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| Thread ID: 34933 | 2003-06-28 09:01:00 | No File sharing of Win98 from XP. | oliverj (4106) | Press F1 |
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| 155833 | 2003-06-28 09:01:00 | Back in September 2002 there was a thread going on this topic. It never seemed to end in a solution, maybe this time .... I have three networked PC's, 2 Win98SE, 1 XP. One of the Win98 is a host and connects the other 2 to the internet using ICS no problems. However file sharing can only be done *from the Win98 PC's, they can see both the other PC on the network, the XP machine can see *only itself and refuses to share the files of the Win98 PCs no matter what I do. The 98 PC's have Netbeui (and TCP/IP) installed, XP has TCP/IP only. I've tried auto IP's and self configured, nothing changes. The sharing is set correctly, the workgroup name is the same for all 3 PC's. All drives and folders etc are set for sharing. The login user for the XP machine has administrator rights. All PC's can be pinged from any of the others. The XP machine accesses the internet just fine through one of the Win98 PC's. The floppy created by the XP connection wizard stuffed up the Win98 PC's network settings and I had to manually recover them. I've tried removing and reinstalling all network settings on each machine, nothing changed. I thought XP was supposed to do away with this rubbish. Even Linux was easier than this. |
oliverj (4106) | ||
| 155834 | 2003-06-28 09:14:00 | you need to set up a guest account with the correct name password (not an xp user sorry but its in a few threads down the page) ditch the netbeui and install ipx/spx on all machines. (xp does have netbui but its a pain digging it out and ipx works better). don't forget to inable netbios over ipx and set the frame type eg 802.3 then disble any bindings between fileshareing and tcp/ip so the windows filesharing runs on the ipx only. there is a mad hat reason for all this ;-) have a look here (www.wown.info) |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 155835 | 2003-06-28 10:09:00 | Enable the guest account on the Xp machine. Turn off your firewalls. Did you follow through the networking faq on this site? Everything looks in order so far. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 155836 | 2003-07-01 10:34:00 | Thanks for the help. I'm going to have to try this later, I'll let you know. Thanks also for the web address, this explains some of the details I don't understand. ****, I thought XP made things easier. | oliverj (4106) | ||
| 155837 | 2003-07-01 19:26:00 | oliveri I have the same 3 PC network setup as you .....1xXP, 2x98SE....they were a dream to configure...... but I have the XP machine as host and I just followed the instructions from there on....I note that you have one of your 98 machines as host. The only other thing is that I am on a jetstream connection and have the 3 machines connected through an adsl router with built in hub and switch. I don't know if this helps, but good luck brig |
brig (1359) | ||
| 155838 | 2003-07-01 23:37:00 | Hi Tweak'e Are you sure, you are correct, setting up a guest account on windows 98 There is alot of people asking this before i know... it supposed to be a easy job... Remember that Windows 98 and Windows XP are totally different systems, run is run on normal technology and the xp run on NT technology Oilver, Do you still have the orginal CD of the Windows XP, it is a full version CD, if you have this CD, put this CD into those Windows 98 computers, select the 2nd icon (can't exactly remember which one), and when you click inside, there is a menu called setup home networking. click on that, the cd will copy some stuff on your machine and will required restart. After re-boot, follow the instruction and afterward you should be able to communication between 2 operating system... (this is wot i did and it works on my)... Hope that helps Jacky |
jackyht (3685) | ||
| 155839 | 2003-07-02 00:37:00 | >Are you sure, you are correct, setting up a guest account on windows 98 no. you need to set up/activate the guest acc on XP. or tho, i'm not sure, you can make an acc on the XP pc with the username of the 98 machine.] i'm not very good with XP sorry. just remember to make sure the workgroup name is the same on all pc's. on the XP machine you can change it useing the networking wizard but i have no idea how to change it manually. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 155840 | 2003-07-02 01:59:00 | My XP shares well with my other two running win 98SE, without any guest accounts . I understand that setting a guest account for the others to share is for remote desktop access within the network, not just for file sharing and access? I use win VNC for remote desktop access so never had need to use guest account in XP . That said, I would also suggest you use the XP disc in the others, and try setting them to obtain an IP address automatically . I use tcp/ip only, it seemed to quicken things up not having ipx and netbui . On the XP machine, ensure that you have given the files/folders you want to share the ability to do so, by right-clicking the folder in Windows Explorer, selecting Sharing & Security, then tick in "Share this folder on the network" . I don't make use of "My Shared Folders", as it just seems to be duplicating files, so leave that option blank . Personally I have found XP to work out my network without many hassles, good luck! J :D |
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