Try sharing a printer on the win98 machine use 'Search for Printers' from the startup menu on the xp & 2000 boxes, search using the IP address of the win98 machine.
You need sharing installed and at least one resource (drive, folder, printer) shared on any Win98 machine you want to be 'visible' on your network.
The filestore type (FAT, FAT32, NTFS etc) on the various machines DOES NOT MATTER (eg, XP machine on NTFS 3.1, NT machine on NTFS 3.0, Win98 on FAT32 and Win95 on FAT will all be able to access each others filestore if networked correctly).
Turn off or reconfigure all firewalls. Zonealarm stopped me from comunicating until it was properly configured and listed all of the computers on the local net.
Sounds Crazy, but I had the same problem for days!
I changed the name of the Workgroup to one that I had not used before and viola, after changing the Worgroup name on the 98 and 2000 workstation, Everybody got happy and could see each other!
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