Vista Tutorial - Workgroup Password

I have the same problem but the solution did not work for me. My Vista Business is the laptop (client) and the PC is Windows XP. I couldn't use the same named account to connect as because I use no password and I read somewhere that is disallowed. So I created a new user on the PC to connect through.

The weird thing is that I had been mapping a network drive just fine. It worked smoothly for several weeks. Then I physically moved the PC to the next room or did something else on one of the systems that I am not aware of, and now I can't get it to work again.

More gory details in:

windows logon unsuccessful during map network drive : Wireless, Internet, and Networking : Windows Vista : Microsoft Answers Forums

I try so hard to log all my admin actions to avoid problems like this, but didn't write anything down.

I couldn't find this information anywhere else. I need to map to my corporate network shares on Novell servers, and I'm using a laptop with Vista Home Premium. I kept getting that nasty "logon unsuccessful" error. I made sure I selected the login with a different user name option, and used my work credentials, but it kept putting my laptop name in front of my user name. Changing this setting did the trick. Now I can see the shares I need to. Thanks!

I have a vista ultimate sp1 laptop and xp sp3 desktop connected on teh same workgroup and router (linksys wireless router, does dhcp). i am unable to access to printer or shared folders from vista to xp desktop and viceversa. i am unable to even ping each other using computer name or ipaddress. i cant map netwrok drive either. and i dont see them in the network map on vista laptop or xp machine.

i did everything suggested in this forum including:
1. enabling sharing on vista (network and sharing center). enable everything.
2. turn on file and printer sharing on xp
2a. run through network sharing wizard on xp.
3. sharing drives on both
4. create same user on both vista laptop and xp pc
5. they are on teh same workgroup
6. they can both access internet, but i cant access printer or shared folders on xp desktop from vista laptop.
7. turn off firewalls on both laptops
8. i have ESET anti-virus and its not blocking anything.
9. network type on vista is set to private.

the only way i can get them to see each other and share folders is by giving my xp desktop a static ip. but this makes the xp machine lose connection to the internet. i am guessing it loses internet connectivity because the router is setup to do dhcp.

Please help.
Seth