dumb computer questions

[Sapphire]

Originally Posted by craig johnston

it wants me to go to www.fixms.com
should i?

sorry coff, no, i'm afraid they are separate.

No, you shouldn't go there - you have spyware - installed by a company that claims to fix spyware. They don't. It's what's called a "Rogue Spyware Tool."

Keep in mind - no ONE spyware scanning software finds all spyware. It's always a good idea to have at least two anti-spyware programs and scan your system with them weekly.

Or do you mean that the XP machine will reach into the 98 machine and start up the program so that it will be running on the 98 machine, but accesable through the XP machine...that is what I need to be able to do.

Yes, this is what I mean.

Using your XP Computer:
Go into your File Manager, click on the icon for the drive on your 98 computer on which the program is installed. Find the .exe file that launches the program you want to use. Double click on it.

It will run on the 98 machine but you will use it from the XP machine - assuming, of course, that XP and the program both have the functionality to do this. You won't know until you try. It's not going to "hurt" either machine for you to try - at most, you might have to reboot them.