Accessing host Win2000 Computer from remote computers

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On my network of SYSTEMS my Windows 2000 is the host
computer attached to a Wireless Access Point Router. On
my network there are three additional computers all using
Win98 2nd Edition as their OS. Each computer can find
each other computer. Two of the remotes are connected via
the wireless route and the third is connected via cable.
However, none of the remote computers can access the files
in the Windows 2000 host computer whereas they can access
the files in each of the other remotes and my Windows 2000
computer can access the files in all three remotes.

My Computer/Properties/User Profiles there are only two
profiles listed: HARRY-XXXXXXXXX\Administrator and HARRY-
XXXXXXXXX\"My Name". However, My Computer/Manage/Local
Users and Groups/Users there are several names listed:
Administrator, Guest, Harry, "My Name", Patricia, and
Vaio. All but Guest are listed as Administrators with
Built-in account for administering the computer/domain.
The Guest account has Built-in account for guest access to
the computer/domain.

Control Panel/Users and Passwords the same names are
listed: Administrator, Guest, Harry, "My Name", Patricia
and Vaio. Harry, Patricia and Vaio are the names of the
three remote computers.

So, what can I do to allow each of the remotes to access
my Windows 2000 computer?

Harry
 
User profiles are only generated when a user logs onto a computer so that is why you
don't see profiles for the other users. You can use "net users" command to see the
actual list of users on a W2K computer. Each user needs to logon to their computer
with the account that exists on the W2K computer using the same logon name/password
to gain access. In Windows 98, you should configure the computer to ask for a logon
name and password for Microsoft Networking and that is where the users should enter
their credentials to access shares on the network You can also enable the guest
account on the W2K computer which will allow access to any user to shares that have
everyone permissions including in ntfs permissions. I don't recommend the guest
account unless all users are trusted and a firewall protects the network but it can
also be temporarily enabled to see if it allows access to the shares on the W2K box
and if it does not you have other configuration problems possibly relating to Local
Security Policy/security options on the W2K machine or network configuration
including the use of a personal firewall on the computer offering shares. Trying to
ping all computers by IP address and name is a good way to establish basic network
connectivity. Ipconfig /all will show the IP config of the W2K computer, while I
believe winipcfg is used on Windows 98 computers in the run box. --- Steve
 
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