Re: Off topic: XP and internet

["Chris Madsen" cmadsen@xxxxxxxx]

I yanked the router out of the setup and all has been behaving. When/if I
manage to resurrect the other computer (now my son's), I'll worry about the
compatibility issues. The router is a new Belkin, so I would be, shall we
say, disappointed if it was incompatible with XP.

chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia M Godfrey" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 2:19 PM
Subject: Off topic: XP and internet


> Chris, did you check if your cable modem and router are compatible with
> XP? I've heard that XP is finicky about hardware; MicroSludge has, I
> believe, a list somewhere on its site (if you dare go there; I don't) of
> supported hardware. Did you try to copy your connectoid from the old to
> the new machine, or did you re-create it on the new? I have no experience
> of cable modems, but my brother has one and has had a terrible time with
> his new ISP (old one went belly-up and the account was sold down the
> river). Of course, he's on Mac, so it's probably the ISP's disdain of
> anything that doesn't come out of Redmond.
> Patricia
>
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