re: File sharing between Win 98 and Win XP Friday, February 14, 2003 at 11:38 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Clowns R. Evil (1 messages posted) Alrighty, I have found a way of viewing WinXP shared files via my winME pc. First off, let me explain the setup. I previously could use internet connection sharing with both computers, pinging each computer wasn't a problem and viewing winme shared files via winxp was easy. The only thing I couldn't do was see my winXP files via the winme machine. Here's how it works: 1. Find out the IP address of the winXP computer. If you don't know, try the following. If you know, skip ahead to step 3. 1. In the winME machine, open up a dos box. (This is simple as going to Start>Programs>Assessories>MS-DOS prompt or/ just click start>run and then type in "command.com", without the quotes) 2. Type "nbtstat -a |more". This will show all the computers connected. Find the IP address that corresponds to the winXP machine. 3. Now, on the WinME machine still, open up notepad(Start>Programs>Assessories>notepad) 4. Type out the IP you found on your WinXP machine. 5. Press TAB once 6. Type in the name of the WinXP computer (ie. GEM, TOM) 7. Now, point to File, Save As... , then name the file "Lmhosts" without an extension. 8. Under filetypes, make it list all files. 9. Save the file in the /windows directory. 10. Now all is done. No need to restart. Go to Start>Search and type in the ip of the winxp machine. Make sure you select search for 'computers' 11. It should now appear. If you get an error when double clicking it, log off the winme system and log on and type in your password. Repeat the search & it should now work. I'm pretty sure this works with Win98 systems since winME is also a part of the win9x kernel. Written in response to: re: File sharing between Win 98 and Win XP (Jochen Schroer: Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 5:00 am) There are presently no replies to this message. 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