I can't open XP shared folders from win 98/ME

My home wireless network has 4 PCs: 2 win XP HOME, that don't have any
problem for sharingfiles and folders, 1 with ME and 1 with 98, that can see
all the PCs in the network but can't open shared folders in XP, just
printers. I tried
disabling xp firewalls but didn't work, so I think the problem is windows....

This is all what I found at network properties in win me/98:

Configuration:
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*client: Client for MS networks: start session and restore network connections
*Client: Start sesion in MS Family
*service: Share printers and files for MS networks: LM Ad:yes, main explore:
enabled
*device: Infrared port for IBM
*device: Telephon access adapter
*device: xircom Ethernet Network
*protocol: IRDA for infrared port
*protocol: TCP/IP for telephon access adapter
*protocol: TCP/IP for xircom ethernet network

Main sesion starting: client for ms networks
printers and files sharing: allow file access, allow printing with my printers

Identification:
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PC Name: IBM (or toshiba, we have 2 troubling PCs)
Workgroup: Home (the right workgroup)

Access Control:
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Resorurces Access control


NOTES:
1- On win 98/ME: Clicking on network->see all the network->home-> all
computers in the net appear
2- No errors happen, just shared folders don't appear. Only shared printers.
3- I used in my XP home the network wizard and enabled file sharing
4- ALL PCs are listed as connected in the wireless network manager

different file systems.

win98/me is fat32. xp is ntfs.

there may be software that allows win98 to read/write to ntfs, though.



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"sandro" wrote:

> different file systems.
>
> win98/me is fat32. xp is ntfs.
>
> there may be software that allows win98 to read/write to ntfs, though.
>
Platform doesn't matter: I finally could do the operation, the problem was
the folder names: no blank spaces and up to 12 chars.... but win 98 does read
NTFS through the net.
>
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