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sharing file in win2000pro to win98

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by al-geber

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I intended to try install win2k pro to one of my comp.I am running 5 computer and the other comp. win98 installed. The Quetion I want to pose are :
1. How I managed in win2k pro to share file ?
because if I tried to connect win2k pro from win98 italways ask me for password even the password is correct ?
2. Do you have any suggestion about migrating windows 98 to win2k pro (I am running over 25 comp using TCP/IP peer to peer connection ?

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by r. a. caluste

1) create a user in your Win2k machine with the same username and same password that you use in your win98 machine. to do this go to control panel/administrative tools/computer management.
click local users and groups. Under user, right-click and click new user. the reason it asks you for a password is because the win2k machine cannot recognize the user logged in your win98 machine and thus, cannot give access.
2) if you are in a workgroup network setup, make sure you have add each and every user in your win2k machines to each and every workstations (unlike in a domain setup, the user authentication is handled by the domain controller on your win2k server). unlike win98 too, win2k is strict with user authentication. if you connect from aremote machine using an account that does not exist on the target machine, you will be denied.

by poo_music

What I can think of is the security issues - where you either need to be the same workgroup or part of the domain. Remember, NTLM is the authentication format.

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