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Fix
that darn IPC$ error
Windows 98 to Windows
2000 / XP security
When trying to
access a network drive or printers share on a Windows 2000/XP computer
from a Windows 95/98/ME computer, you may receive an
IPC$ dialog box
like the one above. If you do, then
you need to configure security on your Windows 2000/XP computer.
When Windows 95/98/ME tries browsing the
Windows 2000/XP computer, it first must log in. The username Windows tries
is the name that you logged into Microsoft networking with. When your
Windows 98/95/ME computer booted up, you saw a screen like this:
You must create that name in
Windows 2000/XP security to allow that user access to the Windows 2000/XP
shares.
Creating a Windows
2000 
From the control panel, double
click the admin tools icon. Next, click the Computer management
icon. This will bring up a screen like the one below. From
here, open the Local Users and Groups tree and add a new user by right
clicking on the 'Users folder' and select 'Add new user'.
Create a user name that MATCHES
the user name used to lon into your Windows 98/98/ME computer. I
would sugges assigning a password to this ID. I have sometimes had
trouble in the past using blank passwords. You should also UNCHECK
the 'User must change password' line and CHECK 'password never
expires'.
This ID will default into the
USERS group. This should be enough security to access files and
print shares.
Now, the next time you see that
IPC$ / Enter network password
thing, you can use the password speficied in
the user profile you just created!
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