win 2k and 98 network problem

[Keefe]

That is a very common issue and it is very easy to fix.  You will always need a username and password to connect to the shared directories on a windows 2000 computer.  The windows computer will assume that the name of the computer is the username.  What you need to do it go into the user management in the control panel of the windows 2000 computer and add a user with the username as the win 98 computer name and any password.  Then try to connect to the win 2k machine and use the password that you set.  You will have to do this for all other windows 98/95 machines on your network.