Windows 2000 to Windows 98 networking

[friedrice4u]

I have a system on w2k pro and one of win98 (first release) and I have both sharing folders across a lan... both are on the same workgroup and can see eachother on networking neighborhood... one problem:

windows 2000 comp can log into windows 98 comp perfectly fine and use all resources...

but when windows 98 comp tries to access windows 2000 comp, a dialog pops up asking for a password with the Resource: \\QUAN-QTPZJDU9TB\IPC$

I don't even know the password... i tried my password I use for login on my 2k machine but that's denied by the server... I tried to set up a user name account on the 2k machine that matches the username used to log into the 98 machine... but it still asks for a password and denies all access

what should I do?

 

[claw]

Even though you said you did it already, I just want to make sure you did all of these steps correctly:

Create an account in Windows 2000 with the exact same login name as your Windows 98 login name and choose a password for that account; I'm not sure if it's case sensitive, but just to make sure, match the case.

If you are sharing folders, add the account you just created to the Share Permissions of that folder.

In Windows 98, when it asks you for the password, use the password you chose during the first step and it should work.

 

[Spiff]

... or you could enable the guest acct on the w2k system. however, doing so is never recommended but it is an option.

 

[ktwebb]

May sound like a silly question but the default shares on an NT box are administrative. Have you created new shares on the NT machine? Or you can make sure the 98 user name is the User database as part of the admin group on the 2K machine.