re: File sharing between Win 98 and Win XP
Friday, April 15, 2005 at 4:14 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by RobFt
(1 messages posted)
I had been on the same tracks, kept me busy for a while, it was simpler than that.
First of all, thanks to you all, this forum is very useful, although bit mixed up
sometimes. What worked for me extremely well and without any further problems was
a combination of a few things first I followed the link http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/net-update.asp
posted by someone I can't recall sorry. By checking this I realized a few configuration
errors. I then went looking at my antivirus protection for both computer and it turned
out that the win98 PC antivirus had also a firewall I wasn't aware of. I turned both
firewalls down, and got instant, transparent, problem free networking. I hope this
helps. btw I have redundant firewalls through my 2wire router ... so the individual
firewalls are not an issue.
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:
>
>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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