98 - xp network made its own password!

I have recently set up a simple 2 machine network between a machine running win98 and one running xp pro.


Both machines can ping and see each other - ip adresses assigned manually as 192.168.0.1 and 2.

It all worked ok at first but now when you try to access the xp machine from the 98 it asks you for a password as follows!!

"IPC$ you must supply a password to make this connection

Resouce \\office1\ipc$ " followed by a box to type the password.

You can access the 98 machine from the XP no problem

I've tried creating a user on the XP machine with same username and password as the 98 one but it doesn't seem to make any difference

Any ideas most appreciated

Nick

Do you have the guest account enabled on the XP computer?