Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:59:22 -0400 From: "Mike M" <the.lists@mgm51.com> To: unxfbsdi@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system Message-ID: <200810150859220476.004F128D@sentry.24cl.com> In-Reply-To: <87iqrvijcn.fsf@thingy.bsdly.net> References: <48F43EB1.40304@gmail.com> <87iqrvijcn.fsf@thingy.bsdly.net>
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On 10/14/2008 at 12:03 PM peter@bsdly.net wrote: |Manish Jain <unxfbsdi@gmail.com> writes: | |> I am poor at networking and need a little bit of help. My dad has a |> Windows 2000 machine with a network card but does not have a connection |> to the internet. | |When I started writing this, I thought that system had been abandoned |already, but it appears Microsoft will offer a measure of support |through next year sometime. Do see that the system gets properly |updated before you put it on the net. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Important advice. I also run Windows 2000 on my home PCs (the ones that are still in the= Windows world). Security updates are still being offered by Microsoft= (through next June, I believe). It is important to bring your Dad's install of Windows 2000 up to the= current patch level. A visit to Windows Update will do the trick for the= Windows software. Other things (e.g., Adobe's Flash, Acrobat reader,= etc.) may also need a version refresh to be safe for the 'Net.
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