Jim,

I agree with you that it is probably not the scanner because it's parallel. But, my scanner also worked on a particular computer until....I installed Win98.

From what I've read about things you've tried, I don't think it is a software/protocol problem. My approach would be to swap out the cable and network card first.

As long as all computers on the network have the "same" protocol selected, this shouldn't be a problem.

Good Luck,

Dale


>Hi Dale,
>
>Thanks for the input.
>
>In this case the scanner is parallel port connection, though it does use some form of SCSI (not Adaptec) to work properly. Something called "SMPLSCSI").
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>That scanner has been operational for over 1.5 years, through Win95 and Win98 and with network working properly. I only had to re-install recently because of HD failure, and used the old drivers and it seems to work just like before.
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>Believe it or not, I am now as suspicious of Combat Flight Sim. install as source of problem as I am of other software installs. But the cable remains my bet hope so far.
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>Cheers,
>
>Jim N
>
>>Jim,
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>>You mentioned you had installed a scanner. Is it SCSI (Adaptec)? If so, there is a known problem between these adapters and NE2000 compatible network cards. If you have the above combination, I would recommend physically removing the Scanner card to see if your network functions return.
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>>I had exactly the same problem and ended up moving my scanner to another computer on my office network.
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>>Dale
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