"if you intend to access data on a Windows 2000/XP system, then you MUST make sure that the username (and password) used during the Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP start-up is identical to the username (and password) defined in User Management of the Windows2000/XP system, to which you like to connect. Like sitting down at the keyboard, where you need to enter your username, also a connection via network requires identification."
Yes & No... :o)
You are talking about the problem how to access data on
a shared network drive. A network drive can either be
blocked for remote access, or enabled for certain users
or just everybody (except System Folders). The access for
certain users is usually a limitation set by the NTFS file system, not by the network
shared drives settings.
The problem of the original poster is a pure network
configuration problem. It may be caused by the points
you`ve already mentioned (cables,protocolls, etc), but
the fact that both machines don`t see each other is
often (most of the time...) caused by simple mistakes,
such as different names for the workgroup...
Hun,
MCP
I don't have any problems 'seeing' computers in other workgroups, though, since I don't always use NN. I usually type \\ip_address in a command window or the windows explorer address bar, or use software like netscan. I can mount my MACs and Linux Machines that way, as well, without authenticating, if I acccess them from a common user/password account.
The original post asked about ME (9X) and XP compatibility. They are compatible, with the caveat that a common user/password has to exist on each machine. otherwise they won't 'talk' (which I thought meant share files) to each other.
You must know the Johannes Helmig web pages, right? He has good windows networking tutorials. I can remember the 9X user/password problem when XP first came out. 9X had been a lot simpler.
BTW, Hun, I hope you're not a '60 Munich or Frankfurt fan. Kaiserslautern fan, here. The fur will really fly, then.
How about Schumi? Or are you BMW / Mercedes?
longjack