Jonny K Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 The network speed between Windows 98 and Windows XP is horridly slow (even with fresh installs of both OS's). I have contacted many people about this, and have found that many other people have the same trouble.Is there a fix yet? Everywhere I ask, nobody knows a solution yet.Jonny K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phreaks Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 It depends. What are you using, Cat 5 or wireless. Are you using a hub, if so is it a 10 or 100 speed. There's alot of things that could be causing your problem. It could be your NIC's (Network cards) or your cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny K Posted February 27, 2002 Author Share Posted February 27, 2002 Cat 5, with a 100 hub. The network is rock solid, and before I upgraded to Win XP (running both on Win 98), the network worked perfect.(What's up with the face in my post? I didn't put it there!)Jonny K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xper Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 you can check : Disable Smilies in This Postcoz 8 and ) is 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 I have XP and 98 SE on my 2 comps. I had the probs and im still waiting for a patch to fix some other things... My suggestion is that you reinstall the cards, simple but effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dragons Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 I can't remember exactly where I read this - or exactly how to get into the right part of XP to fix it. Not much help huh. But I recall reading about XP-->98 networking getting real slow because of lots of network overhead caused by XP. It seems that when connected to 98 - XP is continuously accessing the network (when a drive is mapped to the 98 system). Somehow, you can disable this. Now, I think I read it in Scot Finnie's newsletter. Try browsing around at:http://www.scotfinnie.comLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 I'm also getting the same problem, slow to browse Win98 shares in My Network Places from the XP Machine. Told my mate to bugger off with win98 and put 2k or XP on it, yet he still uses it. doh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=153Check this out. I believe this is what you are looking for.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 Thats for windows 2000 only. Not win98? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 That is true it is not for Win98, you use it on XP to stop it from scanning the Win98 system each time............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThA_FiLeR Posted May 29, 2002 Share Posted May 29, 2002 I had this problem before, that i couldnt connect to a ME machine and it also went very slow when i got it to connect. Finally I discovered that it was the firewall holin me back, try disabling firewalls on both machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 Yeah, i would say its the firewalls. There really needs to be a patch made for 98 comps and XP and ME and 2000 ( ) so they can all be networked properly!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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