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Can connect Vista laptop to XP Desktop ONLY if not logged on as Admin
  1. #1


    Ramkumar Ramaswamy Guest

    Can connect Vista laptop to XP Desktop ONLY if not logged on as Admin

    Hi:
    I have successfully managed to connect a laptop running Vista Business
    to a desktop running XP Pro, and share files on the latter, with one
    hitch. When I log onto the XP machine with an account that has admin
    rights, the sharing gets disabled in Vista, i.e, I get a "cannot
    access" error. However if no users are logged on to the desktop OR if
    I log on with an account that is NOT an admin, then the Vista laptop
    can access all the shared folders on the desktop.
    Any solutions?
    Thanks - Ram



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  2. #2


    Mick Murphy Guest

    RE: Can connect Vista laptop to XP Desktop ONLY if not logged on as Ad

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/l.../bb727037.aspx

    Have a read.

    "Ramkumar Ramaswamy" wrote:

    > Hi:
    > I have successfully managed to connect a laptop running Vista Business
    > to a desktop running XP Pro, and share files on the latter, with one
    > hitch. When I log onto the XP machine with an account that has admin
    > rights, the sharing gets disabled in Vista, i.e, I get a "cannot
    > access" error. However if no users are logged on to the desktop OR if
    > I log on with an account that is NOT an admin, then the Vista laptop
    > can access all the shared folders on the desktop.
    > Any solutions?
    > Thanks - Ram
    >

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  3. #3


    Ramkumar Ramaswamy Guest

    Re: Can connect Vista laptop to XP Desktop ONLY if not logged on asAd

    Thanks this is a great intro article and I did go through it to get
    things set up. As of now file sharing IS working perfectly both
    ways ... EXCEPT... I need to figure out why sharing stops working
    (both ways!) if I merely log in with an Admin account on the XP
    machine, This article does not help with that.
    -Ram

    On Nov 27, 3:06 pm, Mick Murphy <MickMur...@xxxxxx>
    wrote:

    > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/l.../bb727037.aspx
    >
    > Have a read.
    >
    >
    >
    > "Ramkumar Ramaswamy" wrote:

    > > Hi:
    > > I have successfully managed to connect a laptop running Vista Business
    > > to a desktop running XP Pro, and share files on the latter, with one
    > > hitch. When I log onto the XP machine with an account that has admin
    > > rights, the sharing gets disabled in Vista, i.e, I get a "cannot
    > > access" error. However if no users are logged on to the desktop OR if
    > > I log on with an account that is NOT an admin, then the Vista laptop
    > > can access all the shared folders on the desktop.
    > > Any solutions?
    > > Thanks - Ram- Hide quoted text -
    >
    > - Show quoted text -

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  4. #4


    Mick Murphy Guest

    Re: Can connect Vista laptop to XP Desktop ONLY if not logged on a

    Hi Ram. Apparently if you have password protected turned on in Vista Network
    and Sharing, you have to have the exact same user accounts set up on both
    machines.

    I may have read it wrong; don't quote me!!!!!

    "Ramkumar Ramaswamy" wrote:

    > Thanks this is a great intro article and I did go through it to get
    > things set up. As of now file sharing IS working perfectly both
    > ways ... EXCEPT... I need to figure out why sharing stops working
    > (both ways!) if I merely log in with an Admin account on the XP
    > machine, This article does not help with that.
    > -Ram
    >
    > On Nov 27, 3:06 pm, Mick Murphy <MickMur...@xxxxxx>
    > wrote:

    > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/l.../bb727037.aspx
    > >
    > > Have a read.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > "Ramkumar Ramaswamy" wrote:

    > > > Hi:
    > > > I have successfully managed to connect a laptop running Vista Business
    > > > to a desktop running XP Pro, and share files on the latter, with one
    > > > hitch. When I log onto the XP machine with an account that has admin
    > > > rights, the sharing gets disabled in Vista, i.e, I get a "cannot
    > > > access" error. However if no users are logged on to the desktop OR if
    > > > I log on with an account that is NOT an admin, then the Vista laptop
    > > > can access all the shared folders on the desktop.
    > > > Any solutions?
    > > > Thanks - Ram- Hide quoted text -
    > >
    > > - Show quoted text -
    >
    >

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  5. #5


    Ramkumar Ramaswamy Guest

    Re: Can connect Vista laptop to XP Desktop ONLY if not logged on a

    Already done! That's why everything works both ways perfectly to start
    with. I seem to be turning OFF something when I log into the XP
    desktop as admin, which makes everything stop working. The moment I
    log off as admin things work again both ways. In fact I checked the
    security logs too and it shows a successful logon from Vista when I am
    logged in as admin on the XP, but Vista shows an error saying "not
    accessible". So it is not a problem with logon credentials.

    On Nov 28, 2:34 am, Mick Murphy <MickMur...@xxxxxx>
    wrote:

    > Hi Ram. Apparently if you have password protected turned on in Vista Network
    > and Sharing, you have to have the exact same user accounts set up on both
    > machines.
    >
    > I may have read it wrong; don't quote me!!!!!
    >

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  6. #6


    Ramkumar Ramaswamy Guest

    Re: Can connect Vista laptop to XP Desktop ONLY if not logged on a

    Solved this problem. There was a startup process that was blocking
    ports. I used msconfig to do a "selective startup", shutting down all
    non-MS services, and everything worked fine. Repeated restarts by
    adding more services to the selective startup list allowed me to
    figure out which one was causing the problem. It was a piece of third-
    party software.
    -Ram

    On Nov 28, 7:11 am, Ramkumar Ramaswamy <ramkumar.ramasw...@xxxxxx>
    wrote:

    > Already done! That's why everything works both ways perfectly to start
    > with. I seem to be turning OFF something when I log into the XP
    > desktop as admin, which makes everything stop working. The moment I
    > log off as admin things work again both ways. In fact I checked the
    > security logs too and it shows a successful logon from Vista when I am
    > logged in as admin on the XP, but Vista shows an error saying "not
    > accessible". So it is not a problem with logon credentials.
    >
    > On Nov 28, 2:34 am, Mick Murphy <MickMur...@xxxxxx>
    > wrote:
    >
    >
    >

    > > Hi Ram. Apparently if you have password protected turned on in Vista Network
    > > and Sharing, you have to have the exact same user accounts set up on both
    > > machines.
    >

    > > I may have read it wrong; don't quote me!!!!!- Hide quoted text -
    >
    > - Show quoted text -

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