XP/98 Network works 1 way only

[Guest]

This is a repeat of a previous question. I stopped getting responses to it.

I have a Win98SE machine connected to an XP Home SP1 machine. They were 1st
networked in March of 2004 and worked happily together for over a year,
sharing an internet connection and a printer connected to the the XP machine
and sharing all files and folders. Neither required a password on bootup.

That happy circumstance ended in June of this year when the hard drive
crashed on my XP machine. After installing a new HDD and reinstalling XP, I
tried to restore the network. The XP machine sees the 98 machine just fine,
has access to files, etc. The 98 machine cannot get access to the XP
machine. It always tells me I need a Network password and says " Resource:
\\computername\IPC$". I also cannot use the printer. That box says
"Resource: \\computername\printername".

Each computer can ping the other by IP address and by name. I can see the
network from the 98 machine but cannot access the XP machine. The hardware
is fine and works well. The problem, I've been told elsewhere, is that the
XP won't give permission to the 98 for access. I can't find figure out how
to change this, and the advice I get everywhere doesn't work.

Hope somebody can help.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

This is a repeat of a previous question. I stopped getting responses to it.

I have a Win98SE machine connected to an XP Home SP1 machine. They were 1st
networked in March of 2004 and worked happily together for over a year,
sharing an internet connection and a printer connected to the the XP machine
and sharing all files and folders. Neither required a password on bootup.

That happy circumstance ended in June of this year when the hard drive
crashed on my XP machine. After installing a new HDD and reinstalling XP, I
tried to restore the network. The XP machine sees the 98 machine just fine,
has access to files, etc. The 98 machine cannot get access to the XP
machine. It always tells me I need a Network password and says " Resource:
\\computername\IPC$". I also cannot use the printer. That box says
"Resource: \\computername\printername".

Each computer can ping the other by IP address and by name. I can see the
network from the 98 machine but cannot access the XP machine. The hardware
is fine and works well. The problem, I've been told elsewhere, is that the
XP won't give permission to the 98 for access. I can't find figure out how
to change this, and the advice I get everywhere doesn't work.

Hope somebody can help.

Run the Network Setup Wizard on the XP machine (and only on that
machine, even if the Wizard tells you to run it on the other one).
That might be all that's needed to fix the problem.

If not, these steps on the XP machine should fix it by enabling the
Guest account for networked access and removing its password:

1. Click Start | Run, type "cmd" in the box, and click OK.

2. Type this command and press Enter:

net user guest /active:yes

3. Type this command and press Enter:

control userpasswords2

4. Click Guest.

5. Click Reset Password.

6. Click OK without entering a new password.
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[Guest]

I have had an HDD crash on a 98SE desktop so a rebuild is required. I know
that I must instal a driver on the 98SE PC and that the driver is supplied
with XP but I cannot locate the file! where is it? name? please

JW

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have had an HDD crash on a 98SE desktop so a rebuild is required. I know
that I must instal a driver on the 98SE PC and that the driver is supplied
with XP but I cannot locate the file! where is it? name? please

JW

XP can supply a printer driver to 98SE if you've explicitly shared the
printer on XP and installed the 98SE printer driver on XP.

What is the device on the 98SE PC that needs a driver: NIC, printer,
something else? What make and model?

If you don't have a CD with the 98SE driver, you can probably download
the driver from the manufacturer's web site.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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