W2K and WinXP Pro file sharing trouble

[moemac8]

We have 3 computers on our network, 2 have XP Pro and one has W2K. The W2K box was formatted and installed, no sign on password, one user, which is also the admin. I have shared the W2K D drive but it does not show in My Network places. The little D drive icon has the little shareing hand under it but the XP boxes just can not see the ah heck. Any assistance would be a godsend.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Is the workgroup the same on all the computers?

 

[Netopia]

IIRC, XP doesn't like ANYTHING network related without a password being used.

Try to make a user on all three machines with the EXACT same username and password. Share your folder and make sure that user has permissions to access it. Log into one of the XP boxes as that user and see if you can then access the folder.

Joe

 

[moemac8]

yes the work groups names are the same

 

[PC Freak]

from the XP pc do this...
Start run type //"ip of win2k" then Enter
If you then see your share; double click it. if it wants a user and pass, type in administrator and no pass.

Also on XP once you get in My Network Places.. on the left side click. View Workgroup Computers. and see if you see your Win2k machine there.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Is there an easy way to disable the "administrative" sharing of every single darn drive-letter in my machine in WinXP SP1 (Pro)?

In W2K, they were shared by default, but you could still disable that sharing if you really wanted to. Now, in XP, it basically gives you an error message and tells you to "F off", more or less, because they are shared for "administrative" purposes, whether you like it or not. Kind of ironic, seeing as how I'm the G-D administrator, XP!!! Not you!. Software that doesn't respect the wishes of the user (administrator, in this case), IMHO should not be fit to live. Computers are born to be slaves not masters. At least not until they can develop a conscience. Only then can one ethically debate whether they should be allowed a right to "live".