Thanks but - sorry - your description and hints seem to cover the
inverse case. I am trying to access files on an XP box from a Vista
laptop (not the other way round).
I am using the MS firewall (on both systems), the two systems are both
in workgroup "WORKGROUP" and there is the same user-ID on both, but with
different passwords. I don't see, why the latter poses such a problem
(if it is the reason for the problem...). If the system asks me for
user-id and pwd OF THE OTHER system, then I enter the correct one, but I
still get a "Logon unsuccessful: be sure user name and password are
correct" in 95% of the cases. They ARE correct!!!! Ggrrrrr!
And what I especially don't get with this Vista networking: Why are
things different each time? Wouldn't one expect, that if things worked
one day and one disconnects and reconnects the next morning, that all
settings are the same? Why is it, that I have to bow towards Seattle 100
times every morning to obtain access again, even if I didn't change
ANYTHING on neither system in the meantime?
A typical idiocy every morning is also that again and again it considers
the network "public" again even though I declared it private the other
day. If this things caches all kind of settings, why can't it cache the
important ones???
Starting to get really pissed off... Dealing with shares always was
already a hassle already with XP but with Vista it's a real nightmare!
Michael
Mick Murphy wrote:
Quote:
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
>
> Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
>
> How to give Permissions are there, too.
>
> If you are running Norton, Trend Micro, McAfee, etc’s Firewall, check
> its settings to make sure it allows file and printer sharing..
>
> 1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the
> computers is the SAME.
>
> In Vista Network and Sharing:
>
> Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)
>
> Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)
>
> File Sharing: ON
>
> Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s
> Shared Docs)
>
> Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical
> usernames and passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have
> it ON, you will be asked for a username and password when you try to
> access a Vista computer from an XP computer.
>
> Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard.
>
>
> "Michael Moser" wrote:
> Quote:
>> 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