I have connected WinXP Machine and Win98 Machine through Network Adaptor.
My XP machine can access 98 machine. In 98 machine's Network Neighbourhood,
my XP machine is shown, but when I try to access it, I receive the message "
\\Desktop is not accessible. No permission to access resaurce".
How can I have permission to access XP from 98?
On which machine, actually I need to set the permissions and how?
To be specific, I have also faced the same problem with a Win2003 Server
machine. XP can access 2003Server but not visa-versa.
I have also checked this with different Virtual PCs (from 98 to Win2000) and
have faced the same problem.
Ashwin
Ashwin,
Are there any firewalls on the Windows XP computer? Are they properly
configured to allow file sharing?
What AntiVirus product on the Windows XP computer?
Is it Windows XP Home or Pro? What Service Pack level?
On any XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro,
you need to have SFS properly set on each computer.
On XP Pro with SFS 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, give it
an identical, non-blank password on all computers.
On XP Home, and on XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest, with Start - Run -
"cmd", then type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window. Ensure
that the password for Guest is blank, with Start - Run - "control
userpasswords2"; select Guest, click Reset Password, click OK without entering a
new password.
On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
Security Policy (Control Panel - Administrative Tools) - 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. Look at "Access this computer
from the network", and make sure that Everyone is in this list.
With the Windows 98 computer, make sure that you login to it properly - don't
hit Escape when asked for an account (user name) and password. Make sure that
the account and password matches one setup on the Windows XP computer.
More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
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