  | The connection from a Windows 95/98 system to a Windows2000 server is confgured almost identical to the Connection of a Windows95/98 system to a NT4 Domain Server when using the Windows95/98 Network clients provided with Windows95/98 without the Windows9x Direcory Service Upgrade: |  |
 | In a first step, configure the Windows95/98 system for Workgroup networking: 1) use same protocol as on the Win2000 server 2) if you use TCP/IP, make sure that you can PING the Windows2000 server from your Windows95/98 system. 3) define as name of the Workgroup the Domain NetBIOS name, as defined during the configuration of the Active Directory (in my example: JHHOME ) |
 | make sure, that you can see your Windows2000 server in the "Network Neighborhood" |
  | Once your username has been defined in the Windows 2000 Server User Management and you have made the Logon to your Windows95/98 system at startup with that username, you are able to access a shared resource on the server. You are accessing the server in "Workgroup Networking mode" If you get such an IPC$ error message, then your username was not yet defined or you did not use the proper username and Password at the startup of your system. |
 | To take advantage of executing a logon script, your Windows95/98 system has to make a "Logon to the Domain Server": In the Network configuration, select the "Client for Microsoft Networks", and display the properties to: - put a checkmark on "Log on to a Windows NT domain" - enter as Windows NT domain the Domain NetBIOS name, as defined during the configuration of the Active Directory and used above already as your workgroup name. |
You will need to restart your system and will then get the Domain Logon prompt:
During logon, a logon-script will be execute in case it was defined for this username.