HELP! huge XP <-> 98 password problem after fixpack

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Arthur Hoornweg

Our company has some Windows 98 SE computers running
as servers. The shares are protected with passwords.
The Win98SE computers are "out of the box", so they
don't have the newer 128-bit encryption etc.


My problem:

I recently applied all recommended post-SP1 fixpacks
from www.windowsupdate.com to my Windows XP Prof SP1
computer. It now has all fixpacks. Ever since I did
that, I am unable to connect to any of the windows 98
shares. Every time I try to map a drive, a password
dialog appears, but no matter which password I enter,
it is rejected. This used to work without problems
before I applied the fixpacks.

If I REMOVE the passwords on the Windows 98 shares,
which is out of the question by the way, I can connect
without problems. But as soon as I re-enable the
passwords, my XP computer is locked out again.

Is there any way I can get my connectivity back?
Connecting to other XP and -2000 computers is not
a problem.
 
Ken said:
Is the XP machine joined to a domain?
Click to expand...

No it is not. Id is attached to the same workgroup as
all other PC's, we don't have a domain.

I can reproduce that installing the fixpacks on other
XP-SP1 machines has the same effect - they all lose
connectivity to Windows 98SE shares with passwords.


This is the list of hotfixes I applied to XP SP1.
They were compiled into a single update utility by
www.winfuture.de, and they are applied in the order
listed below:




Q322011_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q323183_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q328310_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q328515_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q329048_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q329115_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q329256_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q329692_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q329834_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q810032_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q810272_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q810565_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q810833_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q811114_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q811630_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q811777_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q812035_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q812110_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q814033_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q814995_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q815424_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q816073_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q816982_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q817287_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
Q817606_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB327979-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB329441-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB810217-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB812415-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB817027-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB817778-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB818043-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB818835-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB820128-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB820291-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB821253-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB821557-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB821588-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB822603-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB823182-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB823559-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB824105-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB824141-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB824146-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB825119-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB826942-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB828035-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsXP-KB829558-x86-DEU.exe
NDP1.1-KB824629-X86.exe
hu1002_per.exe
hu1002_pro.exe
Q816073.exe
Jet40Repl.exe
MDAC_TYP.exe
msjavwu.exe
scriptde.exe
updatesecdrv.exe
msxml4sp2.exe
q330994.exe
q813502.exe
q820369.exe
q823802.exe
q824145.exe
q824463.exe
q826940.exe
q827057.exe
flashplayer7_winax.exe
wm320920_8.exe
WindowsMedia8-KB817787-x86-DEU.exe
WindowsMedia-KB828026-x86-DEU.exe
wm816044.exe
WindowsMedia9-KB817885-x86-ENU.exe
WindowsMedia9-KB827560-x86-ENU.exe
Q819696_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe
DirectX9-KB819696-x86-DEU.exe
DirectX9b-KB825116-x86-DEU.exe
DXHWMIG.exe
AMDK7.exe
AMDK8.exe
INTELGV3.exe
 
I have looked at this and the only thing i can think of
is...your passwords must be 8 characters or less.

CW
 
I also wonder if this could be an SMB signing issue. I'm not very familiar
with this, maybe someone else on the alias can comment.
 
Wood said:
I have looked at this and the only thing i can think of
is...your passwords must be 8 characters or less.
Click to expand...

Why would that be an issue?

If you have an "original" Windows 98SE out-of-the-box (I
mean a version without any Internet Explorer updates
installed on it - IE replaces lots of system files),
can you access any password-protected shares on it from
a PC with Windows XP (with all hotfixes applied)?


My scenario: The win98SE PC shares drive D: with share
name "D-DRIVE" and a 6-letter password. A "virgin"
Windows XP SP-1 cann access the shares, but loses this
ability if I install all recent hotfixes.
 
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