print and file sharing between win2K desktop and win98 laptops

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I have a desktop machine that is running win2K, and a
laptop that is running win 98, today.

Yesterday they were both running win 98 and communicated
thru a router and shared files with no problems at all.
In other words they all played happily in the sandbox.

Then I upgraded the desktop machine to win2K, this machne
is also the one which has the scanner and printer hooked
to it.

Now I cannot save files from the laptop to the desktop,
nor can I access my printer from the laptop. I can
however pull files from the laptop to the desktop, but
only by using the desktop. When trying to save files to
the desktop I am being prompted for a password for access
to the desktop, although at no time during the upgrade did
I tell windows that I wanted this to happen and I cannot
find anywhere on the win2k machine to disable this
function. The samething happens when I try to connect
with the printer from the laptop.

Can someone please shed some light on this?
 
TTaylor said:
I have a desktop machine that is running win2K, and a
laptop that is running win 98, today.

Yesterday they were both running win 98 and communicated
thru a router and shared files with no problems at all.
In other words they all played happily in the sandbox.

Then I upgraded the desktop machine to win2K, this machne
is also the one which has the scanner and printer hooked
to it.

Now I cannot save files from the laptop to the desktop,
nor can I access my printer from the laptop. I can
however pull files from the laptop to the desktop, but
only by using the desktop. When trying to save files to
the desktop I am being prompted for a password for access
to the desktop, although at no time during the upgrade did
I tell windows that I wanted this to happen and I cannot
find anywhere on the win2k machine to disable this
function. The samething happens when I try to connect
with the printer from the laptop.

Can someone please shed some light on this?
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Have a look at the item with the Subject line "Connection Problems ...",
posted two hours before yours.
 
Try setting up a user on your laptop with the exact same user name and
password as the user on the 2K box. There is probably an easier way but
that's how I got my 98 machines to see my 2k pro machines and share files.
 
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