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re: File sharing between Win 98 and Win XP
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 7:13 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by zimba
(8 messages posted)
I had teh exact same problem except I couldn't even ping my win98 desktop from my
winxp laptop. I could see the desktop icon in My Network Places in winxp, but could
not either open it nor ping desktop.
I could ping laptop from desktop, but not see laptop icon in Network folder in desktop
(win98). Since i was able to ping the xp (laptop), here's how i accessed files on
xp:
Start -> Run: \\ipaddress of xp
This opened up a window showing all the shared folders on the laptop(xp). File transfers
were then possible, but only from the desktop.
Then 3 days later, my desktop caught some virus and got very sick. It's registry
was wiped out along with the VFAT. So I had to re-format the C: drive and re-install
the OS.
NB: Just deleting the windows folder and re-installing the OS gave the same network
problems. After the formatted install, I forgot to enable file sharing on desktop.
(Did installation 2 days ago). Today I wanted to share a file on my desktop with
my laptop, so I went to desktop and opened the network folder, and to my amazement,
I could see the laptop icon! This was good! I then remembered that since the workgroup
are still the same, this is ok. I then enabled file sharing on the desktop, and this
time both showed up on desktop. I checked on laptop, and both were showing here too!
Ping worked from both sides this time. Icons were also showing on both computers
- and finally, I was now able to access my files from both the computers - win98
and winXP.
On Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 10:47 am, Matthew Tilove wrote:
>I have a question about Connect
>a Windows XP or 2000 system to a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network:
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>My network consists of two computers: a laptop ('LAPTOP') running WinXP and a desktop
>('MBT') running Win98. Internet connection sharing is running fine (The XP machine
>is sharing its connection), but I can't get file or print sharing to work. The 98
>machine won't recognize the XP machine in the network neighborhood, although I can
>ping the XP machine and get a response. The XP machine does recognize the 98 machine,
>and all of the shares are displayed in My Network Places - but I cannot access any
>of them. Furthermore, from the XP machine I can't ping "MBT" (I get a "could not
>find host" error), but if I enter the IP address ping works fine.
>
>Both machines are logged in with the same user name and password, and simple file
>sharing is turned on on the XP machine.
>
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
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