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Robert/Bob has already solved the problem.

groups.google.com to search for the post that helped him :)

"Scott" <msrobe3@home.com> wrote in message
news:Uuc98.55013$8d1.15075337@news1.rdc1.md.home.com...
> yup, me too.  I've got WinME and Win2K machines that can ping each other
but
> have similar probs using the Network Neighborhood.  I got tired of fooling
> with it and just started TCPing files back and forth.
>
> "Robert Adelman" <bobade1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:0hG48.14698$RD5.36291@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net...
> > OK, John, so what is the $IPC problem?
> >
> > I, too, am having difficulty with a W2K box and a W98 box on a lan. When
> > they were both W98 machines they communicated just fine. But now I have
> > formatted the hard drive on one and freshly installed W2K Pro. The W2K
> > machine is able to fully access the W98 machine, but when I try to
access
> > the W2K machine FROM the W98 machine through network neighborhood the
only
> > option I have is \\(W2K name)\$IPC. I can't seem to be able to
confirgure
> > the W2K machine to let the W98 access it.
> >
> > Yes, I have enabled file and print sharing. BTW, both machines are
> attached
> > to a SMC broadband router. Obviously, I am not a computer pro. Please
> help.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Bob
> >
> > >
> > > Then you'd probably get the $IPC problem, but we'd come back to that
> one.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > John who is not awake on a Saturday morning to do more work...argh
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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