XP desktop and Win 98 network

Ok, eventhough I don't have XP, when I do that with 2k and 98 I have to set up a user account on the 2k box with the username and password I used on the 98 machine. You can give the user whatever rights you need to depending on what level of access you want the 98 box to have on the NT box.

Are the machines able to "ping" each others IP addresses?

When you access the XP machine it should still allow you to see the shares available on the XP box, then when you attempt access of a share prompt you for a User Name, and Password.

If it goes right to the unable to browse message that usually indicates a config error. Do the ping test and let me know.

Ping is fine......4 sent 0 lost
Tracert finds each machine in 1 hop
see both machines in both network neighboorhoods

from XP i can browes away
from 98 laptop I can browse the laptop but when i try to browse the XP desktop i get- unable to browse -unkown error 31

--think about it --someone had to write the words unkown error 31 -- is it diffrent from unkown error 30 and are there more then 31 unkown errors and if so then they arent unkow...they are known...ok another Doonz tangent:angry2:

I have a 3 com gateway with built in firewall....mabey I need to set up the IP of the laptop as a trusted in the firewall....but then why does the XP box work fine???

Hmm. Error 31 means A device attached to the system is not functioning.

But since you can browse from both machines I don't understand what is not working correctly. Ill keep looking for possible answers.

Thanks tech.....where did you find the infor for the unkown error??

No problem,

Believe it or not Microsoft puts out a list of all its "Unknown Errors", I don't know why they don't just say what the problem is on the screen, I mean "Unknown Error 31" = "A device attached to the system is not functioning" The window length wouldn't be that much longer?? Oh well...

Hmmmm...you dont have your fire wall up on xp do you?

I tried it with the firewall on and off