XP Pro --> 98 SE

[Thawk]

I just upgrated my 1st comp and I can't get my old Win 98 SE to see my new XP Pro. Can you give me some things to check? I have them on a lan via a switch. They were networking fine when I unplugged prior to upgrade but now NOTHING!
Thanks!

 

[Mitzi]

You tried pinging the other machine? You sure you have assigned an IP address to the WinXP box?

 

[Thawk]

I was able to ping both of the machines.

 

[toy4x4]

Define "can't get to the XP Pro". I assume you mean that you have a share on the XP system you are trying to get to on the 98 system. You can ping, that's a good start. Bring up a DOS prompt and type "net view \\{manchine name}" and tell us if you get a response that way.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Thawk
I just upgrated my 1st comp and I can't get my old Win 98 SE to see my new XP Pro. Can you give me some things to check? I have them on a lan via a switch. They were networking fine when I unplugged prior to upgrade but now NOTHING!
Thanks!

Same Workgroup?

Can the XP box see Win98 SE box?

You have to enable sharing of a drive or folder on the XP box.

 

[JackMDS]

Log to the following page.

Scroll down, in the middle (yellow hi-lited) you will find info, and links to solve sharing problems.

Link: Basic Networking

 

[Thawk]

Same Workgroup?

Can the XP box see Win98 SE box?

You have to enable sharing of a drive or folder on the XP box.

1) Yes, same workgroup
2) No
3) I have shared folders on both machines.

 

[Thawk]

Originally posted by: toy4x4
Define "can't get to the XP Pro". I assume you mean that you have a share on the XP system you are trying to get to on the 98 system. You can ping, that's a good start. Bring up a DOS prompt and type "net view \\{manchine name}" and tell us if you get a response that way.

I tried the new view \\machine name and got 'System error 53 has occured. The network path was not found."

 

[Thawk]

bump - still not resolved.

 

[JackMDS]

Try to share both drives C: in general (not just folders) using WinXP Simple file sharing.

If it still does not work, install NetBEUI on both machine, and make it deafualt sharing protocol on both computers.