xp to win98 networking

[graeme]

I have two machines that I recently networked.
My problem is that one Pc is running Win98 & the other XP
Pro, the c: drives on both machines have been shared &
the XP Pro machine can see & access the c: drive on the
Win98 machine & the Win98 machine can see the XP machine
but can't access it.
When I map the network drives on the Win98 machine it can
see it's self & the XP Pro machine but when I double
click the icon for the XP Pro machine it reports that
there is no permission to access the resorce.
I need to know how to change this & grant this permission
on the XP machine.

 

[Chuck]

I have two machines that I recently networked.
My problem is that one Pc is running Win98 & the other XP
Pro, the c: drives on both machines have been shared &
the XP Pro machine can see & access the c: drive on the
Win98 machine & the Win98 machine can see the XP machine
but can't access it.
When I map the network drives on the Win98 machine it can
see it's self & the XP Pro machine but when I double
click the icon for the XP Pro machine it reports that
there is no permission to access the resorce.
I need to know how to change this & grant this permission
on the XP machine.

Graeme,

Windows 98 may use share-level, or user-level access for protecting its shares,
and its user-level access (which sort of corresponds to Windows XP) is setup
just slightly differently.

Windows XP Pro uses user-level access, which may be based upon either the Guest
account, or upon another account.

This Microsoft document describes all the possibilities:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

Do either of the computers have a software firewall (ICF or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445
and UDP 137, 138, 445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in
the Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause of
(network) browser, and file sharing, problems, and will complicate things here.

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

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

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Message: "....is not accessible. You may not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions. Network path was not found."

Resolutions:
1) make sure no any firewall running.
2) make sure you have created the same workgroup, and the same username on
w2k/xp for logging on a remote computer.
3) check user's rights.
4) you may want to enable guest account on w2k/xp.
5) if you are using simple file sharing, you may try to disable it and
re-share the drive manually.
6) if it is mixed OS (win98, NT, ME and W2K/XP) network, enable NetBIOS over
TCP/IP.
7) make sure the Computer Browser service is started if all computers are
w2k/xp.
8) stop Computer Browser service on win9x, ME and NT if this is a mixed OS
network.
9) cache credential by using net use \\computername\share /user:username
command (it is better to have the username logon shared computer).
10) if you have tried enabling netbios over tcp/ip but doesn't work, you may
try to load netbeui (loading netbeui may slow your network).
11) Make sure the server service is running.
12) If you can see the share in Network Neighborhood but not access it, this
issue may be resolved by verifying that both the share permissions and the
NTFS partition permissions are correctly configured for individual user or
group access.



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[John]

This may be resolved by installing Netbeui on both
machines. On 98 it is part of the networking protocols
setup but on XP it is hidden away and not advertised.
This may or may not help you......
Install NetBEUI on Windows XP
The files necessary for installing the NetBEUI protocol on
Windows XP are Netnbf.inf and Nbf.sys. Complete the
following steps to install NetBEUI:
1. Insert your Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM
drive and browse to the Valueadd\MSFT\Net\NetBEUI folder.
2. Copy Nbf.sys to the %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Drivers
directory.
3. Copy Netnbf.inf to the %SYSTEMROOT%\Inf hidden
directory.

NOTE: To make a hidden folder viewable, perform the
following steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type Explorer, and then
press ENTER.
2. Click Tools, click Folder Options, and then click
the View tab.
3. Under Advanced Settings, click Show hidden files
and folders under the Hidden files and folders Folder.
4. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-
click Network Connections.
5. Right-click the adapter you want to add NetBEUI
to, and then click Properties.
6. On the General tab, click Install.
7. Click Protocol, and then click Add.
8. Click to select NetBEUI Protocol from the list and
then click OK.
9. Restart your computer if you receive a prompt to
complete the installation.
The NetBEUI protocol should now be installed and working.

NOTE: %SYSTEMROOT% is a Windows environment variable that
identifies the directory where Windows XP is installed
(for example, C:\Windows). To view the value associated
with %SYSTEMROOT%, as well as other environment variables,
at a command prompt, type set, and then press ENTER.

NOTE: After following the steps above you should be able
to use NetBEUI on Lan connections, however you will not be
able to use NetBEUI on a Remote Access Service (RAS)
connection. RAS connections cannot use NetBeui.

For additional information on NetBEUI in Windows XP, click
the article number below to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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It has worked for me on a few occaisions when I have had
the same problem as you.

Cheers
John