I have recently been trying to network two pc's (peer to peer) together. One system is running Windows XP Pro (with Administrator, Power user & Limited User... guest account disabled) The other system running Windows 98SE (with the same User names and passwords) I seem to be able to setup the network ok on both machines (using different computer names, using the same workgroup name etc.) wherefore each system can see the other in the workgroup (network neighborhood). The problem lies in connecting to the XP system from the 98 system. Logged on as Administator in the XP system, I can connect to and access files from the 98 system, but only as Administrator!!!..the other users on the XP system, however, cannot. Whilst logged on as administrator/power user(with the same passwords as on XP machine)on the 98 system, I cannot connect to the XP System.... i keep getting a dialog box prompting for a password to access the IPC$ resource...... (eg. \\computer name\IPC$) When i enter the Administrator/power user password....i get an "incorrect password" message.... Any ideas on where i am going wrong?...I am sure there must be some solution or configuration setting to resolve this issue... Some much needed technical advice/support to resolve this problem would be greatly appreciated... Thank you... Chadley :)

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The setting for Network Remote Access in Windows XP Professional, by default, is 
"Disabled". Run the Network Setup Wizard to enable Network Remote Access. To launch 
the Wizard do the following in Windows XP.

1.) Click on My Network Places (
2.) Under the Network Task Group select "Setup a Home or Small Office Network"
3.) Follow the setup steps in the Wizard

A connection to a Windows XP system from Windows 95, 98, or Me,  over a LAN (Locan 
Area Network) possible through the use of Windows XP Network Setup Wizard.

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On Tuesday, November 12, 2002 at 2:34 am, Chadley wrote:
>I have recently been trying to network two pc's (peer to peer) together.
>
>One system is running Windows XP Pro (with Administrator, Power user & Limited User... 
>guest account disabled)
>The other system running Windows 98SE (with the same User names and passwords)
>
>I seem to be able to setup the network ok on both machines (using different computer 
>names, using the same workgroup name etc.) wherefore each system can see the other 
>in the workgroup (network neighborhood).
> 
>The problem lies in connecting to the XP system from the 98 system.
>
>Logged on as Administator in the XP system, I can connect to and access files from 
>the 98 system, but only as Administrator!!!..the other users on the XP system, however, 
>cannot.
>
>Whilst logged on as administrator/power user(with the same passwords as on XP machine)on 
>the 98 system, I cannot connect to the XP System.... i keep getting a dialog box 
>prompting for a password to access the IPC$ resource...... (eg. \\computer name\IPC$)
>When i enter the Administrator/power user password....i get an "incorrect password" 
>message....
>
>Any ideas on where i am going wrong?...I am sure there must be some solution or 
configuration 
>setting to resolve this issue...
>
>Some much needed technical advice/support to resolve this problem would be greatly 
>appreciated...
>
>Thank you...
>
> Chadley :)
>

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You're gonna love this one, found the solution: we had the same IPC$ problem with W98SE laptops trying to open a share on a 2000 memberserver in a NT4 domain. The laptops are not a member of the domain but since they logon to Windows only (not network) with the same username and password as in the domain they can still open networkshares, except the ones on W2K servers. Open the network control panel, open the properties for "Client for Microsoft networks" (yes I know, you use Windows logon but you still have to edit this), uncheck "logon to Windows NT domain" (if not already unchecked) but you have to put the right domain name in the blank field. Weird since you uncheck "logon to NT domain" but it still uses the domain name for logon. It worked for us though! Much better than making useraccounts on W2K machines or enabling the guest account. Good luck! Emile


On Tuesday, November 12, 2002 at 2:34 am, Chadley wrote:
>I have recently been trying to network two pc's (peer to peer) together.
>
>One system is running Windows XP Pro (with Administrator, Power user & Limited User...
>guest account disabled)
>The other system running Windows 98SE (with the same User names and passwords)
>
>I seem to be able to setup the network ok on both machines (using different computer
>names, using the same workgroup name etc.) wherefore each system can see the other
>in the workgroup (network neighborhood).
>
>The problem lies in connecting to the XP system from the 98 system.
>
>Logged on as Administator in the XP system, I can connect to and access files from
>the 98 system, but only as Administrator!!!..the other users on the XP system, however,
>cannot.
>
>Whilst logged on as administrator/power user(with the same passwords as on XP machine)on
>the 98 system, I cannot connect to the XP System.... i keep getting a dialog box
>prompting for a password to access the IPC$ resource...... (eg. \\computer name\IPC$)
>When i enter the Administrator/power user password....i get an "incorrect password"
>message....
>
>Any ideas on where i am going wrong?...I am sure there must be some solution or configuration
>setting to resolve this issue...
>
>Some much needed technical advice/support to resolve this problem would be greatly
>appreciated...
>
>Thank you...
>
> Chadley :)
>

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I have the following setup

My DSL router’s address is 10.0.0.1. My wireless 802.11g router directly inside that 
is at 192.168.0.1. The DSL router gets an automatically assigned public IP on the 
outside. My laptop connected wirelessly to the Wi-Fi router gets a private IP based 
on the 192.168.0.1 scheme and my desktop running Windows 98se has an ethernet connection 
to the wireless router. It’s IP is also automatically assigned.

The desktop can connect to the Internet. The laptop can connect to the Internet. 
With a little work I can get the desktop to see and access shares on the laptop. 
I can’t get the laptop to see and access the desktop and its shares. I believe that 
the network not all being on the same subnet is the problem. Whatever the problem 
is, I’d really like a detailed answer on how to get them all to see each other and 
work with files freely from one to the other and back again while both machines still 
see the Internet fine.

I need to do it with the equipment and operating systems that I have. The DSL router 
is a Speed Stream 5660, which I can get inside of fine. The wireless router is a 
Netgear WGR614. I will probably find it easiest to change the Netgear router over 
to the 10.0.0.1 scheme, making it 10.0.0.2 (?) if that’s what I need to do (?) I’m 
not afraid to get into the routers and make changes as long as it will work. Whatever 
the easiest solution is. Oh and winipcfg doesn’t show anything but zeros for the 
IP address of the W98se box or for the subnet there, so I’m not sure if it’s getting 
its IP and subnet from the one router or the other. It shows a DNS server of 10.0.0.1 
though, which should be the outer router for DSL.

Thanks for any assistance.






On Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 8:39 pm, Szhin Computer Technician wrote:
>The setting for Network Remote Access in Windows XP Professional, by default, is 
>"Disabled". Run the Network Setup Wizard to enable Network Remote Access. To launch 
>the Wizard do the following in Windows XP.
>
>1.) Click on My Network Places (
>2.) Under the Network Task Group select "Setup a Home or Small Office Network"
>3.) Follow the setup steps in the Wizard
>
>A connection to a Windows XP system from Windows 95, 98, or Me,  over a LAN (Locan 
>Area Network) possible through the use of Windows XP Network Setup Wizard.
>
>Szhin@hotmail.com
>Szhin Enterprises Int'l
>P.O. BOX 2423
>New York, NY 10021
>www.szhin.com
>______________________




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Emilie, I know this is a year out from your posting, but I have the same problem 
with a desktop 98SE trying to access a wireless Windows XP home computer.  So my 
question is, what is the domain name, is that the SSID or workgroup name? or is it 
the IP address of the XP computer?  Thanks for the help.







On Thursday, May 22, 2003 at 3:42 am, Emile wrote:

>You're gonna love this one, found the solution:

>we had the same IPC$ problem with W98SE laptops trying to open a share on a 2000 

>memberserver in a NT4 domain. The laptops are not a member of the domain but since 

>they logon to Windows only (not network) with the same username and password as 
in 

>the domain they can still open networkshares, except the ones on W2K servers.

>Open the network control panel, open the properties for "Client for Microsoft networks" 

>(yes I know, you use Windows logon but you still have to edit this), uncheck "logon 

>to Windows NT domain" (if not already unchecked) but you have to put the right domain 

>name in the blank field. Weird since you uncheck "logon to NT domain" but it still 

>uses the domain name for logon. It worked for us though!

>Much better than making useraccounts on W2K machines or enabling the guest account.

>Good luck!

>

>Emile

>

>
 

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