Help identify virus? these symptoms....

[jeffc]

On that special day, jeffc, ([email protected]) said...


You need an account on your XP machine, that does have the same account
name and password, as on your Win98 machine, to have XP allow your
connection to access XP remotely.

Could you elaborate? I need to have a user with the same name on XP as on
Win98? This doesn't seem to make sense. This would mean that on a network, a
resource server would have to add a user everytime someone wanted to access that
machine?

 

[Zvi Netiv]

OK I've connected the 2 computers on the network according to your
instructions (my server is no longer showing the message you sent, but I
looked it up in the Google archives) Each computer recognizes the other by
name. I've shared my C drive from XP, with write access. The problem is I
can't actually look at it from Win98 - get error message "No permission to
access resource". Don't know what I'm missing....

You didn't set the sharing on the XP correctly. Before we come to it, check a
few additional things.

On each machine, on its turn, open a DOS box and run PING PC1, then PING PC2
(substitute PC1 and PC2 with either computer name). Successful pinging on both
ends tells that TCP/IP is configured properly.

Also, check that the following two protocols are the only ones installed on the
W98 machine: TCP/IP and NetBEUI. Remove all other protocols ascribed to the
network adapter, except the above two. Check both protocol bindings (under
their properties) and verify that both client for MS networks and file sharing
are checked (bound to the protocol).

On the XP machine, open control panel / network connections, right-click your
local area connection, properties, select Internet protocol (TCP/IP),
properties, press the 'advanced' button, select the WINS tab, and verify that
the NetBIOS setting is 'default'.

You are now all set to establish sharing of your XP. ON your XP, open
MyComputer, right-click the C: icon, select sharing and security and click the
underlined message in the dialog box. Under network sharing and security, tick
'share this folder on the network' and then the box just below (allow users to
change my files). Your XP C: drive should now be accessible from W98. There is
NO need to set an account on your XP with the W98 name, in order to access
shared resources.

Observe security precautions when cleaning your XP from remote (pull the plug
out of the Internet outlet) and cancel the share before resuming normal
operation on the web.

Regards, Zvi

 

[Zvi Netiv]

You are not the only one giving me advice, and this newsgroup is not my only
source of information. Until I actually solve this, I won't know which advice
was right or wrong. When I post info, you ask either

I am not asking for exclusivity, only consistency. Would be nice if you shared
all that info with all involved parties. After all it's you that is dipped in
sh*t and we are those that contribute our time to get you out of it! Makes any
sense?

 

[Gabriele Neukam]

On that special day, jeffc, ([email protected]) said...

Could you elaborate? I need to have a user with the same name on XP as on
Win98?

Yup. And password, the same.

This doesn't seem to make sense.

Don't ask me for explanations, it was Microsoft's decision to make it
so. IIRC, nobody had this problem with Windows 2K. I guess it is related
to the fact that there is a Windows XP *home*, which is lacking some of
the server features of, say, WinXp Professional.


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Frederic Bonroy]

You are now all set to establish sharing of your XP. ON your XP, open
MyComputer, right-click the C: icon, select sharing and security and click the
underlined message in the dialog box. Under network sharing and security, tick
'share this folder on the network' and then the box just below (allow users to
change my files). Your XP C: drive should now be accessible from W98. There is
NO need to set an account on your XP with the W98 name, in order to access
shared resources.

Hmmm... I thought that the guest account plays a significant role, i.e.
if you want to access XP shares, then you have to provide credentials
that match those of the guest account. At least that's how I set up two
XP computers and well... it works just fine.

 

[James Egan]

Hmmm... I thought that the guest account plays a significant role, i.e.
if you want to access XP shares, then you have to provide credentials
that match those of the guest account. At least that's how I set up two
XP computers and well... it works just fine.

Yes. Assuming he's talking about IPC$ resource, you can either do this
or what Gabriele said.


Jim.

 

[Samuel M. Clothman]

The virus messed up your hosts file. Navigate to

C:\WINNT\System32\Drivers\etc and edit the file called host. Make sure
to remove any entires related to anti-virs sites. They probably point
to 127.0.0.1 which is the loop back address. And since you don't run a
webserver on your own machine, you get a "site not found" error.

To delete the processes, google pskill.