Windows NT Client Unable to Connect to Windows 95 Server

• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

You may not be able to connect to a shared folder on a Windows 95 computer from a Microsoft Windows NT workstation.

CAUSE

The password encryption method used by Windows NT is different from the method used by Windows 95.

RESOLUTION

You may be able to work around this problem by using one of the following methods:

• Use all uppercase or all lowercase characters in the Windows 95 shared folder password.



• Remove password protection from the shared folder.



• Use user-level access control instead of share-level access control.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: winnt wks

Keywords          : kbnetwork win95 win98 winnt 
Version           : WINDOWS:95
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: January 20, 1999