I have 3 pc's running Win98, XP, Vista. Networked via a BT home hub.
Only problem is, neither Win98 nor Vista can access files or printer on XP. Win98 accesses Vista and vice-versa, XP accesses them both, but produces "Access Denied" or "You may not have permissions" to all attempts to access itself.
Both XP and Vista are on auto-update. Win98 is the basic version untouched since 1998 and has never connected to the internet, but I don't need it to.
I'm logged in as administrator on both XP and Vista. Never did work out access rights on Win98. The home hub sees all three machines.
I've tried disabling all the firewalls and antivirus (after disconnecting from the telephone line) -no difference.
I've trawled through every thread I can find but they all have some significant difference from mine in the symptoms described. Nonetheless I've tried several of the "cures" without success.
The killer is that this has been a problem for some considerable time but I'm usually intent on achieving something when problems arise so I've got altogether too smart at "workarounds". But carrying a USB stick between machines doesn't seem right in 2011.
I'll be very pleased if someone can point me at a solution
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