[thechat] [ot] Windows internet connection sharing

[Joel Canfield]

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> I'm using internet connection sharing with win98 2nd ed at
> home. Recently I renamed the connection machine, and the
> connection would no longer work. I've tried renaming it back
> to it's original name even, and still nothing can access the
> net on the other machine. Can anyone suggest anything that could help?

Set it up again. It's not that tough, as I recall.

MS names are all just fronts for 'objects' - even if you rename something
the same name, it ain't generally the same object.

Last time I set up ICS it only took about ten minutes. I'd just start over.

joel