Re: IPC$ Problem

From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:17:40 -0600

In article <dzAfd.10726$Qs6.919076@news20.bellglobal.com>, "Jim
McColl" <j_a_mccoll@msn.com> wrote:
>I have a Windows XP Home computer runing Sp2 which is connected via an SMS
>wireless broadband router to a laptop running W98SE.
>
>When I try to logon to the XP computer from the 98 computer I get prompted
>to enter a password to connect to IPC$.
>
>I have done a lot of research on this problem on the Internet and als tried
>a bunch of things like enabling user account with same name and password on
>each machine. So far nothing works. Since I am being prompted for a pasword
>for IPC$. One must exist. How do I find out what it is? Or failing that at
>least be able to reset it ?
>
>Anybody know ?
>
>Thanks

There's no correct response to the IPC$ prompt. Matching user
accounts aren't necessary to access a computer running XP Home. They
might be necessary to access a computer running XP Pro with simple
file sharing disabled.

Run the Network Setup Wizard on the XP computer, and tell it that the
computer connects to the Internet through a residential gateway
(broadband router). That's usually all that's needed to fix the IPC$
problem. Don't bother running the Wizard on the W98SE computer, even
if it tells you to.

If that doesn't do the job:

1. Enable the Guest account for network access by typing this line at
a command prompt on XP:

   net user guest /active:yes

2. Remove any network password from the Guest account:

   a. Click Start | Run.
   b. Type "control userpasswords2" in the box and click OK:
   c. Click Guest.
   d. Click Reset Password.
   e. Click OK without entering a new password. 

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