I am not sue what give you the problem, but you may try to create the same
username with the password on both computer. Or disable UAC.
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"Michael Moser" <michael-nospam.moser@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> With my Vista laptop practically every day getting access to several
> file shares that are on a Windows XP box causes me a major
> headache. Every other day or so it takes me at least 15 minutes to
> finally get access to a share that I need for my daily work.
>
> Initially the system often reports, that it couldn't find the other
> system (which is a clear lie, since one can perfectly ping the other
> side, even by system name, not just by IP address) or it reports
> right away that access was denied (without even asking for a pwd).
>
> I then usually delete all cached credentials (using "net use * /d").
> This at least triggers, that the login dialog pops up again when trying
> to open a share on the other system, but even though the user id
> and the pwd are clearly correct, the response is normally "logon
> unsuccessful - check ... ". Usually after dozens of attempts at some
> point things then suddenly work again, sometimes I have to wait
> for like half an hour and then try again, but I haven't yet been
> able to figure out, why and when. And esp. not been able to
> reliably reproduce this and getting it working in a controlled way
> and right away.
>
> This endless begging and wondering every morning is driving me
> nuts!
>
> Michael
>
>