re: Networking XP and 98 Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 1:54 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by jagged ben (3536 messages posted) Try logging onto 98 with a (non-blank) password. You may have to create a user in the Users control panel. On Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at 9:35 pm, alexander wrote: >I am trying to connect an xp home laptop to a 98 laptop for file transfering purposes >using a crossover cable. I am sure everything is set up right, and i can see the >98 pc in the xp's network places. But when i click on the computers name(win98) it >says i dont have access to the share. I don't believe that i have set any restrictions, >i have given the shared folder full access without a password. I even enabled netbios >to see if that would work. Is there something i could be forgetting to do? I also >disabled all firewalls. Help appreciated. Written in response to: Networking XP and 98 (alexander: Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at 9:35 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Networking XP and 98 (alexander: Wed, May 5, 2004, 9:35 pm) re: Networking XP and 98 (hohner: Thu, May 6, 2004, 1:00 am) re: Networking XP and 98 (alexander: Thu, May 6, 2004, 1:04 am) re: Networking XP and 98 (jagged ben: Thu, May 6, 2004, 1:54 am) re: Networking XP and 98 (mojo7819: Thu, May 6, 2004, 4:48 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum