I can't access Win2k machine from ME machine

[Guest_imported]

I have a small home network with 3 machines, a win 2k pro which is the main one that is connected to a dsl router and sharing an internet connection to a win ME machine and a 98 machine which works fine. All can see the others and 2k can access all shared drives on other machines, but ME and 98 machines cannot access shared drives because it keeps asking for a IPC$ password, when i never set a password for any shared drive. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!

 

[tai4ji2x]

yeah, me too, except for file sharing i've chosen IPX. TCP/IP still used for internet, but not bound to file sharing or client for MS networks. IPX is though. i can browse the win98 computer's files just fine from my win2k system, but not the other way around. keep getting that "IPC$ password" thing as well. btw, i'm not using a router. each system is connected to the hub, with a distinct IP address for each. this setup used to work fine when all the systems were win98. but now i can't share files both ways.

 

[cnthomp]

Fixing this problem is relatively simple. Create local users on the Win2K machine (Right-click on My Computer, choose Manage, Local Users And Groups, Users folder, then from the Action menu choose New User...) with no passwords that match the names you use to log on to the 98 & ME machines (or if they have passwords, use those; but if you don't have to enter one on startup, they won't have one) which you can find on the Start Menu on the entry Log Off username. Make sure you are logging on to these machines; if the Start Menu simply says Log Off... then you need to log off and back on again (hitting Escape will not log the machine into the network and so no shares will be available).

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