Hello,
I just received a Thinkpad as a donation from a company that was getting rid
of them. It has 2000 Pro installed on it and I am trying to network it to my
desktop that has XP SP2. I got a wireless G router to setup my internet
connection, and bought a wireless card for the laptop. I went through and
set up the wireless network for the desktop, but when I tried to set up the
actual network, I made a network setup disk for the 2000 laptop, and the
following message was displayed: "The Newtork Setup Wizard is supported only
on Win 98, ME, and XP. Instructions for configuring a newtork for other
operating systems can be found in the help files in those systems."
So, I looked, but I couldn't find anything that explained what I needed to
do. Can sanyone help me on this one?
Thanks,
Rebecca

In article <C3A7BDCD-DBB9-4B37-891D-C4571D9910CD@microsoft.com>,
"Libelula" <Libelula@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>I just received a Thinkpad as a donation from a company that was getting rid
>of them. It has 2000 Pro installed on it and I am trying to network it to my
>desktop that has XP SP2. I got a wireless G router to setup my internet
>connection, and bought a wireless card for the laptop. I went through and
>set up the wireless network for the desktop, but when I tried to set up the
>actual network, I made a network setup disk for the 2000 laptop, and the
>following message was displayed: "The Newtork Setup Wizard is supported only
>on Win 98, ME, and XP. Instructions for configuring a newtork for other
>operating systems can be found in the help files in those systems."
>So, I looked, but I couldn't find anything that explained what I needed to
>do. Can sanyone help me on this one?
>Thanks,
>Rebecca

It isn't necessary to run the Wizard on any other computers, even
though the Wizard tells you to. You can make the network settings
manually. On the Thinkpad:

1. Go to Control Panel | Network and Dial-up Connections.

2. Right-click the LAN connection and click Properties.

3. Install these network components if they're not present: Client for
Microsoft Networks, File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.

4. Double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and configure it to obtain
an IP address and DNS server addresses automatically.

5. Right-click My Computer and click Properties | Network
Identification | Properties. Make the computer a member of a
workgroup, and set the workgroup name to the same name that the XP SP2
desktop uses.
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Steve,
Thanks for your help. I did what you suggested, and I noticed a small
problem. Below the area where I change the computer name in 2000 pro, it
says that the full name is "MYNAME.spartan.com" I think that this is because
the company that donated the computer must have used that suffix in their
computer name. I can't figure out how to change that. On my XP computer, it
won't allow for a name that long, nor will it allow for periods"." After I
restarted the 2000 pro computer, an error message appeared saying that a
duplicate name already exists in the network. Is this a problem? After
configuring everything as you mentioned, I still can't seem to share file,
internet, and printer.
Thanks for your help.
L

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <C3A7BDCD-DBB9-4B37-891D-C4571D9910CD@microsoft.com>,
> "Libelula" <Libelula@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >Hello,
> >I just received a Thinkpad as a donation from a company that was getting rid
> >of them. It has 2000 Pro installed on it and I am trying to network it to my
> >desktop that has XP SP2. I got a wireless G router to setup my internet
> >connection, and bought a wireless card for the laptop. I went through and
> >set up the wireless network for the desktop, but when I tried to set up the
> >actual network, I made a network setup disk for the 2000 laptop, and the
> >following message was displayed: "The Newtork Setup Wizard is supported only
> >on Win 98, ME, and XP. Instructions for configuring a newtork for other
> >operating systems can be found in the help files in those systems."
> >So, I looked, but I couldn't find anything that explained what I needed to
> >do. Can sanyone help me on this one?
> >Thanks,
> >Rebecca
>
> It isn't necessary to run the Wizard on any other computers, even
> though the Wizard tells you to. You can make the network settings
> manually. On the Thinkpad:
>
> 1. Go to Control Panel | Network and Dial-up Connections.
>
> 2. Right-click the LAN connection and click Properties.
>
> 3. Install these network components if they're not present: Client for
> Microsoft Networks, File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.
>
> 4. Double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and configure it to obtain
> an IP address and DNS server addresses automatically.
>
> 5. Right-click My Computer and click Properties | Network
> Identification | Properties. Make the computer a member of a
> workgroup, and set the workgroup name to the same name that the XP SP2
> desktop uses.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>