Help - I still cannot network 98 & XP.

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I have two machines connected via D-Link router.

Machine 1 - WIndows 98 SE 2.4G Intel Machine ID = 'machine-24'
Machine 2 - Windows XP PRO SP1 2.0G Intel Machine ID = 'machine-20'

Both are in group = 'HOME'

Both work with internet (external router) just fine.

I want to be able to transfer back-and-forth the content of
sub-directory 'c:\mydata' that exists on both machines.

I set them both up pretty much following the instructions @
www.practicalynetworked.com/sharing

I lapelled the share name of the sub-directory on machine 1 (98) as
'24-mydata' and
lapelled the share name of the sub-directory on machine 2 (XP) as
'20-mydata'.

When I go to My Network Places>View Workgroup Computers (on XP machine
2),
I get 'machine-24' and 'machine-20' correctly. When I double click on
'machine-20' ( this machine)
I get '20-mydata' correctly. When I double click on 'machine-24' (the
other machine)
I get '24-mydata' correctly. I can then transfer (copy & move) things
from one to the other fine.

So what is my problem? I cannot do the same thing on machine 1 (98
machine).
When I go to Network Neighborhood on machine 1, I get 'machine-24'
and 'machine-20' fine.
When I double click on 'machine-24' ( this machine) I get '24-mydata'
correctly.
When I double click on 'machine-20' (the other machine), however, I do
not see '20-mydata'.
I therefore cannot transfer (copy & move) things from one to the other
fine.

I hope I stated things correctly.

So what am I missing?

Help?
 
Have you set up the drives on both machines to be shared and set them
to read write. You may have them read only or not shared.
TonySper

I have two machines connected via D-Link router.

Machine 1 - WIndows 98 SE 2.4G Intel Machine ID = 'machine-24'
Machine 2 - Windows XP PRO SP1 2.0G Intel Machine ID = 'machine-20'

Both are in group = 'HOME'

Both work with internet (external router) just fine.

I want to be able to transfer back-and-forth the content of
sub-directory 'c:\mydata' that exists on both machines.

I set them both up pretty much following the instructions @
www.practicalynetworked.com/sharing

I lapelled the share name of the sub-directory on machine 1 (98) as
'24-mydata' and
lapelled the share name of the sub-directory on machine 2 (XP) as
'20-mydata'.

When I go to My Network Places>View Workgroup Computers (on XP machine
2),
I get 'machine-24' and 'machine-20' correctly. When I double click on
'machine-20' ( this machine)
I get '20-mydata' correctly. When I double click on 'machine-24' (the
other machine)
I get '24-mydata' correctly. I can then transfer (copy & move) things
from one to the other fine.

So what is my problem? I cannot do the same thing on machine 1 (98
machine).
When I go to Network Neighborhood on machine 1, I get 'machine-24'
and 'machine-20' fine.
When I double click on 'machine-24' ( this machine) I get '24-mydata'
correctly.
When I double click on 'machine-20' (the other machine), however, I do
not see '20-mydata'.
I therefore cannot transfer (copy & move) things from one to the other
fine.

I hope I stated things correctly.

So what am I missing?

Help?
 
Have you set up the drives on both machines to be shared and set them
to read write. You may have them read only or not shared.
TonySper
Click to expand...


Remember, I don't want to share whole drive(s) on either machine.

This is what I see on machine 2 (XP machine), when I go to MY
Computer>right click on c>properties>security:
Full Control
Modify
Read & Execute
List Folder Contents
Read
Write

for
Administrators (machine-20\Administrators)
CREATOR OWNER
Everyone
SYSTEM
Users (machine-20\Users)

All have 'Allow' checked for all, except CREATOR OWNER, for which
nothing is checked. And, when I try to check them, after XP
regurgitates a while about it (hourglass), the checks disappear.

Under MY Computer>right click on c>properties>sharing, I see
Share this folder checked with 'C$' as the share name. I could select
'add share' but since I do not want to share c drive (just a
sub-directory there-on), I don't thing that is thing to do.

To repeat, I can see machine-20's '20-mydata' sub-directory content on
machine 2 (where it is), but not on machine 1. When I double click
on 'machine-20', I do not see '20-mydata'. The reverse works just
fine (reading machine1 from machine 2).

???
 
I found the problem! I had misspelled machine-20 on the XP machine as
mahcine-20. No wonder machine-24 (98 machine) couldn't find it.

Thanks for helps.





Have you set up the drives on both machines to be shared and set them
to read write. You may have them read only or not shared.
TonySper
Click to expand...


Remember, I don't want to share whole drive(s) on either machine.

This is what I see on machine 2 (XP machine), when I go to MY
Computer>right click on c>properties>security:
Full Control
Modify
Read & Execute
List Folder Contents
Read
Write

for
Administrators (machine-20\Administrators)
CREATOR OWNER
Everyone
SYSTEM
Users (machine-20\Users)

All have 'Allow' checked for all, except CREATOR OWNER, for which
nothing is checked. And, when I try to check them, after XP
regurgitates a while about it (hourglass), the checks disappear.

Under MY Computer>right click on c>properties>sharing, I see
Share this folder checked with 'C$' as the share name. I could select
'add share' but since I do not want to share c drive (just a
sub-directory there-on), I don't thing that is thing to do.

To repeat, I can see machine-20's '20-mydata' sub-directory content on
machine 2 (where it is), but not on machine 1. When I double click
on 'machine-20', I do not see '20-mydata'. The reverse works just
fine (reading machine1 from machine 2).

???
 
I find myself doing that all the time. Spell check does not work on
the crazy codes we use.
TonySper

I found the problem! I had misspelled machine-20 on the XP machine as
mahcine-20. No wonder machine-24 (98 machine) couldn't find it.

Thanks for helps.





Have you set up the drives on both machines to be shared and set them
to read write. You may have them read only or not shared.
TonySper
Click to expand...


Remember, I don't want to share whole drive(s) on either machine.

This is what I see on machine 2 (XP machine), when I go to MY
Computer>right click on c>properties>security:
Full Control
Modify
Read & Execute
List Folder Contents
Read
Write

for
Administrators (machine-20\Administrators)
CREATOR OWNER
Everyone
SYSTEM
Users (machine-20\Users)

All have 'Allow' checked for all, except CREATOR OWNER, for which
nothing is checked. And, when I try to check them, after XP
regurgitates a while about it (hourglass), the checks disappear.

Under MY Computer>right click on c>properties>sharing, I see
Share this folder checked with 'C$' as the share name. I could select
'add share' but since I do not want to share c drive (just a
sub-directory there-on), I don't thing that is thing to do.

To repeat, I can see machine-20's '20-mydata' sub-directory content on
machine 2 (where it is), but not on machine 1. When I double click
on 'machine-20', I do not see '20-mydata'. The reverse works just
fine (reading machine1 from machine 2).

???
 
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