Hi Freddy,
Setup a system restore point and then try unchecking TCP/IP.
Even if you're not prompted to reboot, do so for good measure.
How to use Windows XP System Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp
If anything goes wrong, you'll be able to recover. Good luck!
--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S.
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| >Open your Control Panel / Network Connections, and in that
| >window click the Advanced menu choice, and then click the
| >Advanced Settings option. You can then either uncheck
| TCP/IP,
| >or change it's positioning in the list of other protocols
| binded to
| >the services which are installed on each of your network
| adapters.
|
| I already went there, but I can only uncheck the TCP/IP
| protocols, but I can't change the order. How can I change
| the order??? Well, TCP/IP is already below IPX/SPX, if the
| priority is only that, not works. :/
|
| If I uncheck the TCP/IP, I have few questions:
|
| 1. I'll need to reboot the machines?
| 2. how will be my network if I uncheck this?
| 3. I'll still have access to other machines if I unbind
| TCP/IP?
|
| thanks again for the help,
|
| Freddy
|
|
|
|
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
|
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
|
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| >"Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message
| > | >| Hi Freddy,
| >|
| >| Permit me to toss some ideas into the hat. Others may
| feel
| >| free to add to, or elaborate on these ideas as well.
| Thanks!
| >|
| >| For you to be able to troubleshoot the problem easily,
| you
| >| should segregate the items on your network. If you use
| a
| >| router, remove it from your LAN and connect directly to
| >| one machine, for example. That will help you see if
| it's an
| >| issue with UPnP which you can turn on and off both via
| the
| >| router configuration panel, and in Control Panel /
| Admin /
| >| Services.
| >|
| >| You already installed IPX, so if that doesn't work, and
| you
| >| never tested the game before installing IPX, remove
| it. You
| >| can also try changing the priority of IPX or TCP/IP.
| >|
| >| You can disable the network adapter which you connect to
| >| the Internet through before starting up LAN games.
| >|
| >| Test the 2 9x machines alone, then the 2 XP machines
| alone,
| >| then one of each. Assign static IP addresses to each
| network
| >| adapter. Make them all part of the same workgroup if
| possible.
| >|
| >| Use a hub instead of a router if you can get hold of
| one. That
| >| will indicate whether your router could be blocking the
| ports via
| >| the NAT firewall. If so, you can use it's
| configuration program to
| >| forward all DirectX ports to and from each static IP on
| the LAN.
| >|
| >| Good luck Freddy, focus on the two 9X computers
| first.
| >|
| >| --
| >| Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >| Jimmy S.
|
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >|
| >| Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >| Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
|
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >| MS Support at:
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
| >| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do
| I confer any rights.
| >|
| _________________________________________________________
| >|
| | >| | Hi Jimmy, like I said before, I already done that.
| >| | Everything is installed, but in the game we can't find
| >| | each other.
| >| |
| >| | Aside only install the protocol (what was the first
| thing
| >| | that I made), I need to do something else to this
| work?
| >| |
| >| | I also installed "NWLink NetBIOS" to try if need this
| also
| >| | to work, but nothing change.
| >| |
| >| | I'm trying the Need For Speed II game, and the
| protocol in
| >| | the game is Winsock IPX.
| >| |
| >| | In the other two machines is working fine, one with
| win98
| >| | and the other with win95, but in the 2 XP machines
| nothing
| >| | happens.
| >| |
| >| | If I start the game(server) in the win95/98 machines,
| only
| >| | these two can see something, if I start in one of the
| XP
| >| | machines, NO ONE can find the server, even the other
| XP
| >| | machine.
| >| |
| >| | I already tryed to give a number on the protocol
| options,
| >| | and put in all machines the same, but happens the
| SAME.
| >| |
| >| | I also tryed to fix a same frame rate to all machine,
| and
| >| | everything still the same, the win 95/98 works fine
| when
| >| | XP can't do his work well.
| >| |
| >| | Someone, please help me, or I'll be forced to remove
| the
| >| | XPs from my computers.
| >| |
| >| | thanks,
| >| | Freddy
| >| |
| >| | >-----Original Message-----
| >| | >Hi Freddy,
| >| | >
| >| | >Have you installed the NWLink IPX/SPX Protocol?
| >| | >
| >| | >In Control Panel / Network Connections, Select your
| >| | connection:
| >| | > Choose Properties
| >| | > Click the Networking Tab
| >| | > Click the Install... button
| >| | > Select Protocol on the list and then
| >| | click Add...
| >| | > Select Microsoft on the list
| (default)
| >| | > Select "NWLink
| IPX/SPX/NetBIOS..."
| >| | > Click OK to Install, and
| OK
| >| | to exit out.
| >| | >
| >| | >Hope that's all your game needs to work in your LAN
| >| | Freddy, good luck!
| >| | >
| >| | >--
| >| | >Cheers, Windows XP
| MVP
| >| | Shell / User
| >| | >Jimmy S.
| >| |
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >| | >
| >| | >Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| >| | scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >| | >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
| >| |
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >| | >MS Support at:
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| >| | scid=sz;en-us;top
| >| | >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor
| do I
| >| | confer any rights.
| >| |
| >_________________________________________________________
| >| | >
| >| | | >| | >| Hello!
| >| | >|
| >| | >| I love to play few OLD games in my LAN at home,
| but now
| >| | >| with XP I can't play all games that use IPX/SPX
| >| | connection.
| >| | >|
| >| | >| In Windows 95/98 is simply add the IPX/SPX at
| network
| >| | >| configurations, and I done the same in XP, the IPX
| was
| >| | >| installed in each Machine, so I boot the machines
| and
| >| | >| everything seams right.
| >| | >|
| >| | >| But when I run the game, it's all blind, anyone
| can see
| >| | >| anyone in the LAN, when we can find each other
| easily in
| >| | >| other games that use TCP/IP for exemple.
| >| | >|
| >| | >| Can I play LAN games that use IPX connection in
| XP? so
| >| | how
| >| | >| can I do that? What I need to do more to play
| these old
| >| | >| games in XP?
| >| | >|
| >| | >| thanks,
| >| | >| Freddy
| >| | >|
| >| | >
| >| | >
| >| | >.
| >| | >
| >|
| >|
| >
| >
| >.
| >
