Window XP Network Password

If your 98 system takes you right to the desktop when you boot up (like most do) then you need to figure out what the default account it's using is and either change it to match one on the XP system or create an account on the XP system that exactlymatches the account used on the 98 system.

Another thing you didn't mention is whether the XP box is Home or Pro.

later,

If you want to network your new PC or new OS with other machines in your house (Windows 9x and Windows XP), you need to remember a few key details.

Unlike Windows Me and Win9x, XP has built-in networking security, so you'll have to log on to an XP box before you can use it and, if you're wise, you'll password-protect that account. But after you do so, you won't be able to access shares on your XP box from Windows Me and Win9x machines. Here's why: In a Windows workgroup based on XP, Windows2000, or Windows NT, you must supply valid credentials (your logon/password) before you can access network resources. And you must configure these logons and associated passwords on any XP (or Win2K or NT) machine on the network. So let's say you log on as "sally" to a Win98 machine. To access an XP machine on the same network, you'll have to set up a "sally" account on the XP box that uses the same password. After you set it up your network this way, accessing shares will work the same way it did in Windows Me and Win9x.

Best, Ramesh