We have one Windows 98 computer that is running proprietary software for die cutting foam. The user works in a building about 100 yards away and walks over whenever he needs to work on this computer. Moving it is not a possibility and upgrading it would cost upwards of $12k, so that’s not happening either.
I set up the main work folder on the 98 box as a share. Then created a user account and password for this user to go into the WORKGROUP and access the share and copy/paste files into it. I can see the 98 PC and the share in My Network Places, but when I try to open it, get a login prompt. The user name and password are correct…
username: atom\emastrocola
password: atom98
as created on the 98 box. But then I get an error saying the login credentials are wrong. There was a password I had to create on the shared folder itself, which I made “atom98” also to avoid confusion.
Any ideas on how to get this working?
Oh, and I was originally using VNC Free edition to remote in. But starting the VNC Service on the 98 box brought up a registry error, saying a certain registry key was not proper length (2). What that means I have no clue.