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1. Boot up the PC.
Turn on your computer, and let it boot to the Windows 98 desktop, this is the screen where the word “START” is displayed in the lower left-hand corner of your screen.
2. Make sure Multi-User mode is turned off:
Click on the start button, and point to the “SETTINGS” option in the list that appears. This will cause another list to open that contains the items “Control Panel” “Printers” and “Task bar…”
Under “SETTINGS,” click on the “CONTROL PANEL” option.
In the window that opens, find and double-click on the Control Panel icon labeled “Passwords”
The next screen displayed will be the passwords control panel. In the “Password Properties” window that opens, there should be three “tabs.” You can think of a tab as a computer representation of what rolodex cards would look like stacked on top of each other. To change which “tab” is “On Top” simply click with your mouse pointer on the name that pokes up from behind the other tabs, as though you were grabbing a real card with your fingers. Select the tab labeled “User Profiles” and make sure that the first box labeled “All users of this computer use the same preferences and desktop settings” is checked.
3. Open the Network Control Panel:
Click on the start button, and point to the “SETTINGS” option in the list that appears. This will cause another list to open that contains the items “Control Panel” “Printers” and “Task bar…”
Under “SETTINGS,” click on the “CONTROL PANEL” option.
In the window that opens, find and double-click on the Control Panel icon labeled “Network.”
You should now be looking at the “Network” window or the “Network Control Panel” which will look like the picture below.
The tab which looks like it is on top when you first open the window, should be labeled “Configuration” while the other two are “Identification” and “Access Control.” We can ignore “Access Control” entirely.)
4. Check for the right components:
On the “Configuration” tab, there is a box labeled “The following network components are installed” which may contain several items including such cryptic words as “IPX/SPX” or “NetBEUI.” Check to see if any of the following are in the list:
- Client for Microsoft Networks
- TCP/IP
- Something including the part number of the network card you are using. (Check the box the network card came in if you are uncertain)
- There may also be some items containing either the words “3COM” or the part number of your network card. Though they are not necessary to the functioning of ResNet, it may be wise to leave them as removing them can cause undesired results.
If there are any extra items, (any but those listed above) such as “Client for Netware Networks” or “IPX/SPX” click on them once to highlight them and then click the little button below the box labeled “remove.” Repeat this process until all extra items are removed.
You should now have a box with only the following in it:
- Client for Microsoft Networks
- TCP/IP
- Something including the part number of the network card you are using.
- Some possible extra items with the company name and/or part number of your network card.
If any of these are missing, click the little button labeled “add” and do the following:
For “Client for Microsoft Networks,” double-click on “Client” in the box that opens, then click once on “Microsoft” on the left-hand side of the second box that opens. This will change the list in the right hand side of the box. Click once on “Client for Microsoft Networks” and then click the button labeled “OK.”
For “TCP/IP,” double click on “Protocol” in the box that opens, click once on “Microsoft” on the left-hand side of the second box that opens. This will change the list in the right hand side of the box. Click once on “TCP/IP” and then click the button labeled “OK.”
5. Edit the “Client for Microsoft Networks” properties:
Now, go back to the window that has the box with the list of “Installed Components” in it. Click once on “Client for Microsoft Networks” to highlight it, then click the button labeled “Properties.”
In the box this opens, “Logon to Windows NT Domain” should be checked, if it is not, do so. The “Windows NT Domain” box should contain the words “FORTLEWIS,” if it doesn’t, add them. Don’t worry about the last two options about network connections. See the illustration at right for details. Click “OK” to get back to the window with “Installed Components” in it.
6. Edit the TCP/IP Properties:
Now click once on “TCP/IP” and click the button labeled “Properties.” Here again are “tabs” The tab on top should be “IP Address.” On this tab, “Obtain IP Address Automatically” should be checked, if it is not, check it now, see picture one. Next click on the “WINS Configuration” tab. Here, “Use DHCP for WINS Resolution” should be checked, if it is not, check it now also, see picture two. Last, click on the “DNS Configuration” tab. “Disable DNS” should be checked. Again, if it is not, check it now, see picture three. Lastly, click “OK” to get back to the window with the “Installed Components” list in it
7. Edit your Identification Settings:
From here, click on the “Identification” tab you can see behind “Configuration.” This will change the “On Top” tab to “Identification”
In the box marked “Computer Name” enter your username, without the “@fortlewis.edu” part. Your username is your first initial, middle initial and last name. For example: John Jack Doe would have JJDOE for a username.
In the box labeled “workgroup,” enter “FORTLEWIS.”
In “Computer Description” enter your last name, a comma, and your first name. For example “Smith, Joe”
The configuration is now complete. Click “OK” at the bottom of the window.
The computer will copy files, and will then tell you that it needs to re-boot. Allow it to do so.
You’re done.
Welcome to the ResNet!
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