How to access XP Fileshare from a 98 Box

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TPSchaefer@hotmail.com - 23 Mar 2005 17:18 GMT

How can I setup a windows 98 computer to access a Windows XP computer. The
network is a peer to peer

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Galen - 24 Mar 2005 09:34 GMT

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> How can I setup a windows 98 computer to access a Windows XP
> computer. The network is a peer to peer

XP Home or Pro? Enable Simple file sharing should do the trick and be more
simple than anything else I can think of off the top of my head. What's
going on and maybe we can debug it for you?

Galen

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Jeff Richards - 25 Mar 2005 01:52 GMT

XP questions are best asked in an XP newsgroup.

You will need to ensure that the logon name and password for the W98 machine
exactly matches a user account (name and password) that you have created for
XP, and that the user has the correct access privileges for the XP share you
are connecting to..

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> How can I setup a windows 98 computer to access a Windows XP computer.
> The network is a peer to peer

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Karl Burrows - 26 Mar 2005 02:08 GMT

You can enable the Guest account in XP and that will allow the share. Not
as secure, but if you have a good network, you should be okay. Otherwise,
you have to have an identical user name on the 98 machine that matches the
XP user account.

How can I setup a windows 98 computer to access a Windows XP computer. The
network is a peer to peer

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