Cannot log onto my network

[jlockley]

I thought I put this here before, but I can't find it. Please excuse any redundancy.

I have a w98 laptop connected with a Workgroup to a w2k desktop. I am the only user/administrator for both. I can easily access my laptop from my desktop, but although I can connect to the desktop from the laptop, I am locked out. The password I have set is not recognized. I cannot get any information on the "administrator" or properties from the laptop because I don't "have authorization". My logon name on the laptop is not that of the desktop. I have reset passwords on the desktop and laptop several times to match, but nothing happens. Since the laptop is a driveless IBM workstation, I absolutely need to be able to access the desktop CD drive to install new software.

Please help.

 

[jlockley]

For additional information, I did just find these two points in the help files:

1)IPC$

A resource sharing the named pipes that are essential for communication between programs. It is used during remote administration of a computer and when viewing a computer's shared resources.

2)drive letter$

A shared folder that allows administrative personnel to connect to the root directory of a drive. Shown as A$, B$, C$, D$, and so on. For example, D$ is a shared folder name by which drive D might be accessed by an administrator over the network.

For a Windows 2000 Professional computer, only members of the Administrators or Backup Operators group can connect to these shared folders. For a Windows 2000 Server computer, members of the Server Operators group can also connect to these shared folders.

So, w98 seems to be assuming that only an administrator (which I would also be) connect to w2k. That should be a clue, but I remain clueless.