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rschow@ieee.org - 29 Jun 2004 20:01 GMT

This is a duplicate of my post on the W98 forum. Hope I
receive better luck here.

Ronald H. Schow wrote:

> My W98se machines are having a hard time seeing the

shared folders on an

> XP-Pro machine.
> From the W98se, I'm logged in as UserA, password xyz.

This same account and

> password exist on the XP box. If a search the the N'hood

for the XP, I find

> it, I can see all the the appropriate folders and files

and I can create,

> but NOT write documents. But I can't see (it's blank)

any text or other data

> contained in any of the XP files.
> That's via the N'hood! If I map a drive to the same XP

folder I can see

> folders and files, and I can create and edit them, no

problem.

> I have two generations of PCs in this office, all

running W98se and all

> with identical N'hood properties (I need to double check

this statement

> before I bet money on it. They're, at least, close). The

GenerationOne PCs

> are 4 years old, the GenerationTwo's are two years old.

All of the

> GenerationTwo's work fine, that is, I only need browse

the N'hood to obtain

> full access to the files I have appropriate rights to.

All of the

> GenerationOne PCs require that I map a drive in order to

get full access.

> Both Generations One and Two are both up to date

patchwise.

> Any clues or suggestions?

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PJ - 29 Jun 2004 20:12 GMT

Ok, sounds like it is an authentication issue. When you
map a drive, do you have to provide a machine-
name\username and password to access the xp drive? If so,
that is my bet.

When browsing via n-hood, "I am pretty sure" you are
accessing the folder with your Win98 credentials, not the
XP pro credentials. If you map the drive you are providing
the xp credentials to the xp machine.

I had overcome this with a PDC in the netowrk, thus when I
log onto a workstation, I am logging into it with domain
credentials and not workstation, local credentials...I
hope this helps.

PJ

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Ronald H. Schow - 30 Jun 2004 21:28 GMT

> Ok, sounds like it is an authentication issue. When you
> map a drive, do you have to provide a machine-
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Thanks for the reply. No auditional authentication is required whether I
map or browse the N'hood. But this is a good point. On some W98's I've
turned off password caching. I wonder, now, if that's an influence.
I'll tweak with the User IDs in both evironments, as well.

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worrier - 30 Jun 2004 00:44 GMT

I had the same problem that you seem to have. I have a new XP machine and a 98SE machine that could not see the XP machine. I played with just about every setting that you can think of. I installed the XP SP2 RC1 update CD and as soon as I did that my machines were able to see each other. I even got my laptop (Windows 2000) to join my workgroup. Just make sure you create a restore point on your XP machine before installing the SP2 update, just in case it creates problems else where. Hope this helps,

> This is a duplicate of my post on the W98 forum. Hope I
> receive better luck here.
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> patchwise.
> > Any clues or suggestions?

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kenms - 30 Jun 2004 00:50 GMT

It sounds like you are having the same problem that I was having. I have a newer XP machine and a machine running 98SE. The 98 machine could not see the XP machine ( I believe pinging was successful, I can't remember). I played with just about every setting / configuration that I could think of. Anyways, I recently installed the XP SP2 RC1 Update CD to my XP machine and without any further manipulation, my computers were able to see each other. I was even able to add my laptop (windows 2000) to my home network. Just make sure that you create a restore point on your XP machine just in case the SP causes some problems. Hope this helps.

> This is a duplicate of my post on the W98 forum. Hope I
> receive better luck here.
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> patchwise.
> > Any clues or suggestions?

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