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Win 98 & Win 2000 network
Name: Vasilis Date: August 14, 2001 at 09:08:40 Pacific
Comment:
Hi,
I'm having a strange problem with win 2000. Where i work we have a network of 25 Win 98 computers (one of them was mine). I say was because i installed two days ago Win 2000 pro on my pc (clean install) and since then i can see everyone else in the network and enter any shared folder, drive but is not happening the same with all the other users. They can see me in the network, but when they try to access my shared folder, printer they receive a message stating tt access is denied. I have installed TCP/IP with the settings i had before, same workgroup for all but still nothing. Can someone help?
Name: shovel204 Date: August 14, 2001 at 10:13:15 Pacific
Reply:
You have to set up accounts for them on your PC.The security in W2K is a lot better than W98.
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Response Number 2
Name: Korgen Date: August 14, 2001 at 15:04:56 Pacific
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If you don't care much about security you could activate Win2k's Guest account, so anyone in LAN can access your PC. I don't know the correct expressions, because I use German Win2k. Try sth. like Computer-Management --> Local Users and Groups --> Users --> click on Guest --> deactivate "Deactivate Account" Hope I could help you
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Response Number 3
Name: Vasilis Date: August 15, 2001 at 09:14:26 Pacific
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I will try both your suggestions tomorrow at work. i hope tt this will work because i dont want to format the hd and install Win 98 again....
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Response Number 4
Name: Date: August 15, 2001 at 11:13:30 Pacific
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http://www.helmig.com
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Response Number 5
Name: Vasilis Date: August 15, 2001 at 11:53:05 Pacific
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Finally i could not wait until tomorrow so i went today and tested the "guest" account. No i can access a shared folder fm another pc but i still cant use the printer. When i go to any other pc and try to share my pc's printer (i have it shared) it copies the printer files it needs but at the end i receive a message saying: "this program has caused......will be shut down". And then i cant use the printer at all. Pls heeelp !!
Meanwhile i 'll test tt site address i sawin the previous reply..
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Response Number 6
Name: ole Date: August 15, 2001 at 21:20:44 Pacific
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Add that printer as a network printer on your win98 pc.
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Response Number 7
Name: Vasilis Date: August 16, 2001 at 00:40:45 Pacific
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I did and i receive the error message i described earlier. I also tried fm a different win98 pc just in case the one i tried at first place was unstable but same result...
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