win xp to win 98

[George Sakoda]

I'm trying to network a win XP system to a Win 98. Both
are connected to a router. Both computers can access the
Internet--nothing wrong with cables, router, etc.

I ran the XP wizard, copied the setup to a floppy, ran
the floppy on the Win98 computer, everthing worked except
there was supposed to be a "My Network Places" selection
in the Start menu, but nothing there.

I can get the Win98 computer name and icon on the Win XP
but when i double click the icon i get an error
message "\\Desk_top (the name of the win98 computer) is
nto accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the admin. of this server to
find out if you have access permissions.
The network path was not found."

Any ideas? i called microsoft, they suggested i call my
computer vendor and they were no help at all.
Thanks.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I'm trying to network a win XP system to a Win 98. Both
are connected to a router. Both computers can access the
Internet--nothing wrong with cables, router, etc.

I ran the XP wizard, copied the setup to a floppy, ran
the floppy on the Win98 computer, everthing worked except
there was supposed to be a "My Network Places" selection
in the Start menu, but nothing there.

I can get the Win98 computer name and icon on the Win XP
but when i double click the icon i get an error
message "\\Desk_top (the name of the win98 computer) is
nto accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the admin. of this server to
find out if you have access permissions.
The network path was not found."

George,

please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg

 

[George Sakoda]

Hans_Georg,
I uninstalled Zone Alarm per one of your suggested fixes
on you site, and it worked! I am now sharing files
between my win xp and win98 computers. I havent'
reintalled Zone Alarm to see if it still causes the
problem, but i'm off and running for now.
Thank you very much for your help. Your site is very
comprehensive and easy to follow.
Thanks again,
George

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I uninstalled Zone Alarm per one of your suggested fixes
on you site, and it worked! I am now sharing files
between my win xp and win98 computers. I havent'
reintalled Zone Alarm to see if it still causes the
problem, but i'm off and running for now.
Thank you very much for your help. Your site is very
comprehensive and easy to follow.

George,

glad to hear this.

I may have read somewhere that the latest version of Zone Alarm
fixes this problem. Perhaps you can find something on their web
site or perhaps somebody else can chime in here with more
information.

On the other hand, if you connect through a router, probably one
using NAT, you may not need Zone Alarm at all.

I run my own home network through an SMC 7004 VBR and have no
personal firewall software installed. The router has a built-in
firewall that detects and protects against external attacks.
(Since the latest firmware release 1.23 the thing actually seems
to work. Older versions were terrible regarding the firewall.)

Hans-Georg