asked on

Cannot connect to W2K server from Win98 on network

I have just loaded up Y2K server on a small, one domain, one workgroup network with W2K server on one side and 98 on the other.

When I go into windows explorer and try to connect to the W2K server I get the window that I have to log in with a password. The path to the servers is "resource: \\computer1\IPC$". When I type in the password that I gave it, it says "The Password is incorrect. Try again."

When I am on the server going to Win98 there is no problem. It looks like a trust relationship problem. I have looked at the password authentication area with in the profiles and reset the password. I have made sure the computer is shared to everyone, through windows explorer. I know there are some groups that I am missing and am currently doing research on. I hope this is a common problem.

Housenet

tinyheine the problem is... you are not passing to the server a username that 2000 recognizes as a user with permissions to access the resource.
Do this..
-Make sure client for microsoft networks is installed on the windows 98.
-Login to the windows 98 computer as Administrator..
-Connect to IPC$... When this rcp connection sends credentials, it will send user=administrator ...enter the password.

tinyheine

ASKER

That is great! When you say to connect to IPC$ That is Start\run\ Type in "\\servername\IPC$". Or is there more?

tinyheine

ASKER

That is great! When you say to connect to IPC$ That is Start\run\ Type in "\\servername\IPC$". Or is there more?

tinyheine

ASKER

That is great! When you say to connect to IPC$ That is Start\run\ Type in "\\servername\IPC$". Or is there more?

Housenet

-Actually, why not simply connect to a shared folder ?
-Like Start->Run-> \\servername\c$

tinyheine

ASKER

Same thing happens. When I am on the Win98 box and go into explorer and click on the computer, or goto start->run->\\servername\IPC$. I get the box that shows up with a password prompt. When I enter in the password it says that it is the wrong password. Try again. It seems that I need to set up a user on the server to for W2K to recognize me. I have not setup any users, permissions, nothing. I just installed the OS and tried to connect. Any suggestions?

Housenet

-Did you try with the user administrator as I suggested ? cuz that user already exists..
-You could use active directory users & computer & create a user...

tinyheine

ASKER

I created a new user with the same name as who I log in as and now it connects. I see nothing on the server when I connect from win98, however that is another issue and i can figure that out. Anyway that was the answer thanks for the solution.

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

Housenet

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

tinyheine

ASKER

I fixed it! There were some networking issues that I had to understand. Now that I know how to do it the whole thing is back and running.

Thanks