connect W98-W2K w/ crossover cable

You did not mention if you hv explicitly "Share" any of your resouces on either machine. Right click a resource, such as a directory or a printer and click Share to share it out.

The password is when you are on W98 trying to access W2K, you need a user password valid on W2K to share something on the W2K, but you don't have to going from W2K to W98. Create a user on W2K first using same id and password as the one on W98 you will save the trouble typing every time connected to. It is unusual in w2k to have no user password, though lot of people use W98 without one.

Accessing W98 shares via nethood is possible if you have installed the dummy MS loopback but still you have to explicit Share your stuff.

good luck trying...

You did not mention if you hv explicitly "Share" any of your resouces on either machine. Right click a resource, such as a directory or a printer and click Share to share it out.

The password is when you are on W98 trying to access W2K, you need a user password valid on W2K to share something on the W2K, but you don't have to going from W2K to W98. Create a user on W2K first using same id and password as the one on W98 you will save the trouble typing every time connected to. It is unusual in w2k to have no user password, though lot of people use W98 without one.

Accessing W98 shares via nethood is possible if you have installed the dummy MS loopback but still you have to explicit Share your stuff.

good luck trying...

You did not mention if you hv explicitly "Share" any of your resouces on either machine. Right click a resource, such as a directory or a printer and click Share to share it out.

The password is when you are on W98 trying to access W2K, you need a user password valid on W2K to share something on the W2K, but you don't have to going from W2K to W98. Create a user on W2K first using same id and password as the one on W98 you will save the trouble typing every time connected to. It is unusual in w2k to have no user password, though lot of people use W98 without one.

Accessing W98 shares via nethood is possible if you have installed the dummy MS loopback but still you have to explicit Share your stuff.

good luck trying...

In addition to what’s stated above make sure both PCs members of the same work group. Enable file and print sharing. Share some recourses and wait. It took somewhere between 15 to 45 minutes for a share I setup on a winXP PC to show up in win98 network neighborhood. you will need to setup a user account on the w2k PC also.

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