Just a thought, but whenever the w2k machine is double clicked in network neighborhood on a w98 machine, the window that comes up asking for a network password lists the resource as: //JOHN/IPC$ if that helps.
I've had a look at the rights - none of them (from what I can tell) deny any sort of access (ie none of the deny checkboxes are ticked), so it should work.
The reason why PC's access other PC's on the network is because files are stored locally on each PC that other people over the network may...
Ah, I see now. I knew a can of worms was going to be opened on the decision to use w2k over w98.
I think it may be worth my while putting w98 on the machine so that at least it'll run like it used to.
I must admit, I thought it'd be a good idea, but I didn't realise I'd be running into so many...
I hope someone can help. One of our Directors took delivery of a new computer and asked to have w2kpro installed on it, as it is much more secure. The only problem is that the rest of the network is running on w98se machines. The w98se machines cannot access the w2k machine through network...
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