Hi,
Our home network has three computers---two desktops and a laptop---connected to a BEFSR41 router and cable modem:
-- My Presario 2135US laptop runs XP Home (ver. 2002 with Service Pack 1).
-- My own desktop Presario 7594 runs both Win 2000 (ver. 5.00.2195 with Service Pack 2) and Win 98 SE (ver. 4.10.222A).
-- The second desktop, my wife's, a Presario 2256, runs Win 98 (ver 4.10.1998) and has our laser printer connected to it.
All three have internet access but we have a strange file and printer sharing problem with my wife's desktop.
When my desktop runs Win 98 SE, it can use the files and printer on my wife's Win98, and her machine can store and use files on mine---a very neat network.
At the same time my 98 SE desktop can share with the XP laptop and the laptop can use files on my desktop's 98 SE system---also a nice arrangement.
Here's where the wierdness begins. The XP laptop can see my wife's 98 in its network neighborhood but it cannot gain access. I get a message saying the laptop does not have permission there. My wife's 98 cannot even see the laptop.
When my desktop is running Win 2000, however, it can see my wife's 98 but cannot access it, just like the laptop. And my wife's 98 cannot see my system when it's in 2000. And of course my desktop uses the same network card whether it's running 98 SE or 2000. (The 2000 and XP systems share without a problem.)
I want to use the printer whether I'm in 98 SE or 2000, or on the laptop. And my wife wants to get to her files on my desktop when I'm in 2000.
It seems like something is up in the Windows 98 system. Can anyone help?
Our home network has three computers---two desktops and a laptop---connected to a BEFSR41 router and cable modem:
-- My Presario 2135US laptop runs XP Home (ver. 2002 with Service Pack 1).
-- My own desktop Presario 7594 runs both Win 2000 (ver. 5.00.2195 with Service Pack 2) and Win 98 SE (ver. 4.10.222A).
-- The second desktop, my wife's, a Presario 2256, runs Win 98 (ver 4.10.1998) and has our laser printer connected to it.
All three have internet access but we have a strange file and printer sharing problem with my wife's desktop.
When my desktop runs Win 98 SE, it can use the files and printer on my wife's Win98, and her machine can store and use files on mine---a very neat network.
At the same time my 98 SE desktop can share with the XP laptop and the laptop can use files on my desktop's 98 SE system---also a nice arrangement.
Here's where the wierdness begins. The XP laptop can see my wife's 98 in its network neighborhood but it cannot gain access. I get a message saying the laptop does not have permission there. My wife's 98 cannot even see the laptop.
When my desktop is running Win 2000, however, it can see my wife's 98 but cannot access it, just like the laptop. And my wife's 98 cannot see my system when it's in 2000. And of course my desktop uses the same network card whether it's running 98 SE or 2000. (The 2000 and XP systems share without a problem.)
I want to use the printer whether I'm in 98 SE or 2000, or on the laptop. And my wife wants to get to her files on my desktop when I'm in 2000.
It seems like something is up in the Windows 98 system. Can anyone help?