Simple 2 PC Crossover Frustration

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I've been scouring web forums trying to resolve my frustration .

I have a new PC (XP Media Center 2005) and my old PC (Win 98).

I have setup a 'network' with crossover cable and set up all the appropriate
protocols. TCP/IP (+NetBios on the Win98 m/c), IP and subnet all correct,
file sharing installed, fullduplex 100Mbps setup. Both PC's on same workgroup.

After 4 days of trying various options, I still cannot see the shared drives.

The XP PC can 'see' the Win98 PC in the 'entire network', but when I try to
expand it to see the shared drive, I get an error, as follows:

"\\xxxxxx(PC Name) is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions. The network path was not found."

I'm not a techie, just a keen novice and I know this isn't a difficult task.
I can't run the networking wizard from XP 'cause there is no floppy drive to
create a disk for Win98 PC, and I have no XP CD (not supplied by HP).

Maybe I'm missing something silly, but according to most forums I've looked
at, this seems to be a frustration for many people.

Can somebody give me a difinitive answer on this or point me in the
direction of someone who can? Pretty please!!!
 
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I've been scouring web forums trying to resolve my frustration .

I have a new PC (XP Media Center 2005) and my old PC (Win 98).

I have setup a 'network' with crossover cable and set up all the appropriate
protocols. TCP/IP (+NetBios on the Win98 m/c), IP and subnet all correct,
file sharing installed, fullduplex 100Mbps setup. Both PC's on same workgroup.

After 4 days of trying various options, I still cannot see the shared drives.

The XP PC can 'see' the Win98 PC in the 'entire network', but when I try to
expand it to see the shared drive, I get an error, as follows:

"\\xxxxxx(PC Name) is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions. The network path was not found."

I'm not a techie, just a keen novice and I know this isn't a difficult task.
I can't run the networking wizard from XP 'cause there is no floppy drive to
create a disk for Win98 PC, and I have no XP CD (not supplied by HP).

Maybe I'm missing something silly, but according to most forums I've looked
at, this seems to be a frustration for many people.

Can somebody give me a difinitive answer on this or point me in the
direction of someone who can? Pretty please!!!
Click to expand...

Copy XP's networking wizard to a CD or USB thumb drive and run it on
the Win98 computer. The wizard in is this file:

C:\Windows\System32\Netsetup.exe

If that doesn't solve the problem, try these tips:

1. On the new computer, enable the exception for file and printer
sharing in the Windows Firewall.

2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm

3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on both computers.
Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm

4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network, for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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