winxp and win98 network

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drew

HI I have a Win98, win XPPRO and WINXP home network, the
xp are no problem seeing and sharing, xp can see 98 but
when i click on network neighborhood on the 98 machine it
says cant access the network, I ran the network disk from
XP on the computers. they are on a workgroup.

Any help appreciated
 
Hi drew,

Make sure the XP firewall is disabled and any other
firewalls are disabled or removed. The XP built-in
firewall is only intended for direct connections to the
Internet and must be disabled on local area networks.

Ensure NetBIOS over TCP/IP are enabled on all machines.
Details here:

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/n
etbt.htm

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Eric
 
"drew" said:
HI I have a Win98, win XPPRO and WINXP home network, the
xp are no problem seeing and sharing, xp can see 98 but
when i click on network neighborhood on the 98 machine it
says cant access the network, I ran the network disk from
XP on the computers. they are on a workgroup.

Any help appreciated
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A common reason for inability to browse the network is that the user
isn't logged on. Is there a logon prompt when Win98 starts? If so,
don't cancel it. Complete the logon by entering a user name and,
optionally, a password. If there's no logon prompt, click Start | Log
Off and log back on. If that makes network browsing work properly,
the most likely fix is to go to this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Network\Real Mode Net

and delete the value named "AutoLogon", as shown here:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/nologon.htm#AutoLogon
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