On 12/10/2006, at 6:35 AM, Paul wrote:
Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi WAMUGers,
I have a PC that I'm 'fixing up' for my little Granddaughter .....
her parents don't want her to have a Mac.
(oh yeah, I'm thinking real hard on disinheriting them).
It's running Windows 2000 Professional.
Is there anyway I can share my Airport Wireless Network Internet
connection
with a Windows 2000 Desktop that does not have a wireless card or
a Ethernet Port ?
If it doesn't have Ethernet it is stuck. It must be quite old yes?
If so it wont be much fun on the net anyway.
If you do get it on make sure it has a Firewall, Anti-Virus and
Anti-Spyware, you don't want to be blamed for Windows inherent
security flaws by your own children ;-) I can recommend ZoneAlarm,
AVG Free and Spybot respectively.
Is there an adaptor that will work in Windows 2000 ?
I have read that adaptors only work in windows XP.
If it has a USB Port, you might try a USB Ethernet Adapter. Not too
pricey.
I imagine you could get one with W2000 drivers.
You may then be able to share Internet from your Ethernet port to
your granddaughter's.
Look in Sharing under System Preferences on your mac.
Oh, and try to use Firefox over Internet Exploiter.
Thanks Paul,
My Granddaughter won't be using this computer on the Internet.
It is just to run her Educational Learning programs & Kidspiration etc.
I just wanted to connect it so I could update the system.
I have already (in case they ever decide to connect it), installed on
it AVG, Spybot & AdAware & FireFox.
I was going to see how much a USB Ethernet Adaptor would cost for the
exercise.
Thanks again, I appreciate your reply.
Ronni
