NETBeui w/XP

[Chris]

So i am told i can install NetBEUI on my XP machine IF i
have the xp disk. Unfortunately, this HP came w/XP home
installed...but no disk. am i out of luck or can netbeui
be downloaded somehow?

 

[Bob Willard]

Check with HP, usually the manufacturers distribute a CD with the new PCs

PCs are usually delivered one of four ways:

1. With a XP Retail CD.
2. With a XP OEM CD.
3. With a XP Recovery CD.
4. Without any CD.

If you got (1) or (2), then NetBEUI is on the CD.

If you got (3), then it may be on the CD, but is usually not. Most
PC vendors deliver a Recovery CD which is a subset of the full XP CD.

If you got (4), then you got screwed IMHO. You may be successful in
yelling at the vendor until you get some flavor of XP CD, but most
buyers don't know enough to yell until it is too late.

If all else fails, there are some sets of NetBEUI files on the net
somewhere; google away.

 

[Guest]

There are two files required to install NetBeui, nbf.sys and netnbf.inf; which are on the XP disk; if you don't have it, you should be able to find them on Microsoft's site by searching for NetBeui...