Hans-Georg Michna
April 4th 03, 11:06 AM
(Anoob) wrote:
>i am having a strange problem. i have a win98 on one and winXP Home
>edition on another machine which is conneted directly through network
>cards. i can ping both systems. i shared the folders on win98, on
>winXP and i can access the network well. But after restarting the XP
>machine, when i try to access the XP machine from the win98 machine it
>is asking for network password to connect to \\"XP machine
>name"\\IPC$. When i check the xp machine folder the sharing sign(hand
>carrying folder) seems to be there but when i take then "Sharing and
>Security" from a shared folders properties menu. The "Network Sharing
>and Seurity" column in Sharing tab sharing tab is saying "As a
>security measure, windows has disabled remote access to this computer.
>However you can access remote access and safely share files by running
>the network setup wizard" follwed by two links saying "Network Setup
>Wizard" and "If you understand the security risks but want to share
>files without running the wizard click here". And if i click the 2nd
>link and enable "Just enable file sharing" and then ok. Then i can
>access the xp machine from win98 without getting the password prompt
>window and can access files. and you dont need enable "Just enable
>file sharing" for every other folder if one is done so all the others
>can be accessed irelevant of which one you enabled the option "Just
>enable file sharing".
>please help me out because i am fed up with enbale "Just enable file
>sharing" every time after reboot. And tried almost every possibilities
>except reinstalling XP once more. Or please tell me whether its a
>feature of windows xp home edition..
Does this happen when you log on with administrator rights?
Hans-Georg
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>i am having a strange problem. i have a win98 on one and winXP Home
>edition on another machine which is conneted directly through network
>cards. i can ping both systems. i shared the folders on win98, on
>winXP and i can access the network well. But after restarting the XP
>machine, when i try to access the XP machine from the win98 machine it
>is asking for network password to connect to \\"XP machine
>name"\\IPC$. When i check the xp machine folder the sharing sign(hand
>carrying folder) seems to be there but when i take then "Sharing and
>Security" from a shared folders properties menu. The "Network Sharing
>and Seurity" column in Sharing tab sharing tab is saying "As a
>security measure, windows has disabled remote access to this computer.
>However you can access remote access and safely share files by running
>the network setup wizard" follwed by two links saying "Network Setup
>Wizard" and "If you understand the security risks but want to share
>files without running the wizard click here". And if i click the 2nd
>link and enable "Just enable file sharing" and then ok. Then i can
>access the xp machine from win98 without getting the password prompt
>window and can access files. and you dont need enable "Just enable
>file sharing" for every other folder if one is done so all the others
>can be accessed irelevant of which one you enabled the option "Just
>enable file sharing".
>please help me out because i am fed up with enbale "Just enable file
>sharing" every time after reboot. And tried almost every possibilities
>except reinstalling XP once more. Or please tell me whether its a
>feature of windows xp home edition..
Does this happen when you log on with administrator rights?
Hans-Georg
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No mail, please.