Greetings,
uhhhh, well i don't have a running Win98 Machine anymore, so i don't know exactly what to do.
But i remember:
If you got
Error 645: Internal authentication error
Your computer has something wrong with the protocols being used internally to authenticate and hold the connection.
Confirm that the Access Number is valid
Clean up the network control panel so only Client for Microsoft Networks,
DialUp Adapter and TCPIP are there.
Change the WINS resolution value to disable in TCP/IP properties. If it's
already disabled, change it to enable, click OK, say ok the the error
message and change it back to disabled.
Most likely windows will ask you to restart after clickin OK out of the
network control panel, but if it does not, restart anyway.
Try connecting again. 90% of the time the member will be fixed at this point.
or if the above didnt work
Remove *.PWL files if the you on a standalone computer
Remove all network components. Click OK.
If prompted to restart the computer. Click NO.
Double click Add/Remove Programs.
If Win98 or no Dial-Up Networking 1.2 or 1.3 update is shown in the list of applications on the Install/Uninstall tab then click to the Windows Setup
tab.
Remove all communications components. Click OK.
Restart the computer.
After restart of computer search for ws2bakup.bat If it's there refer to the Winsock2 removal article on how to remove winsock2.
Reinstall VPN/DUN and other communications components but DO NOT install MS Virtual Private Networking.
If you removed winsock2 or a VPN/DUN upgrade say NO to all version conflicts. If
neither of these were present say YES to version conflicts.
Restart the computer.
Reinstall the necessary network components in the network control panel.
Confirm that the Computer Name and Workgroup are valid. Vaild means 8
characters or less in letter and/or number combinations in all lower case letters.
Click OK on the network control panel window.
If you removed winsock2 or a VPN/DUN upgrade say NO to all version conflicts. If neither of these were present say YES to version conflicts.Restart the computer.
Login to Windows with a valid User Name. If you are not using profiles any
name will do. The username "me" without the quotes works quite nicely. If
you are using profiles then login with you'r normal username but make sure
its valid (being 8 characters or less with no caps or spaces)
Configure the Internet Control Panel with the correct User Name and Password.
Try connecting again.
I hope this solves your Problem!
But a Official Patch would be helping alot more, so come on gimme some!
I'm not using MSN, so plz post your questions here, maybe some other ppl get something out of it.
wish you all well and we see us on the battlefield cheers Flamestrike