Volkard, I think your friends problem may relate to the same situation that applies to a Win 2000 that I setup to share with a Win98 computer. The XP machine must have an account setup that has the same user name and password that the Win 98 machine has. The password in Win98 would be the microsoft sharing password. Also, you will need a common protocol. Netbui is the only one that comes to mind that I used on a Win98 to Win2000 machine. TCP/IP would not match up like it did from the Win98 machine to a previous Win95 machine. Both were running Novell but IPX/SPX would not match up either. Netbui was the only common denominator I could get to work. Also, when logging in to XP, you have to use the account that I mentioned previously above. If you login under any other profile in XP, it probably won't show the Win98 machine in network neighborhood. Components I used were: Client for Microsoft Networks TCP/IP (for Internet) Netbui (for the common protocol for both Win2000 and Win98) IPX/SPX that was the protocol for Novell (I doubt you will have to have that if you are not on a Novell Network.) HTH, Derek Buchanan quoted below: A friend of mine is having a problems actually getting into his XP machine from a 98 box. He is running 10/100 network cards, has run Home network setup wizard on the XP box and created a floppy to run on the 98, and has run it there... (although he's not seeing an ICS icon in the systray). He can see and enter the 98 box from XP and has Internet access from the 98 machine. He can see the XP box from 98, but keeps getting a password error when trying to access it. He has created an account in XP with the machine name for 98 with no luck. He can do everything but get files from the XP machine to the 98 box. His XP setup does require him to enter a password to get on, and I believe this is part of the problem, but the standard practice of adding that user to XP doesn't seem to work as it does in NT/2000. Any ideas??? Thanx. Volkard Linke ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with our NOSPIN Power Linux CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml