File sharing problem on 98

[n00bPDW]

A few days ago I installed Win 98 onto a new computer I had built. Once I had the computer hooked up with my router and had the intenet up and running after a bit of a battle with the system (see below) I realized there was no network neighborhood icon on the desktop. I also couldn't find the network setup wizard either. So i went to another computer and made a network setup disk. I used it on this system, but there is still no icon and I can't figure out how to access files from other computers, even though I have the same protocols and such setup on this computer that I have on all others I am using. What should I do? any help is appreciated.

"below" - I have trouble installing drivers for 98, ie with my network card it kept asking for the Win 98 disk, so i would insert one (i have two), it still wouldnt find any of the files, so i would try again with the other disk. I had the same problem on a laptop i bought off of ebay.. is there some solution to this problem? it's annoyed be beyond belief as now I have error messages at startup since there are regisrty and/or system.ini references to these files. Some of which i was able to delete, but others i cant find where they are referenced, so they still come up. How can i get these drivers to install fully? should I just buy xp?

[K A Hall]

sometimes when it asks for a win98 disk, what it really wants is the disk with the drivers on it for the hardware you are trying to install (network card). Give it a try.

[n00bPDW]

yeah, i put in all three (two win 98 cds and the nic driver cd itself) and none worked. I also saw in the manual for 98 install if it asks for the cd you can just tell it to look in c:\windows\bin or something... i tried that and it didnt work, I also searched for some of the files it was looking for to see if they were anywhere else on the computer.

[GaryRouth]

Did you by any chance install TweakUI? That will hide/show desktop items such as Network Neighborhood according to your selections from a list. So it might be installed, but hidden.

You could also try downloading RegClean or RegMaid from the Microsoft download site. Either one will do: RegClean works with very little input on your part, while RegMaid lets you select from a list. That will at least clear up your system having to ask for files is doesn't need/doesn't have.

After that, you could try uninstalling and re-installing your network card. Seems like after setting it up you should see Network Neighborhood.

Do you have a customized desktop using Active Desktop? (...are you displaying webpages & such continuosly?...if so, try the "show destop" button & see if you can see Network Neighborhood)

. . . Gary