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Cant share files on network

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  • 18-10-2003 7:11pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Hey,
    I cant share files on my network but I can play games fine. One comp is running win 98 and the other's xp pro. When I try to 'view network workgroups it says I dont have access and to contact the network administrator and since thats me I dunno what to do! Gawd this is wreaking my head.

    ne help appreciated of course.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Stupid stuff - was the 98 PC logged in ?
    Also can each PC see shares on itself by UNC name ?
    start run \\127.0.0.1
    start run \\mypcname


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    mr_angry
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    Make sure you're not running a personal firewall, and that the Guest account is enabled on both machines.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Originally posted by Capt'n Midnight
    Stupid stuff - was the 98 PC logged in ?

    yup
    Also can each PC see shares on itself by UNC name ?[/B]

    not sure what u mean by this. could u explain unc plz?
    Originally posted by mr_angry4

    Firewall is off. Im gonna try that guest thing now.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    start run \\127.0.0.1
    start run \\mypcname

    ie. if you can't see shares on the local machine then bugger all chance of the other machine seeing them

    Hang about It's X bloody P - are both machines on the same Workgroup / Domain name - else they will still IP to each other but get snotty about Microsoft protocols..


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    [Deleted User]
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    I can see shares on both machines. Both comps are in the same work group.


    this is a fécking nitghmare :(


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    Frank Grimes
    Registered Users Posts: 5,337 ✭✭✭Frank Grimes


    Have you tried setting up an account on the XP box that corresponds to the username/password you're logging into 98 with?
    Can you access the shares by \\pcname or ip address from a run box?


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    bricks
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    On the win98 machine you must be logged in as someone.
    Make sure your primary login on this machine is set to microsoft networks.
    Then on the XP machine make an account the matches the account that you logged into the win98 machine with.
    Make this account a member of the administrators group on the XP machine.
    If the IP address of the XP machine was e.g. 192.168.0.102
    Then on the win98 machine you would type
    \\192.168.0.102\c$ (Start run) and you should see the winxp's C: drive.
    To do it the other way around:
    Share out a drive or a folder on win98, set a password on it.
    Making sure the sharing mode is set to share level access.
    Then on the XP machine type
    \\192.168.0.103\c (Assume sharename is c and IP of win98 is 103)
    Then XP should prompt you for a username and password, enter any username you like and the password from earlier.


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