try pointing win98 at these files.
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 04:00pm on 2004-03-21
So far I've found three copies of each file: in C:\Program Files\America Online 8.0\net\win98se and C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM dated 2002 or 1999, and a copy in C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\ACS\net\win98se dated later (2003-01-10).

Pointing it at one of those seemed to work for secur32.dll, but has not made it happy regarding svrapi.dll.
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posted by [identity profile] aliza250.livejournal.com at 12:25pm on 2004-03-21
Yes, do a search for the first file it complains about - it may point you at a copy of the install CD on the hard drive.

Also, if you go to the Microsoft web site and perform all of the security updates, you may well find that your missing files magically appear.
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posted by [identity profile] syntonic-comma.livejournal.com at 03:30pm on 2004-03-21
if you go to the Microsoft web site and perform all of the security updates,

Did I miss something, or wasn't the problem configuring the network connection?
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 03:52pm on 2004-03-21
No, you didn't miss anything.

Worst case I could unplug the modem through which the rest of my LAN connects to my ISP, and let this machine dial out using its modem. That would be annoying, so I'll only do that if I absolutely have to.
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posted by [identity profile] terlan.livejournal.com at 12:12pm on 2004-03-22
You've got email! :)
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