XP Home and 98 networking problem

[Guest]

I have connected via CAT5 my windows XP machine and my old windows 98 laptop.
They both are able to share my high speed internet connection and see each
other in My Network Places and Network Neighborhood respectively. My XP home
machine has no problem accessing the folders I'm sharing on the laptop,
however, the laptop can't access the XP home machine at all. When I try to
double click on the XP HOME computer in Network Neighborhood I get a
"\\XPHOME is not accessible. No permission to access resource." I have the
Client for Microsoft Networks and Microsoft Family logon components installed
on the 98 Laptop. I have the TCP/IP, NetBEUI, IPX 32 bit protocols, IPX/SPX,
and File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks all installed too. I've
tried logging on to the laptop with my Administrator account name and
password from the XPHOME machine as well as Guest. I have NWLink NetBios,
TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and printer sharing
for Microsoft Networks installed on the XP home computer. I considered
Norton could be the problem, so I uninstalled it. Still no luck. I have
networked Microsoft XP Pro and Windows 98 machines before without any such
issue, this is the first time I'm going XPHOME to 98. I've tried everything
I can think of. Any assistance at all would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Luke]

Hi,
The first thing that we need to do is to make sure that cause of the
sharing problems is not the xp machine. The first thing to check is
whether Windows XP has bridged your network connection. to chekc this;
1. Open network connections
2. Check that you have a LAN connection and that there is NOT a
connection that has been bridged. (This is when two network connections
are joined together, will appear as a bridge icon).
3. If a connection has been bridged then right-hand click on the bridge
connection and choose 'disable'. Then delete it.

If this does not work then please try the following on all of the
machines (note the procedure is different for Windows 98. Just access
the networking section in the Windows 98 control panel to access the
protocols):
1. Open the properties for your LAN connection
2. Remove all of the protocols, services and components in the box on
the properties page (you will not be able to remove TCP/IP in XP).
3. Then install the following:
-Client for Microsoft Networks
-File & Printer sharing....
(If the top alone don't fix the problem try adding the bottom 2 as well
below
-NWLink NetBIOS
-NWLink IPX\SPX...
(Note the top 2 may be named diffently in 98)
4. Restart the computer (try this on all machines)
You could also try the following website:
http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html

Let me know how you get on, Luke.

 

[Guest]

Luke:

Thanks so much for your assistance. I checked my connection on the XP
machine, and there is no bridged connection. I followed your steps and
removed all the protocols and services on the 98 laptop and then re-installed
them, but this was to no avail. I was browsing through the configuration of
my network adapter on the XP machine and noted that some kind of 802
authentication was enabled. Could this pose a problem because the ethernet
cards on the laptop are older? Any other thoughts would be great because
reinstalling all of the protocols and services were unable to correct the
issue.

Thanks again!

 

[Luke]

Hi,
Thanks for the update. Could you check double to see if Simple File
Sharing (Control Panel - Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is
enabled or disabled on the XP machine.
For XP Home with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the Guest
account is enabled, thru Local User Manager (Start - Run -
"lusrmgr.msc"), on each computer. Do any of the computers have a
software firewall (ICF or third party)? If so, you need to configure
them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445 and UDP 137, 138,
445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in the
Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause
of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.
With regards to the authentication, that type of authentication is
normal and so should not be causing any problems.
Have you had a chance to review the link I gave you?
Could also try these simple checks on the XP machine at:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308007

Let me know if the problem still exists, Luke.

 

[Guest]

Thanks again for your continued assistance. Yes, simple file sharing is
enabled, and so is the guest account. I believe with windows XP home, there
is no way to disable simple file sharing. As for the firewall, I completely
uninstalled it for the time being to rule that out, and I disabled the
windows firewall. I took a look at the links you provided, thank you much
for them, however I seemed to have performed all steps necessary by their
instruction. An associate of mine suggested installing XPHOME service pack
2, but from what I have read in reviews and on the newsgroups, there is
significant difference of opinion on whether SP2 will help or hinder my
efforts. I appreciate the simple checks, of which I passed all. Are you
familiar with any publicized compatibility issues with XP Home/98 because as
I said my XP Pro/98 network works perfectly. Thank for you continued
assistance. Any further help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Chuck]

Hi,
Thanks for the update. Could you check double to see if Simple File
Sharing (Control Panel - Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is
enabled or disabled on the XP machine.
For XP Home with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the Guest
account is enabled, thru Local User Manager (Start - Run -
"lusrmgr.msc"), on each computer. Do any of the computers have a
software firewall (ICF or third party)? If so, you need to configure
them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445 and UDP 137, 138,
445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in the
Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause
of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.
With regards to the authentication, that type of authentication is
normal and so should not be causing any problems.
Have you had a chance to review the link I gave you?
Could also try these simple checks on the XP machine at:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308007

Let me know if the problem still exists, Luke.

Luke,

When you give advice based upon copy-and-pasted notes, please be more careful
with your copy-paste.

For more detail about file sharing, see the Microsoft document with excellent
detail:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Carey Holzman]

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Tip #1 on all PCs

Carey