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by lon3m3

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I have a W2K Pro box on a P2P network. I can see it from the other machines (Win98) on the network, but when I try to connect to a share on the W2k box from a Win98 box it asks for a password on the IPC$ share (administrative). I did not indstall the box and I can not find what setting is wrong to correct this. Help>

Thanks.

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by dklippert

The IPC$ share is the default system share which will not let anyone access it
over the network.

You need to create an account on the W2K Pro box using the logon name you use to log into the Win9x box.

NT Share permissions are tied to the NT accounts. When trying to access a share from a win9x client it tries to authenticate with the username AND password from startup logon. If there is no matching account/password on the NT side, it defualts to the IPC$ account.

You Must Provide a Password to Make This Connection Q162325

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by lon3m3

I feel like an idiot. Someone else had setup the other computers and I assumed that the computer names were the login names because the computer names were the names of the users. The logins were completely different. Thanks very much.

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