# Peer to Peer networking between Win2k and WinXP **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 24, 2002, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peer-to-peer-networking-between-win2k-and-winxp/144706 "2002-12-24T12:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peer-to-peer-networking-between-win2k-and-winxp/144706/1 "2002-12-24T12:41:52Z")
Hi, I set up my new computer at home (Win2k) and wanted to connect it to my sisters (WinXP) over our LAN, whenever I try to access her computer I get a prompt asking me for the Username and Password for her machine but when I enter the needed info it still refuses to give me access and says its the wrong password/username. On the other hand when she tries to access my computer over network she can login with an admin account just fine. I already tried to setup another account for me on the WinXP machine with an own login and password but to no avail. How can I bring WinXP to let me access her network shares? ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peer-to-peer-networking-between-win2k-and-winxp/144706/2 "2002-12-24T12:58:25Z")
Bubba, I’ve come across this problem before, and the fix for me was to turn off Windows XP’s _STUPID_ “simple file sharing” feature. You’ll find this conveniently (not) placed in the Windows Explorer Tools/Folder Options/View - right down the bottom… “Use Simple File Sharing (recommended)”. Uncheck it and reboot both machines and see where you go. Don’t forget to create a share on your XP machine - otherwise it will get stymied prompting you for access to C$ or similar. Hope this helps, Max. 🙂 PS Merry christmas 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_of\_Graymatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Baron\_of\_Graymatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_of_Graymatter)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peer-to-peer-networking-between-win2k-and-winxp/144706/3 "2002-12-24T12:58:27Z")
XP Pro or XP Home? If it’s Home, I couldn’t network XP/WIn2K until I installed NetBEUI on the XP machine. It’s not an option under “My Network”, but it IS on the XP disk. (Or you can use the Win2K version) ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peer-to-peer-networking-between-win2k-and-winxp/144706/4 "2002-12-24T13:10:38Z")
Hmmm… I have a similiar question. I have 4 computers on my network - two XP Home machines, one Win98 machine, and one WinME machine. I want to be able to connect to the hard drive of any of 'em with full read/write access. When I set up the shares on all the C: drives of all the machines, I give full read/write access to everyone. However, when I connect to the XP machines, I can’t go into any folders except the root, unless I specifically set up a share point on each folder. I looked for the option that **Maxxxie** suggested, but I don’t see that under tools/folder options/view. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peer-to-peer-networking-between-win2k-and-winxp/144706/5 "2002-12-24T15:44:40Z")
For XP: Start: H: Networking & the Web I plugged XP Home into a Me machine it went just fine. Xp asks to make a setup disk, which I let it do. To get themto both see each other completely, it was necessary to set sharing from the roof folder of XP & make sure you name the computers with their own names. ---
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peer-to-peer-networking-between-win2k-and-winxp/144706/6 "2002-12-24T17:50:12Z")
Maxxxie, thanks for the hint, the option is really hidden in the most useless place imaginable, works peachy now. Merry Christmas 🙂