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Windows 98 cannot connect to shared drives on 2003 domain

I have a Windows 98 (not SE) computer in a 2003 domain. The workgroup name on the 98 machine is ALLIANCEMFG. The 2003 domain is ALLIANCEMFG.LOCAL with a NETBIOS name of ALLIANCEMFG. The 98 machine is named mramos and is statically assigned its IP address. I've checked that all the TCP/IP settings are correct, including the IP, subnet mask, gateway, WINS and DNS server settings. Also, on the DNS server in the domain, I've created an A record for this 98 machine to point to the 98's IP address. I can open a command prompt on the 98 machine and ping both the IP address of the file server and the hostname of the fileserver, FS1. However, from the 98 machine, if I go to \\fs1, all I get is a message saying my logon credentials are wrong. I was never prompted for logon credentials, so I'm at a loss here.

Being that my IT career began in 2007, far after the heyday of Windows 98, I have no idea where to start. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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KenMcF

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KenMcF

Just want to verify. Is this computer added to the domain? You mentioned workgroup before but it has been a long time since I have worked on 98 I can not remember what the field names are when the computer is a part of the domain.

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KenMcF

You should be able to, I think I have had windows 95 computers added in the past.

Take a look at this link

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23624562/How-can-I-join-windows-98-to-my-windows-2003-domain.html

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Thanks.