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Unable to access Win7Windows 7 shared folder with Windows 98

I'm unable to access a Windows 7 (WinWindows 7 Pro 64 bit-bit) shared folder from an old Windows 98 box: I tried with:

  • Turning on file and printer sharing
  • Turning on public folder sharing
  • Turning off password protected sharing
  • Sharing the folder with read permissions to Everyone
  • Lowering the encryption to 40-56 bits.

The shared folder works fine using it from Windows XP, and even from Linux with CIFS / Samba, but when I try to use it from Win98 with:

NET USE X: \\SERVER\SHARE

an user / password dialog pops up. I entered the administrator's user / password from my WinWindows 7 box, but it doesn't work (incorrect password). The same Win98 machine works fine accessing a WinXPWindows XP shared folder, so it looks like a Win7Windows 7 networking issue.

Any ideas?

TIA

Unable to access Win7 shared folder with Windows 98

I'm unable to access a Windows 7 (Win 7 Pro 64 bit) shared folder from an old Windows 98 box: I tried with:

  • Turning on file and printer sharing
  • Turning on public folder sharing
  • Turning off password protected sharing
  • Sharing the folder with read permissions to Everyone
  • Lowering the encryption to 40-56 bits.

The shared folder works fine using it from Windows XP, and even from Linux with CIFS / Samba, but when I try to use it from Win98 with:

NET USE X: \\SERVER\SHARE

an user / password dialog pops up. I entered the administrator's user / password from my Win 7 box, but it doesn't work (incorrect password). The same Win98 machine works fine accessing a WinXP shared folder, so it looks like a Win7 networking issue.

Any ideas?

TIA

Unable to access Windows 7 shared folder with Windows 98

I'm unable to access a Windows 7 (Windows 7 Pro 64-bit) shared folder from an old Windows 98 box: I tried with:

  • Turning on file and printer sharing
  • Turning on public folder sharing
  • Turning off password protected sharing
  • Sharing the folder with read permissions to Everyone
  • Lowering the encryption to 40-56 bits.

The shared folder works fine using it from Windows XP, and even from Linux with CIFS / Samba, but when I try to use it from Win98 with:

NET USE X: \\SERVER\SHARE

an user / password dialog pops up. I entered the administrator's user / password from my Windows 7 box, but it doesn't work (incorrect password). The same Win98 machine works fine accessing a Windows XP shared folder, so it looks like a Windows 7 networking issue.

Any ideas?

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Unable to access Win7 shared folder with Windows 98

I'm unable to access a Windows 7 (Win 7 Pro 64 bit) shared folder from an old Windows 98 box: I tried with:

  • Turning on file and printer sharing
  • Turning on public folder sharing
  • Turning off password protected sharing
  • Sharing the folder with read permissions to Everyone
  • Lowering the encryption to 40-56 bits.

The shared folder works fine using it from Windows XP, and even from Linux with CIFS / Samba, but when I try to use it from Win98 with:

NET USE X: \\SERVER\SHARE

an user / password dialog pops up. I entered the administrator's user / password from my Win 7 box, but it doesn't work (incorrect password). The same Win98 machine works fine accessing a WinXP shared folder, so it looks like a Win7 networking issue.

Any ideas?

TIA