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| Thread ID: 65819 | 2006-02-01 03:54:00 | Need help with home network | fusion720 (9723) | Press F1 |
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| 425946 | 2006-02-01 03:54:00 | Hi everybody, I am trying to connect mi desktop and laptop together to create a home network. i have plugged in the crossover cable and am able to ping. the laptop recognises the desktop but when i try to access it it shows a message saying the network path was not found. on the desktop i have to search for the laptop, it recognises it but it says i need a password to access it but i have not put any password at all on my laptop. my desktop runs win98se and my laptop runs win2000with built in nt. I hope you can help me as this is very frustrating. :badpc: |
fusion720 (9723) | ||
| 425947 | 2006-02-01 05:11:00 | Are you running any firewalls? For the 2k machine to access the 98 machine you'll need to have the same username and password. | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 425948 | 2006-02-01 22:01:00 | Try mapping to the network path \\yourPCname\c$ from the laptop. It's a hidden share. Your laptop may be set to auto-logon, so it could indeed have a password. |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 425949 | 2006-02-01 23:51:00 | I dont have any firewalls and i dont think i have a auto login. do you know how to change the password or see what it is?? i tried the \\computername thing and it said network path not found. | fusion720 (9723) | ||
| 425950 | 2006-02-02 00:48:00 | My laptop with W98 sometimes has a USB WiFi plugged in so it can talk to a couple of W2K machines . Whenever I start it I have to give it a password . (I can cancel this without entering the password if I'm not using it on the network) . I think this is put in as part of the normal network installation on W98 . |
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