9x cant access W2KPro

From: Phil (macgyver1@core.com.ignorethislastdot)
Date: 08/31/02 

From: "Phil" <macgyver1@core.com.ignorethislastdot>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 14:47:52 -0700

I have posted before on this one, and
still I am unable to resolve the problem.
We recently Upgraded our old peer-to-peer
thinnet cable bus network to a cat5 10/100
fast ethernet network with switch (star).
We have also replaced two machines with
new faster machines with Windows 2000
Professional installed. I have had no
problems getting the two new machines to
share files and resouces. But I am unable
to log into any of the resources on the W2KPro
machines from any of our older machines running
Win95 & Win98, which are the only other two
computers on the network. The W2KPro machines
can read from the 9x machines fine, even use
the printers on those machines. When I try to
access the W2KPro machines from the 9x machines
it asks for a password, which when I enter an
incorrect password it queries for the password
again, when I enter the correct password though,
all it does is lets me look into an empty folder
, drive whatever. I have file & print sharing
set up on all computers, tcp/ip is configured
correctly, users & passwords have been set up
and assigned to groups, username and password has
been set up on 9x boxes as well, but still nothing.

I have been watching the group now for some time,
and have seen many people with similar problems, I
have tried all of the solutions mentioned and none
have solved our problem.

Some of the fixed I've tried are:
-double checking ip addresses (manually set)
-double checked all share/rights/permissions
 logged on as administrator
-have allowed everyone full access/administrator
 rights just to see if I could access anything
 (I am not stupid I taken away those permissions)
-tried mapping drives
-looked for adclient to install on older machines
 on W2KPro CD, not there or on HDD
 (my guess that this is probably what I need to
  solve problem? Would be my luck.)
-tried using netbios & netbeui, no good.
-not using DHCP, so the only place I have
 ip's in DNS is the single machine that use dial-up
 out of (no jokes, it's small company) for the proxy
 server (yes, it's on the 95 machine)
-obviously, no Domain Controllers exist on the
 network we are using
-have uninstalled & reinstalled protocols & services
 and started from scratch
-several other things that I can not remember off
 the top of my head right now.

and I am ABLE TO Ping the W2KPro machines from the
Win98 & Win95 machines successfully!

So now that I have rambled on too much,

CAN ANYBODY HELP ME????

I appreciate any and all suggestions, really!

Thanks,
Phil
e-mail: macgyver1@core.com

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