I have 2 XP Pro machines on a peer to peer with a win98SE machine

4 Sep 2006 4:08 AM

lost in space

My two XP machines see each other well and I am able to share files between
them. I had an older Win98SE machine that I was using prior to this, lots of
family photos videos etc on it. I created the same workgroup on the 98
machine as on the XP's I ran netsetup.exe on the 98 machine and I shared the
appropriate folder.

I can see the name for the 98 computer in both XP "My Network Places" but
when I double click on it I get a "Network path not found or permissions not
granted" error.

The 98 machine shows up in "Network Neighborhood" in the proper "workgoup"
and when I click it all the shared folders appear and I am able to browse
them, but neither of the two XP machines are visible.

I do not know what to do.

4 Sep 2006 4:43 AM

Chuck

On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 21:08:02 -0700, lost in space <lost in
sp***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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>My two XP machines see each other well and I am able to share files between
>them. I had an older Win98SE machine that I was using prior to this, lots of
>family photos videos etc on it. I created the same workgroup on the 98
>machine as on the XP's I ran netsetup.exe on the 98 machine and I shared the
>appropriate folder.
>
>I can see the name for the 98 computer in both XP "My Network Places" but
>when I double click on it I get a "Network path not found or permissions not
>granted" error.
>
>The 98 machine shows up in "Network Neighborhood" in the proper "workgoup"
>and when I click it all the shared folders appear and I am able to browse
>them, but neither of the two XP machines are visible.
>
>I do not know what to do.

Disable the Browse Master on the Win98 computer.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-9x-9598me-and-browser.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-9x-9598me-and-browser.html

If that doesn't help, identify the name of the workgroup, and substitute for
"@wgname" below. Look at "browstat status" and "browstat listwfw @wgname", from
each Windows XP computer. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow
instructions precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

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Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
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