Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post - Windows 98 -> 2000 password prompt

cowudders14 · 01-18-2004, 11:02 AM

I run win 2000 and my wife runs win 98. Our computers are connected via a router (Ethernet). I can easily access her hard drives, and have them mapped as network drives. Ditto for her printer. However, when I try to set it up the other way, mapping my w2k drives into her w98 computer, it asks me for a password. No user ID, just a password. I've heard this is a common problem when trying to get win 98 to talk to anything more modern, but does anyone know if there is a way round it, or what said "password" actually is? I've tried the password that my user account has, I've tried everything I can think of, but nothing seems to work.

Any ideas?

01-18-2004, 11:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
cowudders14 Bringer of good Moos... Location: Midlands, UK	Windows 98 -> 2000 password prompt I run win 2000 and my wife runs win 98. Our computers are connected via a router (Ethernet). I can easily access her hard drives, and have them mapped as network drives. Ditto for her printer. However, when I try to set it up the other way, mapping my w2k drives into her w98 computer, it asks me for a password. No user ID, just a password. I've heard this is a common problem when trying to get win 98 to talk to anything more modern, but does anyone know if there is a way round it, or what said "password" actually is? I've tried the password that my user account has, I've tried everything I can think of, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas? __________________ Moo! I'm mooey! Last edited by cowudders14; 01-18-2004 at 11:15 AM..