Thanks Dale,

This stuff is so nice when it is working but a real dog (cause it's all 'magic', with very little 'help' in the Help, when it goes bad.

Folks here have been fantastic though!

Cheers,

Jim N

>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,
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>I had exactly the same problem and ended up moving my scanner to another computer on my office network.
>>>
>>>Dale
>>>