WinXP/Win98se Network Compatibility problems

I've heard this is an infamous situation. We used to have two Win98Se comps networked over TCP/IP, no problems. They run through a hub and connect to a cable modem.

Got rid of the older of these two and replaced it with a brand-new XP system. Both comps see the cable modem and the internet fine, but I can't for the life of them get them to see each other.

I have enabled file sharing, etc. on the 98 system, then had my husband do that Networking wizard setup on the XP. Then made the disk and ran it through the 98se system. It won't run the netsetup.exe file; it says it's a violation. I've changed as many settings as I can think of related to this, and nothing doing.

Any ideas/information would be greatly appreciated! I've never been fond of networking.

 

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Hi:
Had a similar problem , check out this site for info , seems that the wizard is a nono unless your using windoz xp on all machines .
what i did was stick with my setup on win98 and setup winxp by hand . Still would not work to get it to run i had to open network comm an disable and then reable every time i start up the cpu with xp .Works fine then.
File sharing was worse , way in the back somewhere I found something to the effect that if you really really what to share files (windoz says bad idea wish these guys could make up there minds) then click here after this all is well .
the ural was where I learned about this .

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/

sorry this is so vague but just working through this myself .
good luck
jsdkr

 

XP - is the file system Fat32 or NTFS?

 

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FAT32. Both are, actually.

 

Add a user account to the XP system that exactly matches the 9x login - both username and pwd.

Give that account the priv. level you want it to have.

That should solve your problem I think. The security on all the NT systems (NT, 2K, XP) is more user oriented while 9x is share oriented.

 

If this problem has not been resolved, more info from you would be of help.
Is it XP Professional or Home?
What networking protocols (other than TCP/IP) are running on each machine?
What IP addresses are assigned and are they static or dynamic?
Can you ping each machine from the other?

 

We haven't gotten back to the problem because we're busy at home (I'm a freelancer).

Anyway, I'll try the password thing next. Thanks

But here's the answer to those questions, in hopes of more light being shed on the Mystery that Is the Evil Windows Operating System. BTW I figured XP took a lot from NT; I hated NT 4.0 when I had to work with it at a job too.

1) It's XP home. Came with the new comp. Didn't want it.

2) TCP/IP are it as far as I know. We have the stuff for a null modem line, tho.

3) Dynamic IPs. They're both on a hub hooked to a cable modem. The cable company assigns the IPs. They don't change much, though, but I refuse to pay extra every month for a stable IP.

4) Yep. They can both see the internet and see their IPs but they still can't see each others' hard drives. Admittedly, I'm not about to enable the file sharing on the 98se system because someone on our cable modem network still has Nimda I tried that the other day and NAV went berserk fending that off. Yay.

Thanks.

 

Check that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on the XP machine. I don't know about XP Home Ed, but the default for XP Pro is to have it disabled.

 

Kaerondaes - XP did more than just take a lot from NT. It runs on NT. Later version than NT4 or Win2000 but the OS is NT.

I've not used XP Home but my understanding is they took XP Pro and crippled it some. I know the intent was to remove some things a home user "wouldn't need and might be confused by" but I think they did too much.

Most folks I've spoken with and e-chatted with are happier running XP Pro. Problem is it costs a little more than XP Home.

You might as well get used to the NT-based operating systems too. I think M$ is pretty much going that way and that ME is the last non-NT one you will see for quite a while (if ever).

The NT-based systems certainly tend to be more stable and more secure than was possible with any GUI running over DOS. And the potential for the newer 64bit systems is mind boggling to me.