Background : I'm investigating connectivity problems of W98SE on a Server 2008 based LAN. Since the IT department is antagonistic to W98SE, any configuration changes (at the server) to help W98SE are basically not an option. From some material I've read, the problem may be that 128 bit encryption for NTLMv2 may be required by default on a Server 2008 LAN.. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239869 says : Now, I have Internet Explorer 5.01 SP2;Q313829 (5.00.3314.2101) installed, and it says it's 128