Thanks Peter.
I have no password on the desktop.
My account on Win XP is the "Owner" account....I'll try the backup with
Lisa and Owner without the password.
Maybe I'll have to create a password on the desktop..I'm off to try.
....Lisa
peter wrote:
Quote:
> the username/password that you use on the Desktop
> peter
> "Lisa Hetherington" <gerry.lisa@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:fddoov$9hr$1@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> When I try to backup my laptop to a shared external hard drive plugged
>> into the desktop computer, Vista asks me for a username and password.
>>
>> ***************
>> Enter a user name and password to access \\HOMEPC\external hard
>> drive\Lisa laptop backups\.
>> *****************
>>
>> What username and password do I need to enter?
>>
>> ...Lisa
>