win98 unable to connect to XP pro desktop

[Guest]

Dear sir/madam,

I have 1 new pc's and the os is XP pro, I shared out the printer and folder
as weel, but for those win98 clients pc they are not able to access into this
xp desktop. But in the domain I can view this pc's and my xp home laptop also
can access it, only for those win98 pc encounter the access deniel problem.
Hope someone can help me. thaks

 

[Chuck]

Dear sir/madam,

I have 1 new pc's and the os is XP pro, I shared out the printer and folder
as weel, but for those win98 clients pc they are not able to access into this
xp desktop. But in the domain I can view this pc's and my xp home laptop also
can access it, only for those win98 pc encounter the access deniel problem.
Hope someone can help me. thaks

Hau,

On XP Pro with Simple File Sharing disabled, check the Local Security Policies
(Control Panel - Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security
Options, look at "Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's
set to "Classic - local users authenticate as themselves".

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, if you set the above Local Security Policy to
"Guest only", enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net
user guest /active:yes" in the command window. If "Classic", setup and use a
common non-Guest account on all computers. Whichever account is used, use an
identical, non-blank password on all computers.

On XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, simply make sure that the Guest
account is enabled. Enable Guest with Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net user
guest /active:yes" in the command window.

On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
Security Policies - User Rights Assignment, on the XP Pro computer, and look at
"Deny access to this computer from the network". Make sure Guest is not in the
list.

If you decide to use non-Guest authentication (SFS disabled, Classic
authentication), be sure to sign in to the Win98 computer using the account /
password setup on the XP Pro computer. Don't hit Escape when asked for account
(user name) / password.

More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Guest]

Hello,

I had try your solution but the problem stil persist. win98 clients pc still
can't access to xp pro pc and I get this error message " \\pc name is not
accessible The device does not exist on the network" any advise by you? thank
yoou.

 

[Chuck]

Hello,

I had try your solution but the problem stil persist. win98 clients pc still
can't access to xp pro pc and I get this error message " \\pc name is not
accessible The device does not exist on the network" any advise by you? thank
yoou.

Hau,

Are you running both Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Printer Sharing
for Microsoft Networks (Local Area Connection - Properties), on each computer?
Do you have shares setup on each?

Are you running NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (Local Area Connection - Properties - TCP/IP
- Properties - Advanced - WINS) on each computer?

Make sure the browser service is running on the XP computers. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Then disable
the Browse Master in Win98.
<http://cms.simons-rock.edu/faq_by_subtopic/node138.html>

Now, so I know what we need to try next, you need to tell me what authentication
you are using on the XP Pro computer:
1) Simple File Sharing;
2) Advanced File Sharing with Guest only;
3) Advanced File Sharing with Classic.

And, I need to know exactly which shares can be accessed from which computer
(and do you have shares setup on each?):
1) Win98 from WinXP Home;
2) Win98 from WinXP Pro;
3) WinXP Home from Win98;
4) WinXP Home from WinXP Pro;
5) WinXP Pro from Win98;
6) WinXP Pro from WinXP Home.

Finally, do you have any software firewalls, Microsoft or third party, on any
computer, now or previously? This is very important. Firewalls are the most
common cause of file sharing problems.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.