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shearing files on win2000 from a winme

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by w2wise

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I have a peer to peer network at my office that handle the print loads.
my problem is the computer running on winme cannot access none of the files on the computer running win 2000 although I share main drive on the win 2000 computer.
If I try to access any files on the win 2000 from the winme it ask me for a password and none of the administrator password works.
moreover the win 2000 computer name has a $ sign attatched to it in the password name box and I dont know to get rid of it no matter how I try.
Please what Could I be doing wrong?

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by goh weihan

Try $ as the password. It might sound stupid but it might work.

On the other hand, have you checked the share settings for the drive? Make sure that you enabled 'read only' or 'full' mode, not 'depends on password' mode.

by pontotec

When you have a fresh instalation of win2000, the hard-drive automatically is shared but with administrative purposes, so if you ned to access this disk you need to create a new share and configure the users?s rights, permissions and securitys

by w2wise

Thanks for your reply Goh & Ponotec but that did not work.
when ever I check the shearing properties on the win2000 there isnt no $ sign I remove it before,
-- However when on the winme machine and trying to get on the win2000 in the
ENTER NETWORK PASSWORD logon Box - above the white space provided for the password reads
Resource: \\COMPUTER1\IPC$
then below is the white space reads
PASSWORD:
from any another win2000 to win2000 machine they can see other just fine
any other comment will do just fine

by aplane

go into control panel on W2k machine setup users
add a new user with winme name and any password and use 3rd choice to give it administrative rights. This should work then later you can go back and reduce the users rights if necessary.

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