Hi Pete,>> I can't understand why they
made such a hash out of NT/2K/XP (XP isn't REAL slow like Win2K, but it
is *much* slower than Win98SE, always).<<
My only guess is security. Win98(SE) is *extremely* insecure on a lan, even with share level passwords. Each progression of windows is more and more secure with the advent of *always on* broadband, and the like. Hell, when I first got Win98, I had 2 computers (one a laptop) and a dial-up connection...not too many security issues there. Four years later, I have 4 PCs at my home all on a wireless connection, and sharing an "always on" DSL connection. If the initial connection to a network share is slow because of security, then I'm all for it on my setup. However, since my network is all XP, I really don't see a slowdown of connections to other machines. I *still* prefer the start|run method, and I was a convert to that during my beta testing of XP...not too long ago. Try it, you may like it <g>.
--Greenie
**6 miles SSE KSJC**
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