re: Network File sharing - Win 98 to Win XP
Thursday, May 22, 2003 at 12:01 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jamie Boyt
(1 messages posted)
I had exactly the same problem with a Win98 machine trying to connect to and share
files and printer with a WinXP machine (I didn't have a problem with the shared internet
connection). My problem turned out to be caused by Norton Personal Firewall 2002
(running as part of Norton Internet Security 2002) as well!
However, there is no need to uninstall the Firewall - if you go into "Internet Zone
Control" you can add the IP address of the host machine in to the "Trusted" box and
leave the Firewall active. I'm not sure how effective this would be, as if all communication
to the client is via the host then I suppose the client would trust all incoming
communication? You would still get the benefits of the other features of the Firewall
though (such as a warning when any program tries to go online).
On Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at 6:10 pm, Tim LaRose wrote:
>Phil -- I want to thank you for your post of 2/19/02. Here it is over a year later,
>and your info has helped me immensely. I too was setting up a network for file sharing,
>and have spent about 12 total hours in frustration. I am an advanced user, and know
>networking, BUT never thought to check the "Norton Personal Firewall" that was running
>on the W98 machine. I disabled it, and BANG the XP computer immediately listed all
>of the file shares, printers, etc. I thought I was going crazy; went and bought
new
>NIC's, cables, countless reboots, and reinstalls of the networking software. Well...make
>a long story short, I was on Google and searched for help, and up came your thread
>from this board. Ten seconds later I was up and running, now I can get some sleep.
>Many thanks, and Cheers! TL
>
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