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Phillips Wireless Router/Modem
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aardvaak
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Can anyone please help me?
I have a Phillips Wireless Router/Modem with 3 desktop computers hard wired and a laptop connected by wireless - all connect to the internet OK.
If I am on my computer running XP Pro and look under My Network Places I can see all of the desktops but can not see the laptop so can not access laptops files through the network.
If I go to one of the other computers running Win98SE it can find the laptop but then asks for a password.
The laptop is not passworded.
All of the computers are set to "Workgroup".
Can anyone please tell me how to rectify this problem?
I have a Phillips Wireless Router/Modem with 3 desktop computers hard wired and a laptop connected by wireless - all connect to the internet OK.
If I am on my computer running XP Pro and look under My Network Places I can see all of the desktops but can not see the laptop so can not access laptops files through the network.
If I go to one of the other computers running Win98SE it can find the laptop but then asks for a password.
The laptop is not passworded.
All of the computers are set to "Workgroup".
Can anyone please tell me how to rectify this problem?
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What happens if you just press "Enter" at the password prompt?
I know a Win98 machine which always asks for a password on Boot, but only if a Network card is installed.
If NO password has been set up then pushing Enter or Cancel allows Boot to continue.
I have never found a way around this problem, and I've tried disabling all sorts of options and Clients.Move along, nothing to see.0 -
What happens if you just press "Enter" at the password prompt?
I know a Win98 machine which always asks for a password on Boot, but only if a Network card is installed.
If NO password has been set up then pushing Enter or Cancel allows Boot to continue.
I have never found a way around this problem, and I've tried disabling all sorts of options and Clients.
Nothing happens as it wants a password and as I said there are no passwords set on the laptop or desktops even.0
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