Direct Cable Connection Win98 to Win95

I'm not very familiar with the DirectParallel product, but I think I would start by checking the network setup to see if the "Log onto domain" option is checked on either side.

Then I would check the share permissions on the files or directories you are trying to share.

paul

have you tried using the direct cable connection program built into win95/98. It seems to work better than third party programs I've seen, with a lot less setup hassle ( unusual for microsoft ). It's under program-accessories-communications.

It's not installed by default, so you might have to load from the CD via control panel load new programs/windows setup.

Sounds like all you need to do is enable remote administrator on one of the machines and then set a password you know in there. You can do this by going into the passwords applet and then the remote admin tab to enable that and also set a password
you can check this locally on your machine by doing a \\machinename\c$ and then use the password you entered there.

Good Luck to you

Mark

Here's a question...in the Properties on Network Neighborhood, is the primary client the Client for Microsoft Networks on the machine trying to connect (as opposed the machine you are trying to connect to)? If so, try changing it to Windows Logon. I've seen instances (connecting to a RAS server, for instance) where once a network connection (and direct connect does fall under this category, as far as Windows is concerned) is established, the Microsoft logon screen pops up.

Hope this helps! :)

OK, I have experience with this.... I have done exactly the same thing as you and have had exactly the same errors as you... Most of the problems come from the Win 95 system... First of all, Direct Cable Connection.. is a 1 way peer network connection. Both computers MUST have the same WORKGROUP name and both must have DIFFERENT machine names... Both Computers, must have all the standard networking stuff.. netbeui, tcp/ip, client for MS networks and file & printer sharing (exactly if you are setting up a peer to peer network). Now on to the win 95 machine... first of all it should have Win95 b (osr2), you must upgrade to DUN 1.3 and WINSOCK 2.2, after you have done these upgrades on the win95 machine you will see that most of your problemsgo away. (it may be better to upgrade the win 95 machine to win 98). I found that this also helped me, I make the win 98 machine the server (host) and I make it the brows master (file and printer sharing) all other settings for all network components should be at the DEFAULT setting.. if you need more help, let me know and I will try to dig up some refference web sites for you....

I hope this helps

Larry Hyman

I have had this problem.
I resolved it by using LAPLINK.
LAPLINK is great auto detects and always works. LAPLINK Version 6 is free and I can send you the Installation 1.2 Meg if you tell me your email address.
With Techrepublic I cannot send attached files
My email is alan.robinson@rcss.uk.com

The cable and program sound ok. you might check your PPort settings and make sure you have them both set for ECP or BiDirectional.
I really think them problem is the different OS's. If you Partitioned Win98 For Fat32, Windows 95/Dos7 can't read those drives without the service pak. Upgrade to 98 if you can and for pete's sake buy two netcards and a nul cable or small hub{parallel transfers take upto 8 hours for 300 megs) Even 10mbs Cards do that in minutes. You can also share printers and play multi-player games, Not bad for under a hundred.