Thanks for that link Orac I will try all those things, not sure how to go about reentering the password on the XP machiene though. Logging on to the accounts on the XP machine itself is no problem . lis just accessing the same accounts on the XP machine from the 98 PC that is the problem. All computers have the same accounts with the passwords for each account on each PC matching, I also have the guest account enabled on the XP PC. I have noticed that the settings on the XP PC is to use the authenticate as computer option should I change it to the authenticate as guest? I have not changed any settings at all in that area.