Connecting PC's (XP and Win98)

[Bojangles139]

k, i new how to do this in win98, but haven't a foggiest in XP. i have xp BOJANGLES, and 98 SEALLY. i just hooked both up to hub and searched. bojangles(xp) did not find seally(98), but seally(98) found bojangles(xp). tried to open bojangles up from seally, asked for password. didn't ahve a clue what the password was, i never set it up. on bojangles(xp), i ran thru a home office networking setup thingy, now seally(98) can't find bojangles(xp) at all. any help?

brandon

 

[Montano]

XP needs to be FAT32 for 98 to network with it. You also need to disable the firewall that XP setup when you ran the home networking setup.

 

[Motero]

In XP try right clicking my computer and selecting manage. Click on local users and groups on the left and then click on users folder. Right click on guest on the right side and go to properties. Uncheck the box that says "account is disabled". Click apply and then OK. Let me know how that goes.

 

[Woodchuck2000]

Originally posted by: Montano
XP needs to be FAT32 for 98 to network with it. You also need to disable the firewall that XP setup when you ran the home networking setup.

The file system on the XP box is irrelevant - It'll work just fine with NTFS. Disabling the firewall is necessary however.

Can you ping seally's IP address from bojangles?

As far as the password goes, make sure that there is an account on Bojangles with the same username and password as the account you use to log on to seally.