2k can't access XP drives

[videobruce]

The XP box accesses the 2k drives ok, but the 2k box can only see the XP box. Drives aren't accessible.

Drives are set up to share. Ran into this before, but forgot what the issue is. Simple file sharing is setup on the XP box.

Same passwords, same workgroup, different usernames.

 

[freakdiablo]

do you have them formatted as ntfs? i think 2k can only read fat16/32

 

[videobruce]

2k is NTFS.............

 

[Antillian]

If you're sharing across a network with XP and 2K you really should turn off simple file sharing.

 

[Como]

yes, 2k definately runs ntfs- it even says 'built on NT technology!' right on the startup screen- and NT technology was where NTfs came from.

Anyways- turn off simple file sharing, its quite possibly the most complex piece of crap i've ever used. thousands of little itty bitty things influence it differently- Gonna have to do it the old fassioned way if you want boxes that arent the same exact os version to see your shares.

 

[aftermath]

The file system should not mater because the remote computer asks the OS on the host computer for the file to be retrieved and then sent to it.

if you type \\*XP_machine_name*\c$ (you could put your share where C$ is)

or \\XP_ip\C$ does it allow u to log on to the xp box from 2k?

can other xp pcs log on to those shares? its possible that its blocked by a firewall.

edit do those command from the run box or in a explorer bar on a window it wont matter.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

do you have them formatted as ntfs? i think 2k can only read fat16/32

Windows 2000 supports NTFS. It's because you have Windows 9x or it's because of the fact that the NTFS revision is different, even if by minor than the Windows 2000 NTFS.

Windows 2000 NTFS is 3.0 Windows XP NTFS is 3.1, AFAIK.

 

[Goateh]

I vaugely remember there being something different about the way 2k authenticates between XP with sharing credentials. Is the guest account enabled on the XP machine? Or are you attempting to access the admin shares? Try creating a user on the XP machine with the same username and password as the user logged into the 2k machine...


my 2c.

 

[Prot]

Instead of trying to set it up manually, run the wizard on the xp machine and when it gets towards the end it will tell you to insert a floppy to write the information to and to run the floppy on the Win2K machine. Also try temporarily disabling the firewalls on both machines.