Remote IPC$ on XP Home machine locks out my 98SE computer

[Doug]

I have a simple home network. I have a 98SE wired desktop
computer and a Windows
XP Home laptop wireless. They are connected by a
Microsoft MN500 base station.

I must disable my Norton Internet Security for the
computers to be visible to each
other. That's not a problem. When disabled, my laptop
can see and easily access
the shared drives, folders and files on the desktop.

However, in Network Neighborhood on the 98SE machine, I
see the computers, I see
the workgroup, but when I click on the Icon for my laptop
in order to access the
shared folders I get pop-up window that reads: "ENTER
NETWORK PASSWORD. You must
supply a password to make this connection. Resource:
\\laptop computer name\IPC$."
Then an entry box for the password. I've tried all the
passwords related to the
base station and the computers and none work.

On my XP computer under Computer Management, Shared
Folders, Shares I see the IPC$
as a shared folder. It has no path, its Type is Windows
and the Comment is Remote.

I have tried creating a user account on my XP machine that
matches the 98 machine, but so far that did not seem to
work. I have also heard of going into Client network
properties on the 98SE machine and putting in the domain
name of the XP machine. If I've done it right, then they
did not work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[nkjg]

I'm not sure if I can completely solve your problem, but
I might be able to help.

Try making a shortcut on the desktop of the Win98 machine
to the other computer with this as the address:

\\(computer name here)

If that doesn't work, I can't really help you all that
much... I've forgotten most of the settings in Win98. The
only thing that I remember from all Windows is the fact
that I can't stand the "My network places"/"Network
Neighborhood". I've always run my networking from
shortcuts like the one listed above in a folder I made.

As for Norton Internet Security, you can adjust the
settings of it so that it will allow all connections from
specific IP addresses or a network address. Check the
network settings of you router, specifically, the
router's address and the subnet mask. You can input these
into NIS to allow the other computer to connect without
having to disable NIS.

Hope this helps,

Nick
nkjg/at\interchange/dot\ubc/dot\ca

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have a simple home network. I have a 98SE wired desktop
computer and a Windows
XP Home laptop wireless. They are connected by a
Microsoft MN500 base station.

I must disable my Norton Internet Security for the
computers to be visible to each
other. That's not a problem. When disabled, my laptop
can see and easily access
the shared drives, folders and files on the desktop.

However, in Network Neighborhood on the 98SE machine, I
see the computers, I see
the workgroup, but when I click on the Icon for my laptop
in order to access the
shared folders I get pop-up window that reads: "ENTER
NETWORK PASSWORD. You must
supply a password to make this connection. Resource:
\\laptop computer name\IPC$."
Then an entry box for the password. I've tried all the
passwords related to the
base station and the computers and none work.

On my XP computer under Computer Management, Shared
Folders, Shares I see the IPC$
as a shared folder. It has no path, its Type is Windows
and the Comment is Remote.

I have tried creating a user account on my XP machine that
matches the 98 machine, but so far that did not seem to
work. I have also heard of going into Client network
properties on the 98SE machine and putting in the domain
name of the XP machine. If I've done it right, then they
did not work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Run the Network Setup Wizard on the XP Home machine to fully enable
file sharing. That's all that's usually necessary:

XP ICS - Starting the Network Setup Wizard
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/networksetupwiz.htm

If you've explicitly disabled the Guest account on XP Home, use this
command to enable it:

net user guest /active:yes

If you've explicitly defined a password for the Guest account on XP
Home, enter that password at the prompt.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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