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by padum

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I hv 5 pCs in a lan connection .2 of which is installed win98se .. 3 of which are installed winxp pro. without any service pack. When on lan I get reply from
all PCs to all and get all PCs at my network neighbourhood and can open pcs from winxp pcs
without any problem. But when I try to open psc (that installed winxp) from win98se a password menu appear though I didnot assine any network password.

I installed tcp/ip for each . Protocol assigned are 192.168.0.1-----5 , subnet is 255.255.255.0
for all.I nstall file ,priner sharing , client for m windows and windows logon.
workgroup for all computers is "net".
How do I get rid of the password menu ?
Anoter problem is that though I assign "net" as the workgroup for all pcs. I see another workgroup in all pcs naming 'workgroup ' , but this workgroup is not asseceble. I even confirm that there is no pc's workgroup is assigned
as "workgroup'' .. then when the another "workgroup " appear at ny network. Even there is no another pc connected with my network.
please help me...

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by blackcurrant

Hi

On the Win98 computers open Control Panel, open User accounts/Users and passwords (whichever it is called), and, as described above create new accounts with the same user names and passwords as exist on the WinXP machines.

Good luck

by douglasb

I might be wrong, but I believe you have to have the Netbui protocol running on the 98 machines.

by murray brydon

On your XP machines go into My Computer or explorer, then from Tools menu choose Folder options, and check under the view tab whether simple file sharing is enabled or not. Then you could go into the users control panel(still on XP) and check if the guest account is enabled. If it is then you should be able to log on as a guest from your Win 98 PC

by sachin_watane

see ihave 30 pc it working on windows xp i dint have server total pc is working on workgroup i workgrup there 3pc its very important i shared E drive but the other pc in network acces its open directly want to create that pc username password on network how.

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