You must supply a password to make this connection

Hi,

We have a small network with a Windows 2003 Server and a
few windows 98 clients. When I try to connect to a shared
resource on another windows 98 client from my PC (which is
also running win98) from the Network neighbourhood, I get
a promopt stating "YOU MUST SUPPLY A PASSWORD TO MAKE THIS
CONNECTION Resource \\COMPUTER_NAME\IPC$". Please help me
in finding a solution. Both the PCs belong to the same
domain.

Thanks,
Rina.

By default Windows 98 machines pass the currently logged in
username/password as credentials for file shares. So use the same
username/password or create unique usernames on Windows 2003 machine for
each Windows 98 machine.

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"Rina" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:099e01c37d9b$64768e40$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> We have a small network with a Windows 2003 Server and a
> few windows 98 clients. When I try to connect to a shared
> resource on another windows 98 client from my PC (which is
> also running win98) from the Network neighbourhood, I get
> a promopt stating "YOU MUST SUPPLY A PASSWORD TO MAKE THIS
> CONNECTION Resource \\COMPUTER_NAME\IPC$". Please help me
> in finding a solution. Both the PCs belong to the same
> domain.
>
> Thanks,
> Rina.

"Rakesh Chanana [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<#(E-Mail Removed)>...
> By default Windows 98 machines pass the currently logged in
> username/password as credentials for file shares. So use the same
> username/password or create unique usernames on Windows 2003 machine for
> each Windows 98 machine.
>
> --
> Thanks.

An easier alternative is:
Enable the guest
account in the MMC.
Start / Settings / Control Panel / Administration Tools / Computer
Management
Click "users and groups" / "users"
double click "guest account" and uncheck the box that says disable.

BTW, a search of Google for "YOU MUST SUPPLY A PASSWORD TO MAKE THIS
CONNECTION" yielded heaps of near identical solutions.
Roy Low