You need to create a user on the NT4 computer for the Win98 PC. NT4 is a true secure network operating system and as such no user can log on without a password and a set of defined privileges. Logging on to Win98 may appear the same as logging on to NT4 but 98 offers little if any security. It does however allow you to have different profiles and hardware configurations for different users. Open NT4 User Manager and create a user with the same name and password you logged on to the Win98 PC with. Make sure this is the USER and NOT the name of the Win98 computer. If you log on to the Win98 PC without a password then you will need to create a user and a password. Once you create the Win98 user in NT4 it will no longer ask you for a password when you attempt to log in from the Win98 PC unless you specify that it does in user manager. Mark Rode Senior Editor \ The NoSpin Group >I have a colleague who has a peer to peer network, (2 PCs), He has >installed NT 4.0 WS onto one hard disk drive and has '98 on the other in >one machine. When he is working in NT, although he can acess his other >machine via the network which is running '98 from the NT machine, when he >tries to access the NT machine from the '98 machine, the '98 machine gets >a password box pop up on its monitor. I believe both machines are running >in fat16. Does anyone know what the cause of the password box is and how >to eliminate it? > >Regards Roger. The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering special "Free-After-Rebate" Software specials in conjunction with Beyond.com. We have new offers all the time!!! http://nospin.com/promotions