Re: 9x cant access W2KPro

From: Mike Holder (mike_lh@charter.net)
Date: 09/01/02


From: "Mike Holder" <mike_lh@charter.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 17:33:53 -0500


Are you logging on to the 95/98 machines with the same user name and
password as the account on the Win2K machines?

"Phil" <macgyver1@core.com.ignorethislastdot> wrote in message
news:ba0001c25138$0e525390$b1e62ecf@tkmsftngxa04...
> 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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