where oh where can network neibourhood be!!!!

[arcstrike]

Ok, I bet this sounds weird to you guys and girls, it sounds weird to me and it is happening to me....I have put together a computer or 10 over the years and this is the my first venture into neworking (possibly last to) I have a celeron 633 (number one sons) which I want to link to a p166 (number two son) so they can play games share files etc..... both machines are running W98SE, Network Neibourhood icon is present on one but not the other, no matter what I do I cant find that sucker.... I have the same problem on my own system, network neibour hood no show........helppppppp me...please...

[Paul Komski]

If the icon is not present then open the Control Panel from the Start button and Settings and look for the Network icon. Double click to open the network properties. Do you have any or the correct network components installed?

PS You can also show/hide it on the desktop by using the TweakUI Tool (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q190643)

[arcstrike]

this just gets weirder....I re-installed w98se on one computer and ther is Network Neighbourhood icon on the desk top, to easy I think...re-install to the other computer.....you guessed it no NN icon....arrrrr

[Ghost_Hacker]

This link may help:

Change Desktop Icon Visibility (http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/7/)


Good Luck :)

[ziba-june]

look in your device manager to see if your network card is setup correctly. If you don't have network card or if it is not setup correctly you would not see the nn icon.

good luck.

[Paul Komski]

I've never had a network card on this pc and NN has shown up OK. If you remove all the component from the Network Settings it will (if I remember right) disappear; it then reappears if the Settings are restored. eg Microsoft Client for Networks, an adapter and a protocol - usually TCP/IP.

[arcstrike]

thanks for the advise guys, have not had a chance to get back to the affected computer but I will advise.....

[turbot]

Just thought I'd through my 2 cents worth in. I had a similar problem where my 2nd computer wouldn't see my 1st computer even though I had set both up according to instructions. Couldn't figure out why until I remembered that I had ZoneAlarm set up on my first computer. When I shut down ZoneAlarm everythning was there just as it should be.