Win XP Pro / Win98SE ICS 2 NICs Boot Lockup Help

[mfsinback]

I have a desktop running winxp with 2 NICs. One (Linksys NC100 Fast Ethernet
Adapter) (firewalled with xp icf) is connected to the cable modem and the
other ( Siemens SpeedStream PCI 10/100) (no firewall) to the client laptop
(Linksys EtherFast® 10/100 PC) (no firewall) win98se. ICS is configured
between the laptop and desktop.

Everything works fine except if I shutdown my desktop computer and forget to
disable the connection to the laptop first, when I turn the computer back on
it freezes. The only remedy at that point is rebooting in safe mode,
disabling the connection to the laptop, rebooting, and then re-enabling the
connection to the laptop.

It is a small inconvenience to disable the laptop connection before shutting
down the desktop, but a real pain if I forget and then later I'm locked out.
I have tried to sort out the solution to this but I just can not figure this
out. Any fixes to this problem are greatly appreciated.

[Ken Wickes [MSFT]]

Have you tried getting an updated driver for the Siemens NIC?

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"mfsinback" > wrote in message
...
> I have a desktop running winxp with 2 NICs. One (Linksys NC100 Fast
Ethernet
> Adapter) (firewalled with xp icf) is connected to the cable modem and the
> other ( Siemens SpeedStream PCI 10/100) (no firewall) to the client laptop
> (Linksys EtherFast® 10/100 PC) (no firewall) win98se. ICS is configured
> between the laptop and desktop.
>
> Everything works fine except if I shutdown my desktop computer and forget
to
> disable the connection to the laptop first, when I turn the computer back
on
> it freezes. The only remedy at that point is rebooting in safe mode,
> disabling the connection to the laptop, rebooting, and then re-enabling
the
> connection to the laptop.
>
> It is a small inconvenience to disable the laptop connection before
shutting
> down the desktop, but a real pain if I forget and then later I'm locked
out.
> I have tried to sort out the solution to this but I just can not figure
this
> out. Any fixes to this problem are greatly appreciated.
>
>

[mfsinback]

I did update the driver when I first installed the Siemens about 3 months
ago. I'll check and see if there is yet another update.
Thanks.

"Ken Wickes [MSFT]" > wrote in message
...
> Have you tried getting an updated driver for the Siemens NIC?
>
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
>
> "mfsinback" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have a desktop running winxp with 2 NICs. One (Linksys NC100 Fast
> Ethernet
> > Adapter) (firewalled with xp icf) is connected to the cable modem and
the
> > other ( Siemens SpeedStream PCI 10/100) (no firewall) to the client
laptop
> > (Linksys EtherFast® 10/100 PC) (no firewall) win98se. ICS is configured
> > between the laptop and desktop.
> >
> > Everything works fine except if I shutdown my desktop computer and
forget
> to
> > disable the connection to the laptop first, when I turn the computer
back
> on
> > it freezes. The only remedy at that point is rebooting in safe mode,
> > disabling the connection to the laptop, rebooting, and then re-enabling
> the
> > connection to the laptop.
> >
> > It is a small inconvenience to disable the laptop connection before
> shutting
> > down the desktop, but a real pain if I forget and then later I'm locked
> out.
> > I have tried to sort out the solution to this but I just can not figure
> this
> > out. Any fixes to this problem are greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
>
>

[mfsinback]

Actually, as it turns out, changing my Bios setting to non-plug and play did
the trick. I'm not certain why but apparently by letting the bios control
the PCI cards was the fix????? Just a guess.



"mfsinback" > wrote in message
...
> I have a desktop running winxp with 2 NICs. One (Linksys NC100 Fast
Ethernet
> Adapter) (firewalled with xp icf) is connected to the cable modem and the
> other ( Siemens SpeedStream PCI 10/100) (no firewall) to the client laptop
> (Linksys EtherFast® 10/100 PC) (no firewall) win98se. ICS is configured
> between the laptop and desktop.
>
> Everything works fine except if I shutdown my desktop computer and forget
to
> disable the connection to the laptop first, when I turn the computer back
on
> it freezes. The only remedy at that point is rebooting in safe mode,
> disabling the connection to the laptop, rebooting, and then re-enabling
the
> connection to the laptop.
>
> It is a small inconvenience to disable the laptop connection before
shutting
> down the desktop, but a real pain if I forget and then later I'm locked
out.
> I have tried to sort out the solution to this but I just can not figure
this
> out. Any fixes to this problem are greatly appreciated.
>
>