----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael A. Wosnick" <[log in to unmask]>


> I have the strangest problem and have no idea where it came form and how
to
> fix it.
>
> I have a 2-computer "network" at home - my desktop (running Win2k) and my
> laptop (running 98SE). They are connected via an Ether link hub (not a
> router). TCP/IP and NetBEUI are enabled on both as is file and print
sharing
> etc.
>
> Up till today, all worked just fine regarding file and printer sharing.
The
> today, my laptop decided that it needed a network password to be able to
> access any resources on my desktop PC.
>
> >From the PC (Win2K), if I go into Network Places, click Computers Near Me
> etc, I see the icon for the laptop, and I can clock it and I can see the
> file shares that I have set up there. So that direction works perfectly.
>
> In reverse however, i.e. from the laptop (Win98SE), if I go into Network
> Neighborhood, I can see the icon for my PC (so it is recognized), but as
> soon as I click that icon I get a dialogue box that pops up that has in
its
> title bar "Enter Network Password" and a message that reads
>
> "You must supply a password to make this connection".
>
> Resource: \\PC-name\IPC$
>
> Password: (blank, waiting for me to fill in a password.
>
> No matter what I fill in here, it says it is incorrect. To the best of my
> knowledge, I have never set up a password to access the PC form the
laptop.
> The password used for specific file shares does not work. The logon
password
> does not work. No password works, and I cannot find any way on the PC to
> disable the password that up until to day I never was prompted for anyway,
> and to the best of my knowledge never set up in the first place.
>
> I tried to rename the *.pwl file on the laptop so it could be regenerated
> from scratch, but that did not solve the problem.
>
> Something has changed, yet as far as I know, nothing was tampered with,
> altered, updated, re-installed etc.
>
> Anyone have a clue as to what has happened, and of course more
importantly,
> how do I get from my laptop to my PC?
>
> Michael
>


This message means that your username under what you are log in to Win98 are
unknown to Win2k. In this case Win2k can use Guest account if it is not
disabled.

It seems to me that you use Guest account but somehow this disabled.

What you must do
1. Scan both computers or viruses. Changes are possibly made by Nimda
virus/worm.
2. Check Windows Critical Updates for both computers.
3. Create account on Win2k with same name and password as it is on laptop.
     Alternately you can enable Guest password, but using it for work is not
recommended
     as anyone can access under that account.

Toomas

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