IPC$ error

I'm trying to reinstall Win98SE from scratch on a new disk, and the
networking works OK apart from looking for shares on a network. I get
the IPC$ password required.

The username and password are the same as the account on the machine
I'm looking at, and besides that, there are some general public type
shares on the network with no password needed, but this re-install
refuses to see them.

I now have two bootable Win98SE systems. One works, and the other
doesn't. I can't see any difference between the way they are set up.

Can anyone give me some clues as to what can be wrong.

Thanks

Try deleting all the .pwl files in the \WINDOWS directory
of the Win98 machine that won't open. This will clear your
password cache.

It seems that since you have share-level security, the
newly formatted pc doesn't have the IPC$ password cached,
whilst the older installation has it cached and can access
it.

Does the machine you are trying to access have Remote
Adminstration set up? Goto Control Panel > Passwords and
look for the Remote Adminstration tab.

Travis Swift wrote:
> Try deleting all the .pwl files in the \WINDOWS directory
> of the Win98 machine that won't open. This will clear your
> password cache.
>
> It seems that since you have share-level security, the
> newly formatted pc doesn't have the IPC$ password cached,
> whilst the older installation has it cached and can access
> it.
>
> Does the machine you are trying to access have Remote
> Adminstration set up? Goto Control Panel > Passwords and
> look for the Remote Adminstration tab.

I understand all that and it makes sense. But I have deleted the .PWL
files and it made no difference. I tried copying the .PWL file from the
system that works to the one that doesn't with the same result, it still
asks for IPC$ password.

None of the machines on our network have remote administration set up.

Mike wrote:

>
> I'm trying to reinstall Win98SE from scratch on a new disk, and the
> networking works OK apart from looking for shares on a network. I get
> the IPC$ password required.
>
> The username and password are the same as the account on the machine
> I'm looking at, and besides that, there are some general public type
> shares on the network with no password needed, but this re-install
> refuses to see them.
>
> I now have two bootable Win98SE systems. One works, and the other
> doesn't. I can't see any difference between the way they are set up.
>
> Can anyone give me some clues as to what can be wrong.
>
> Thanks
>

OK, I have traced this fault to the Win98 registry.

I needed to add the following item

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\VxD\VNETSUP]
"EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001

This encrypts the passwords before sending over the network. At least
that's what I think. Normally a non-zero value means TRUE, so (to me)
this reads as enable plain text passwords. But I know the network is
using encrypted passwords.

Anyway, the upshot is, there was no registry key there at all, so I've
added this & I can now see and access the shares.

Hope this helps someone in the future.

Mike

glad you got it :>

"Mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Mike wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm trying to reinstall Win98SE from scratch on a new disk, and the
>> networking works OK apart from looking for shares on a network. I get the
>> IPC$ password required.
>>
>> The username and password are the same as the account on the machine
>> I'm looking at, and besides that, there are some general public type
>> shares on the network with no password needed, but this re-install
>> refuses to see them.
>>
>> I now have two bootable Win98SE systems. One works, and the other
>> doesn't. I can't see any difference between the way they are set up.
>>
>> Can anyone give me some clues as to what can be wrong.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
> OK, I have traced this fault to the Win98 registry.
>
> I needed to add the following item
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\VxD\VNETSUP]
> "EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001
>
> This encrypts the passwords before sending over the network. At least
> that's what I think. Normally a non-zero value means TRUE, so (to me) this
> reads as enable plain text passwords. But I know the network is using
> encrypted passwords.
>
> Anyway, the upshot is, there was no registry key there at all, so I've
> added this & I can now see and access the shares.
>
> Hope this helps someone in the future.
>
> Mike
>