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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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Windows 98 gives IPC$ errors when tring to access Windows 2000 shares

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need help ! by Tommy Chooi - 9/5/2001 1:03:00 PM

Re: need help ! by jenstar - 11/23/2001 11:02:00 AM

Re: need help ! by 203.162.0.11 - 3/11/2005 12:49:00 AM

Re: need help ! by dharmendra singh - 9/4/2005 1:11:00 AM

IPC$ error between 2 Win98 PCs by Alastair Morton - 9/8/2001 7:14:00 AM

Re: IPC$ error between 2 Win98 PCs by Chris - 2/8/2002 1:02:00 AM

Re: IPC$ error between 2 Win98 PCs by Mike - 7/16/2002 6:57:00 PM

Re: IPC$ error between 2 Win98 PCs by Terry Stisser - 6/4/2004 9:13:00 AM

Re: IPC$ error between 2 Win98 PCs by hlopez - 7/20/2004 8:10:00 PM

Thanks by Sean - 9/17/2001 3:09:00 AM

2000 to 98 by Greg Ruskauff - 9/27/2001 12:40:00 PM

Re: 2000 to 98 by Boris - 11/28/2002 2:42:00 AM

Re: 2000 to 98 by Sue - 12/23/2004 9:44:00 AM

Thanks much! by Sitenatto - 9/30/2001 12:22:00 AM

Me too! by Tom - 10/26/2001 12:22:00 PM

so simple by phil - 10/29/2001 1:58:00 PM

thank you! by paul - 11/1/2001 10:04:00 PM

Great! by David Driscoll - 11/2/2001 1:24:00 PM

THANK YOU! by Robert Knapp - 11/10/2001 10:23:00 PM

great!!!! by Joey Paranada - 11/14/2001 6:37:00 AM

AWESOME by JML - 11/20/2001 1:42:00 PM

Enter Network Password (screen not appear) by Felix Suriah - 11/20/2001 9:52:00 PM

Re: Enter Network Password (screen not appear) by Henk - 3/1/2002 5:55:00 AM

Enter Network Password (screen not appear) by Felix Suriah - 11/20/2001 9:53:00 PM

Re: Enter Network Password (screen not appear) by Samir Hadade - 2/1/2003 3:35:00 AM

A god by Dan and Paul - 11/21/2001 9:12:00 AM

Win ME - 2000 IPC$ Error by Kevin Fishel - 11/25/2001 9:04:00 PM

Re: Win ME - 2000 IPC$ Error by behrooz - 3/17/2003 3:20:00 AM

RE: Works but I get "No Domain Server"??? by hb93 - 11/26/2001 1:07:00 AM

Re: RE: Works but I get by Abe - 2/18/2002 4:04:00 PM

Re: RE: Works but I get by Joe - 3/5/2002 1:02:00 PM

OH YEAH! by Osiris - 2/7/2002 2:04:00 PM

Windows 98 gives IPC$ error by Harry Lezer - 2/9/2002 10:15:00 PM

How to browse XP machines without the IPC� prompt by XbeRt - 2/11/2002 8:07:00 PM

YOU ARE A GOD SEND!!!! by Brandon - 5/15/2003 7:52:00 PM

Re: How to browse XP machines without the IPC� prompt by Stephen - 10/17/2004 10:25:00 AM

Re: How to browse XP machines without the IPC� prompt by Tom�s Silva - 11/2/2004 5:51:00 AM

Re: How to browse XP machines without the IPC� prompt by Shane T. Teng - 3/14/2005 8:18:00 AM

Sorted my xp/me conflict, u star! by chris tanner - 12/18/2005 7:28:00 PM

write & delete deafult by XbeRt - 2/11/2002 8:21:00 PM

Thanks by Halx - 2/13/2002 1:13:00 PM

password doesn't work by skywalker - 2/23/2002 12:37:00 PM

Re: password doesn't work by Louis aka GaMeR - 2/23/2002 3:51:00 PM

Re: password doesn't work by Jake - 4/25/2003 6:50:00 PM

Re: password doesn't work by brook - 6/25/2002 11:50:00 PM

Re: password doesn't work by Dave - 8/17/2003 10:09:00 PM

Re: password doesn't work by robert - 1/29/2004 3:31:00 PM

ipc$ problem stays by Frans Gunnink - 2/26/2002 1:14:00 PM

Access from Windows 98 tom2000 by Sten - 2/27/2002 4:09:00 PM

Thats fine by Amaury - 3/7/2002 11:04:00 AM

HELP!! by Jess - 3/7/2002 1:13:00 PM

Re: HELP!! by brook - 6/25/2002 11:51:00 PM

Networking win98 & Win 2000 PC's by jared - 3/10/2002 6:12:00 PM

Re: Networking win98 & Win 2000 PC's by zh - 2/7/2005 4:24:00 AM

Thank You !!! by Bill - 3/13/2002 1:55:00 AM

thanks !!!! by paul - 3/22/2002 4:57:00 AM

How to enable access without adding new user? by ghostz - 3/22/2002 10:24:00 AM

Re: How to enable access without adding new user? by sachin - 6/25/2004 11:17:00 PM

Printer Sharing by Alberto - 4/17/2002 1:38:00 PM

Re: Printer Sharing by brook - 6/25/2002 11:53:00 PM

You are a God by Roy Zider - 4/24/2002 9:29:00 PM

Re: You are a God by Marlene Breslau - 9/8/2004 9:42:00 PM

Not Enough by Henry - 5/10/2002 11:18:00 AM

Finally solved! by Sean - 5/12/2002 4:18:00 AM

win98 to xp by commander - 5/16/2002 9:25:00 PM

Re: win98 to xp by Mark - 9/4/2002 3:34:00 PM

My Solution by Rob - 5/17/2002 10:02:00 AM

Great site, thanks guys by Paul - 6/4/2002 4:49:00 PM

Re: Great site, thanks guys by Mike - 6/8/2002 11:18:00 PM

Re: Great site, thanks guys by Kevin - 7/22/2002 4:36:00 PM

Resources w Win98 by Patric - 6/30/2002 11:42:00 AM

printers by Rhonda - 7/3/2002 12:24:00 PM

Re: printers by Ryan - 7/9/2002 9:30:00 PM

Still not able to access Win2K from 95 by Gonzalo - 7/8/2002 4:53:00 PM

Re: Still not able to access Win2K from 95 by Ryan - 7/9/2002 9:34:00 PM

Re: Still not able to access Win2K from 95 by Gonzalo - 7/11/2002 8:08:00 PM

Re: Still not able to access Win2K from 95 by Molot - 10/16/2004 3:49:00 PM

Guest account (no password) on win2k by Troy - 7/17/2002 6:27:00 PM

Woohoo by Ryan - 1/4/2004 12:28:00 PM

Lifesaver by Trevor Hall - 7/30/2002 4:46:00 AM

THX by Icy - 8/3/2002 9:26:00 PM

Thanx a lot by Joe - 8/6/2002 1:20:00 AM

IPC$ error between Win98 and W2k by Karen - 8/17/2002 2:57:00 PM

Re: IPC$ error between Win98 and W2k by Karen - 8/17/2002 3:10:00 PM

Re: IPC$ error between Win98 and W2k by aprill keighley - 9/23/2002 7:50:00 PM

Re: IPC$ error between Win98 and W2k by Amit Singh - 10/7/2005 12:52:00 AM

Windows 98 gives IPC$ errors when tring by Joe Martinez - 8/22/2002 7:28:00 PM

networking and pwl by AJ - 9/3/2002 2:14:00 PM

RE: IPC$ problems - 98 to 98 by Mark - 9/4/2002 1:20:00 AM

Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you by aprill keighley - 9/23/2002 7:43:00 PM

98SE to XP PRO SP1 Password incorrect. Try again by Chad - 10/2/2002 10:39:00 PM

Re: 98SE to XP PRO SP1 Password incorrect. Try again by Eugene - 10/2/2002 11:42:00 PM

Re: 98SE to XP PRO SP1 Password incorrect. Try again by Chad - 10/3/2002 10:54:00 AM

XP Home to 98se by James - 10/4/2002 8:55:00 PM

Re: XP Home to 98se by Chad - 10/10/2002 9:38:00 AM

Re: XP Home to 98se by Chad - 10/10/2002 9:59:00 AM

Can't get Win 98 to work with XP by Tobias - 10/17/2002 6:36:00 PM

Password doesn't work by Pat - 10/20/2002 5:04:00 PM

Re: Password doesn't work by steve - 1/9/2003 11:28:00 PM

Win2k and Winxp help plz.. by SiZaint - 10/21/2002 12:33:00 AM

Re: Win2k and Winxp help plz.. by Dan - 4/16/2004 12:05:00 PM

More details for IPC$ problems for those who may need it... by Michel - 10/22/2002 12:26:00 AM

Re: More details for IPC$ problems for those who may need it... by PookieMaster - 11/21/2002 5:56:00 AM

Re: More details for IPC$ problems for those who may need it... by Gary U - 12/13/2002 2:20:00 AM

Re: More details for IPC$ problems for those who may need it... by JimC - 1/2/2003 5:27:00 PM

Re: More details for IPC$ problems for those who may need it... by steve - 1/9/2003 11:46:00 PM

Re: More details for IPC$ problems for those who may need it... by Rob Pelletier - 12/31/2002 8:49:00 AM

Re: More details for IPC$ problems for those who may need it... by Kailef - 1/4/2003 2:27:00 AM

Re: More details for IPC$ problems for those who may need it... by mugwump - 3/16/2003 8:18:00 AM

Win2K to Win2K by RixRox - 4/10/2004 4:38:00 PM

Re: More details for IPC$ problems for those who may need it... by Micheal Freemole - 7/14/2006 6:13:00 PM

Re: More details for IPC$ problems for those who may need it... by Rici Fer - 2/11/2007 1:03:00 PM

Posted by Rici Fer

2/11/2007 1:03:00 PM.

Re: More details for IPC$ problems for those who may need it...

Thanks for this! It solved my problem!!!

Posted by Micheal Freemole
I just entered the user name I had set up in 98 for login (made sure I had an identical setup in xp)ctrlpanel/administrator's tools/security settings/local policy/users rights a$$ignments/access this computer from network(double click)then click "add user or group"then put in the win 98's user name that you log onto 98 with. All this is done on the win xp pro computer.

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Thanks ! by Jens - 10/22/2002 8:16:00 AM

Networking fix by AZUser - 10/22/2002 12:23:00 PM

thx much! by Ellen - 10/22/2002 5:19:00 PM

I've solved this problem with the IPC$ between 98 and XP by Bruno Miranda - 10/24/2002 1:18:00 PM

Re: I've solved this problem with the IPC$ between 98 and XP by Stan - 11/13/2002 2:49:00 PM

Re: I've solved this problem with the IPC$ between 98 and XP by Alex Kuzmin - 12/3/2002 4:42:00 PM

Re: I've solved this problem with the IPC$ between 98 and XP by George - 12/17/2002 2:01:00 PM

Re: I've solved this problem with the IPC$ between 98 and XP by Marika - 12/9/2003 5:36:00 PM

Re: I've solved this problem with the IPC$ between 98 and XP by rahul - 5/1/2004 1:58:00 AM

IPC$ password issue. by Stan - 11/13/2002 2:42:00 PM

Re: IPC$ password issue. by wvajenm - 11/19/2002 4:57:00 PM