Such a simple solution that I over-looked. This successfully disabled the internet access without bothering access to the network. It would be quite an old hardware. You should consider a little bit hardware upgrade.
You can get that from old systems, which are newer than the ones mentioned here. Upgrading could make them cross compatible for both 95 and XP machines. I'm a little late here, but we found that running virtual XP on a 7 machine worked out great.
Never would have thought it would work better than VMWare or Virtual box, but it has some kind of Microsoft integration that automatically maps the same network drives and shares files of the Windows 7 machine that it is installed on. If your XP machine ever bites the dust, keep this in mind. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question.
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Dan the Steeler Fan wrote: Do any of the computers that are connected to this "network" have internet access? Dan Perfect! Thank you. This just saved us the expense of a couple workstation replacements. Spaceman Spif This person is a verified professional. Assuming that the host PC has its files in a format that can be read by another machine, it is certainly possible. This sounds like a disaster. At some point you gotta upgrade. Or in this case 15 years ago he should have upgraded.
Is the accounting software DOS based? Maybe just port the whole mess over to the newer computer. You might have to run the 32 bit version of Windows 7.
I support a service garage management system that is DOS based. I hate it. I wish I never got it to work on Windows 7. I think the guy that wrote the software and ran the company is dead. So I'm it. Every time a file blows up I have to run down there and fix it. I see you're from Africa, so maybe that's why this guy has so limited options, but I'm telling you, getting this to work might end up being a huge regret.
It is possible. Create a share for the data folder where the program files reside on the Win 95 machine. Create another user account on the Win 95 machine and give it full access to the share.
That is the networking piece. You will have to try to see if you can get the application to run on the Windows 7 machine in compatibility mode. I understand for some people the knee-jerk reaction is to say "Just say no", but sometimes the reality is you just have to make some things work.
I have to deal with several old manufacturing machines that cannot be upgraded and have to stay running - these are old CNC machines that would cost more than a million dollars to replace.
In my experience, once you get everything set up the maintenance is nearly non-existent. Gold Bear Tech is an IT service provider. I wouldn't even do it. Find a more current software and start planning the migration. What happens when that PC dies? Are all records lost? That might be bad, ya think? Oh and if you are able to downgrade to an older OS I hope you are able to write the driver files because if not, good luck finding them All the user has to do is just click the the DOS app and it runs just that app.
I even used the net use commands on the Virtual PC image to capture a printer port so they can print. It was a chore, but it can be done. In the world of scientific apparatuses, this situation comes up all the time.
Guess which option most folks go with? It's a little different with accounting, though. There are plenty of modern options available for a reasonable price. I don't think he will be interested in buying a new computer. I can offer him the advice and also inform him of the possible consequences of setting up this system and the benefits of upgrading to a whole new system. If I do this I can't offer him any guarantee on the work.
It would be a great learning opportunity for me though because ever since I started my business I have been approached by many customers with old machines. In all the instances none of them want to upgrade because its too expensive. The economy here in Namibia is a bit slow:. I did that years ago for a proprietary service business accounting system. The whole business ran on it and they wanted to keep all years of records for legal reasons beyond tax.
You can do this, take your time. I know a couple of restaurants running Windows 95 networked right now from a custom POS system. This works for some people. Thrift stores are a great place to get hardware fro this. We then tried virtualizing it and that was painful as all hell.
We eventually got it to work and with networking support. Might be a better solution than relying on old hardware. The accounting software would have to support sharing over a network. If only 1 machine is opening the file, that shouldn't be a huge problem, but since he is wanting to access the software with multiple machines simultaneously, then the software has to specifically support that. You could also try converting the 95 box to a Virtual Machine, except it's technically not going to be legal by Microsoft Licensing if it's an OEM copy of Windows.
If it's a Retail copy, then there is no licensing issue. Honestly, would Microsoft really care about Windows 95 anyway in this case? Just giving you the facts. If that other computer came with Windows 7, then I seriously doubt you'll be able to put 95 on it, especially when it comes to finding drivers that will make the components of the machine actually work after 95 is installed on it, if you can find a legitimate copy of Windows 95 to actually install on it.
Sure, you can try to do any or all of the above, but I can guarantee you it's going to take a considerably long time to figure out and get it to work flawlessly.
The main question for your customer is if they want to spend all of that money to pay you to research and try to get something kind-of working with such old software Both Windows 95 and that accounting software instead of putting that money towards getting what he needs done using a little bit more contemporary hardware, OS and software that is actually still supported with proper drivers in order to future-proof his business.
He really shouldn't be pouring money into 20 year old solutions. What happens next year when the hardware gives out?
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