Shared folders require password

Just a thought, during your boot up of your system, when you get a login request from Windows, do you press escape or have it set up to login with out any passwork? If the answer is yes, then the password that Windows is looking for is a network password that Win2000 requires for access. You will need to set up a networking password and login to the network before you can access shares. Hope this helps.

Can you give some details or step-by step instuctions on how to do it? Thanks

What is going on is since you're in a peer to peer environment with no domain authentication, the Win2k box will require any user to authenticate there when accessing it. If you want multiple users to be able to connect to it, you'll need to create user accounts and passwords for them on the win2k box. What they would have to do just now to connect is enter the administrator name/password or whatever other you have already configured on the machine.

On the W2K computer:
Start --> Settings --> Control Panel --> Users and Passwords --> Add... --> and add the exact Username, domain/workgroup, and password from each of the other computers (that you need them to be able to access) to the W2K computer.

Thanks to all of you for answering my questions.

Joe

ms says that the error comes for not having permission to the folder, create permission as every one then try. this may solve ur problem

win98 has no security. win2k does. right click on my computer and go to manage. go to user and add a user name for each user connecting to the computer. you can have one name everone logs in as, or you have to create a new user for every user who wants to print. that should be it.

You said that you're never prompted for a password so I'm thinking your default logon is "windows logon." In such case, you'll always be prompted for a password to access Win2k over the network because you never authenticated yourself to Windows 98. Although Windows 98 doesn't require you to authenticate during logon, it will retain the username and password you supply for network access.

Check your network neighborhood settings. Make sure that the default logon is "Client for Microsoft Networks."

The next time you restart, you'll be prompted for a username and password. Type in any username and password combination you want and keep reusing it every time you logon. Then create an identical account in the local security databaseon the Win2k machine.

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