Still, still can't access winxp share...

[Guest]

Thanks for the advice so far, but... Why is the win98 not
able to access the share after enabling the guest
account? Enabling the guest account works fine on other
P2P networks where I'm accessing a win2000 station from a
win98 station. And... if the xp ACL is already set for
Everyone to access and it still doesn't allow Everyone,
why would it allow another used if it were setup in ACL?

Also, when I did try and setup a user on the xp with the
same name/domain as the win98 user, the xp says it can't
set it up because of some "trust account" problem. I'm
setting the new user as Tom (same as the win98 system) and
entering in the domain they both are members of. Still
not working...

Any help would be appreciated, Thanks..

-----Original Message-----
You either need to log on to the 98 PC with a user account that exists on
the XP file server OR add the appropriate entries to the DACL on the share.




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[Chuck]

Thanks for the advice so far, but... Why is the win98 not
able to access the share after enabling the guest
account? Enabling the guest account works fine on other
P2P networks where I'm accessing a win2000 station from a
win98 station. And... if the xp ACL is already set for
Everyone to access and it still doesn't allow Everyone,
why would it allow another used if it were setup in ACL?

Also, when I did try and setup a user on the xp with the
same name/domain as the win98 user, the xp says it can't
set it up because of some "trust account" problem. I'm
setting the new user as Tom (same as the win98 system) and
entering in the domain they both are members of. Still
not working...

Any help would be appreciated, Thanks..

What firewall is disabled? Many third party firewalls do not disable properly,
and can cause file sharing problems when disabled.

On the XP Pro server, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro
on the LAN with Win98, you need to enable SFS.

If SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

If you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure that the Guest
account is enabled, and has an identical, non-blank, password on all computers.
If "Classic", setup and use a common account with identical, non-blank, password
on all computers.

For Win98, XP Home, or XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that
the Guest account is enabled, with identical, non-blank passwords, on each
computer.

Cheers,
Chuck
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