Subj : Re: networking To : Dennis Haddox From : Alan Zisman Date : Sat Sep 04 2004 03:12 pm -=> Dennis Haddox wrote to Alan Zisman <=- DH> Alan, I have been having a problem with networking a DH> WinXP Pro computer with a Win98SE computer. DH> My daughter's computer has XP Pro that acquired a nasty DH> virus that I couldn't get rid of after 2 days of trying. DH> I finally just fdisk'd and formatted it and reinstalled DH> XP Pro. I applied all the patches including SP2. DH> Everything is working great except for transferring files DH> between one folder on both of our computers and giving DH> her read only access on 2 other folders on my computer. DH> It has something to do with permissions but I am not DH> quite up to speed with XP and all this permission stuff. DH> When I try to transfer a file from her computer to my DH> computer, it says that access is denied and to check to DH> be sure I have the correct permissions. DH> If I try to send a file to her computer from mine, it DH> asks for a password to \\\IPC$. DH> Any password I enter is rejected. DH> I read where I needed to make my account on her computer DH> and use my password, which I did but still didn't work. DH> I also tried going into the computer management tools DH> menu and give access to my account, her account and DH> "everybody", but that didn't work either. DH> I am either doing something wrong or none of this DH> has worked. DH> It worked ok before I reinstalled but now it doesn't DH> work. DH> Could you tell me what I am forgetting to do or not DH> doing correctly so this will work? DH> Also, the shared folders show up on both of our DH> computers but I can't access hers and she can't access DH> mine. Dennis: In my experience, networking problems like this can be hard to diagnose (or work out)... I'm assuming from what you're saying that the hardware and TCPIP settings are all correct. If you're having a hard time connecting to the XP system from the W9x computer a couple of things to check are: -- on the W9x computer, you need to be set (in the Network control panel) for Primary Network Logon: Client for Microsoft Networking -- also on on the W9x computer, you need to logon with a user name and password that are valid on the XP system... they can be the same as the user that is currently logged onto the XP system. TCP/IP networking can be intermittently flaky... you may want to install NetBeui as an additional networking protocol on both systems... that's easy to do on the W9x box, but may be more difficult on the XP system. (In fact, I forget the details of how to do it on XP-- it may only be available as an option on XP Pro, not XP Home... ) I've found adding NetBeui seems to make networking a lot more stable many times. .... Inet mail to: alan at zisman dot ca --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.40 * Origin: COMM Port OS/2 juge.com 204.89.247.1 (281) 980-9671 (1:106/2000) .