Got it, thanks all****Please help, Network almost there

[ginfest]

Ok, with a lot of reading (thanks JackMDS) and trial and error, I finally got my Win XP, Win 98 network set up. The 2 machine are running the above oSes and are accessing the WWW thru a Netgear router. Both have separate IPs and sharing enabled. I have one of the XP drives set up as a share, and the XP printer set up as a share. On the Win XP machine, I can see the whole network and access all the shares. I can copy and paste files to the 98 machine.
On the 98se machine, exploring Network Neighborhood shows the XP machine (the machine name/icon shows up but I can't "open" it), and I can't access the shares ? I keep getting "..Unable to access...error 31...". I 'm the admin on the XP machine, and I'm logged into the 98se machine, same name/password.
Any ideas or tips appreciated,
TIA,
Mike G

Note: I used the Win XP disk to set up the 98se machine as XP recommends, so setup "should" be OK. The 98se machine can access the www.

Finally found the one setting that I needed: I was using a blank pw for the shares, XP won't allow this by default. Had to change a setting in the Local Security Policies which only allows local login without a pw, disabled this and voila.

 

[ginfest]

Please anyone? I've been all day reading, running between machines, trying everything on JHs site, no luck. Both machines can see the network, both connect to the WWW, I'm almost there. The Win 98se machine sees the XP machine under Network Neighborhood/Workgroup/computer name, but can't access the shared drive or printer which should be listed under the XP computer name? It seems like a permission problem but Sharing is enabled, both shares show up on the XP machine, Im the user(admin), logged on to both machines. I've checked and re-checked, all protocols set up on both machine the same, except the XP machine has the QOS Packet Scheduler in Network Properties, which the 98se machine doesn't.
Someone? If you need more info, LMK.
TIA,
Mike G

 

[ojai00]

Sharing Files/Printers between WinNT/Win2K and Win9x/ME
I'm not sure if that's the link that JackMDS gave you, but if it isn't, give that a shot. Seems like in Windows 2000, you have to add the account that you want accessing your computer so that the other user doesn't have to type in a password or anything like that. Good luck.

 

[ginfest]

Thanks, already did this, I am the admin on the XP machine, and have double checked-I should have access to the XP shares from the 98se machine, same login name and pw. I'll tell you, this is a b**ch but I know that I'm close, just got to step back and re-group.
Thanks again