Adding an XP Machine to a 98 network

[Greg]

I have a small peer to peer network with 4 Win 98se machines.

I having problem seeing the XP machine on the network.

Everytime I run the network wizard, I get a Spooler Sub System App error.

Message reads, "spooler sub system has encountered a problem".

Any suggestions

[Jaymista]

Greg wrote:
> I have a small peer to peer network with 4 Win 98se machines.
>
> I having problem seeing the XP machine on the network.
>
> Everytime I run the network wizard, I get a Spooler Sub System App error.
>
> Message reads, "spooler sub system has encountered a problem".
>
> Any suggestions
>
>
I have the same problem running a system with Windows ME to my XP
computer. I followed the instructions of making a special program on a
disk with XP and then use that disk on the ME computer but that didn't
seem to work in that I still can't share info between the two computers.
I had a system of two ME before I updated one to XP and the system
worked ok.

[Carl]

Do you have fat file system on the XP machine.Windows 98 will not see ntfs
files that XP may be useing.
Hope this helps, I am no expert here either
Carl
"Jaymista" > wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
>
>
> Greg wrote:
> > I have a small peer to peer network with 4 Win 98se machines.
> >
> > I having problem seeing the XP machine on the network.
> >
> > Everytime I run the network wizard, I get a Spooler Sub System App
error.
> >
> > Message reads, "spooler sub system has encountered a problem".
> >
> > Any suggestions
> >
> >
> I have the same problem running a system with Windows ME to my XP
> computer. I followed the instructions of making a special program on a
> disk with XP and then use that disk on the ME computer but that didn't
> seem to work in that I still can't share info between the two computers.
> I had a system of two ME before I updated one to XP and the system
> worked ok.
>

[Greg]

Can I change the file system to FAT?

"Carl" <cgerving@ecenetdotcom> wrote in message
...
> Do you have fat file system on the XP machine.Windows 98 will not see
ntfs
> files that XP may be useing.
> Hope this helps, I am no expert here either
> Carl
> "Jaymista" > wrote in message
> le.rogers.com...
> >
> >
> > Greg wrote:
> > > I have a small peer to peer network with 4 Win 98se machines.
> > >
> > > I having problem seeing the XP machine on the network.
> > >
> > > Everytime I run the network wizard, I get a Spooler Sub System App
> error.
> > >
> > > Message reads, "spooler sub system has encountered a problem".
> > >
> > > Any suggestions
> > >
> > >
> > I have the same problem running a system with Windows ME to my XP
> > computer. I followed the instructions of making a special program on a
> > disk with XP and then use that disk on the ME computer but that didn't
> > seem to work in that I still can't share info between the two computers.
> > I had a system of two ME before I updated one to XP and the system
> > worked ok.
> >
>
>

[Peter Hutchison]

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 23:07:43 -0600, "Carl" <cgerving@ecenetdotcom>
wrote:

>Do you have fat file system on the XP machine.Windows 98 will not see ntfs
>files that XP may be useing.
>Hope this helps, I am no expert here either
>Carl

Rubbish it is IRRELEVANT what file system a computer uses on a
network, 98 machines can see files on a different computer.

What dos matter is that you have the correct WORKGROUP names set up
and that you have TCP/IP (do not use Netbeui as its too old) with the
correct IP addresses etc.

See http://www.practicalnetworking.com

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/