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Old 09-20-2008   #7 (permalink)
Ahmed Kamal


 
 

RE: Login fails to W2K system from Vista

I've the very same problem, any solutions?

"Rob Spence" wrote:
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> I have this problem also.
> I have 2 W2K machines that I use to store shared files. While they have different hardware makeup, they are configured the same. They have been running for years without problems.
> Recently I have had to replace the 2 desktop XP systems that we use to access these files with Vista nachines.
> All machines are static IP and are in the same Workgroup. All have the same set of usernames/passwords.
> One machine, mine, can access both W2K machines just fine.
> The other one, which we built from scratch the other day and updated to SP1 can access one of the W2K machines just fine (no login required) but when trying to access the other one gets a logon prompt. No combinations of usernames and passwords (even though correct) will work.
>
> Our local net is behind a commercial grade firewall so we do not have the Windows firewall turned on.
>
> The only difference of note between the desktop machines that I can think of is that they runn different AV and Spyware detectors. Mine uses Spyware Doctor and the one that can't access one of the W2K machines runs Zone Alarm.
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> Any ideas?
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