Windows 98

[markikona]

Hi,

 

Not sure if this is the right place for this, apologies if so.

 

We have recently upgraded to a SBS2008 set up from a SBS2003 environment. everything has gone well apart from we have some ageing windows 98 clients (that cannot be upgraded or replaced - long story) and I need to be able to map a network drive.

 

In the 2003 environment we had to allow anonymous access to this share and (risky i know) enable the guest account, but it worked.

 

I've done the same here but when I try and map the drive using a script I get

 

Error 55: The specified resource is not available. The computer that shared the resource might have been turned off, or the permissions might have been changed. For more information, contact your network administrator.

 

I can ping the server and it resolves to the correct IP address

 

I have windows XP clients that work ok with the anonymous access I just can't for the life of me get the Windows 98 ones to connect. I would have thought that I need to enable something for the 98 clients to see the server but all i can see from google results is how to join it to the domain which i do not want to do, i just need to mape 1 share.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

TIA

 

Mark

[ICTCity]

Hi,

 

Not sure if this is the right place for this, apologies if so.

 

We have recently upgraded to a SBS2008 set up from a SBS2003 environment. everything has gone well apart from we have some ageing windows 98 clients (that cannot be upgraded or replaced - long story) and I need to be able to map a network drive.

 

In the 2003 environment we had to allow anonymous access to this share and (risky i know) enable the guest account, but it worked.

 

I've done the same here but when I try and map the drive using a script I get

 

Error 55: The specified resource is not available. The computer that shared the resource might have been turned off, or the permissions might have been changed. For more information, contact your network administrator.

 

I can ping the server and it resolves to the correct IP address

 

I have windows XP clients that work ok with the anonymous access I just can't for the life of me get the Windows 98 ones to connect. I would have thought that I need to enable something for the 98 clients to see the server but all i can see from google results is how to join it to the domain which i do not want to do, i just need to mape 1 share.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

TIA

 

Mark

 

 

Hi there,

 

You may have 3 solutions:

 

First try to install DSCLIENT: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288358 and then try again.

 

If this doesn't work, well you have to downgrade your domain. When you install the DC it will ask you if you want to use the compatibility with older systems, you have to do that!

 

The third solution is just an idea... maybe you can try to setup a DC running 2k3 server and set the win98 client's DNS address to this server instead of the new one.

 

Anyway, I don't know if this helps, but take a look here:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/windows-98-cannot-join-a-windows-server-2008-domain-dsforum2wiki.aspx

 

 

 

Let me know if this help.

[markikona]

Hi there,

 

You may have 3 solutions:

 

First try to install DSCLIENT: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288358 and then try again.

 

If this doesn't work, well you have to downgrade your domain. When you install the DC it will ask you if you want to use the compatibility with older systems, you have to do that!

 

The third solution is just an idea... maybe you can try to setup a DC running 2k3 server and set the win98 client's DNS address to this server instead of the new one.

 

Anyway, I don't know if this helps, but take a look here:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/windows-98-cannot-join-a-windows-server-2008-domain-dsforum2wiki.aspx

 

 

 

Let me know if this help.

 

 

Hi,

 

thanks for the suggestions

 

DSCLIENT didnt work

 

Domain is running in 2003 functional level according to AD

 

I've read that article several times today, I can;t pull anything relevant from it, I don't the machine to join the domain, I just want the shares to be visible/discoverable.

 

thanks

 

Mark

[ICTCity]

Hi,

 

thanks for the suggestions

 

DSCLIENT didnt work

 

Domain is running in 2003 functional level according to AD

 

I've read that article several times today, I can;t pull anything relevant from it, I don't the machine to join the domain, I just want the shares to be visible/discoverable.

 

thanks

 

Mark

 

the only thing I can still remember is that win98 has trouble with ntlm auth: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239869

 

But if you alredy tried this article I have no more ideas on what the problem could be. I just suspect the problem could be on lockout policy, because if I remember right, once your win98 client fail the authentication, it's automatically "blocked".

 

Sorry... I have no other suggestions for you...

[ericf]

I know this is a little bit of an old post but if you still have not found an answer you may have luck with this, I have, but not in the same setup you have.

start -> run -> IP address of the server and / or share name.

when you map it, it should show you an IP address instead of name.

I could be total wrong about this, its been awhile since i have used 98