Vista-XP-W9x sharing

> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:33:37 -0500, Bob Willard <BobwBSGS@TrashThis.comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>

>>My home LAN/museum has eight operational PCs: two on W9x (both W98SE),
>>four on XP (XP PRO, XP MC, XP HE; all SP2), and two on Vista (a wired
>>desktop, and a wireless laptop). {W95 and WFW 3.11 are gone. RIP.}
>>
>>I exchange files via mapping net.drives to shares. XP=>Vista and
>>Vista=>XP work fine: read, write, expand, collapse, create, and destroy,
>>all work as expected. XP=>W9x and W9x=>XP also work fine.
>>
>>Vista=>W9x works fine, but only after I stumbled over an interesting
>>nuance. My W9x shares are password-protected, with a PW that includes
>>upper case, lower case, and numbers; e.g., Up99Down. When I tried to
>>map from either Vista PC to either W9x PC using the actual PW via
>>NET USE X: \\PCname\ShareName$ /persistent:yes Up99Down, the mapping
>>failed with SysErr 86 -- password is not correct. But, if I use the
>>same command with the password in all caps (UP99DOWN) or in no caps
>>(up99down), the command is accepted and the mapping works fine. This
>>seems to be specific to parsing the password in the Vista PC, since
>>the same NET USE command works from XP=>W9x. And, the parsing problem
>>seems specific to the password, since the PCnames and the ShareNames
>>are mixed case.
>>
>>W9x=>Vista does not work at all. Sometimes the W9x PC hangs when I
>>try to map (via Explorer/Tools/Map); sometimes the mapping seems to
>>work but the W9x hangs when I try to list the mapped net.drive (via
>>clicking the + to expand the net.drive). I think I get farther when
>>I map to the \\Public folder on the Vista PC than when I map to the
>>\\PUBLIC or \\public folder, but I haven't made many attempts since
>>each hang requires a time-consuming reboot to unhang the W9x PC.
>>
>>M$ is still supplying us with adventures, but I must be getting older;
>>I used to enjoy being in a maze of twisty little passages.

>
>
> Bob,
>
> The Vista / Win 98 hanging issue is known problem with Windows 98. You might be
> better off moving your necessary data from the Windows 98 computers onto the new
> computers too.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/05/microsoft-windows-and-authentication.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/0...ntication.html
>
> There will be plenty of twisty little passages provided by Windows XP, and by
> Windows Vista when it is replaced. Learn from the problems with Windows 98, and
> RIP Windows 98 too. Move forward.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/07/computer-for-virginia-usa.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/0...ginia-usa.html
>

> My home LAN/museum has eight operational PCs: two on W9x (both W98SE),
> four on XP (XP PRO, XP MC, XP HE; all SP2), and two on Vista (a wired
> desktop, and a wireless laptop). {W95 and WFW 3.11 are gone. RIP.}
>
> I exchange files via mapping net.drives to shares. XP=>Vista and
> Vista=>XP work fine: read, write, expand, collapse, create, and destroy,
> all work as expected. XP=>W9x and W9x=>XP also work fine.
>
> Vista=>W9x works fine, but only after I stumbled over an interesting
> nuance. My W9x shares are password-protected, with a PW that includes
> upper case, lower case, and numbers; e.g., Up99Down. When I tried to
> map from either Vista PC to either W9x PC using the actual PW via
> NET USE X: \\PCname\ShareName$ /persistent:yes Up99Down, the mapping
> failed with SysErr 86 -- password is not correct. But, if I use the
> same command with the password in all caps (UP99DOWN) or in no caps
> (up99down), the command is accepted and the mapping works fine. This
> seems to be specific to parsing the password in the Vista PC, since
> the same NET USE command works from XP=>W9x. And, the parsing problem
> seems specific to the password, since the PCnames and the ShareNames
> are mixed case.
>
> W9x=>Vista does not work at all. Sometimes the W9x PC hangs when I
> try to map (via Explorer/Tools/Map); sometimes the mapping seems to
> work but the W9x hangs when I try to list the mapped net.drive (via
> clicking the + to expand the net.drive). I think I get farther when
> I map to the \\Public folder on the Vista PC than when I map to the
> \\PUBLIC or \\public folder, but I haven't made many attempts since
> each hang requires a time-consuming reboot to unhang the W9x PC.
>
> M$ is still supplying us with adventures, but I must be getting older;
> I used to enjoy being in a maze of twisty little passages.
> --
> Cheers, Bob