9x talking to Win Xp

[ocean14]

I have a simple home workroup set up with one Win Xp and two Win 98 machines. You can view all computers on the network, and Win XP can access shared directories on the '98 machines. However, when I try to access Win Xp from either of the 9x computers, I am prompted for a password to make the connection. The knowledge base tells me that the Net logon service (on XP) needs to be started to enable this connection. But, when I do this, it starts then stops, claiming that it will stop if it is not needed.
So what am I missing?
Any help would be appreciated
Michael

 

[bcastner]

The net logon service is for domains, not workgroups.

In your instance what you need to do is to add as local users with passwwords the users of computers A & B to the Windows XP machine. It would be best to have all the users and passwords coordinated on all machines. See:

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm