Re: Win 98 to Win XP connection problem

m3Rlin@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Check if the Guest account is enabled on the Windows XP machines.
Right click My Computer and select Manager. Then go to System Tools |
Local Users and Groups and the Users. Right click the Guest account
and deselect the "Account is diabled" checkbox.

Please quote at least some of the post to which you are replying. Here
is Tony's original post for clarity:

"I have home network with 3 computers connected to LinkSys router: 2
Windows XP professional and one Windows 98 SE. I used to have no
problem that each computer can access the other two computer's hard
disk, but recently the Windows 98 computer cannot access to the other
two Windows XP computers. When I try to access to Windows XP from
Windows 98, I got "Enter Network Password" dialog box with Resource
\\WinXp\IPC$. I got "The password is incorrect, Try again." when I
enter password (I have three computers with same user account ID and
same password)."

Enabling the Guest account in Control Panel will be of no use. The Guest
user account allows someone who does not have a user account on the
local machine to sit down and log on to do some work. It is normally
disabled since it is a security risk. Enabling/disabling the local
Guest account will have no impact on network issues.

Tony - Since your network worked before, what changed between the time
things worked and the time they didn't? Apply any Windows Updates,
antivirus/firewall updates?

Malke
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