Vista - ME/Vista network problem

I have a small home network that has worked fine with 2 ME machines for
quite a while. I replaced one of my machines with a Vista machine. The
Vista machine works fine seeing and logging on to the ME machine but the ME
to Vista has problems. The ME machines sees the Vista machine but when I
click on the Vista machine I get this message:

Enter Network Password

You must supply a password to makes this connection

Resource \\Comp2\IPC$

Password

Comp2 is the Vista machine.

I can't figure out what the password should be nor how to set up one.

I have password protected off on the Vista machine.

Any help would very much be appreciated.

Try creating a user on Vista with the same username as that in use on Win
Me.
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Bill De Loach <billdd@pldi.net> wrote:

> I have a small home network that has worked fine with 2 ME machines
> for quite a while. I replaced one of my machines with a Vista
> machine. The Vista machine works fine seeing and logging on to the
> ME machine but the ME to Vista has problems. The ME machines sees
> the Vista machine but when I click on the Vista machine I get this
> message:
> Enter Network Password
>
> You must supply a password to makes this connection
>
> Resource \\Comp2\IPC$
>
> Password
>
> Comp2 is the Vista machine.
>
> I can't figure out what the password should be nor how to set up one.
>
> I have password protected off on the Vista machine.
>
> Any help would very much be appreciated.

In this case, create the same username with a password on both computers. This case study may help,

Cases: Vista networking
http://chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=356

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Bill De Loach" <billdd@pldi.net> wrote in message news:94AADB86-D321-44B5-804C-70E862BDF8B1@microsoft.com...
I have a small home network that has worked fine with 2 ME machines for
quite a while. I replaced one of my machines with a Vista machine. The
Vista machine works fine seeing and logging on to the ME machine but the ME
to Vista has problems. The ME machines sees the Vista machine but when I
click on the Vista machine I get this message:

Enter Network Password

You must supply a password to makes this connection

Resource \\Comp2\IPC$

Password

Comp2 is the Vista machine.

I can't figure out what the password should be nor how to set up one.

I have password protected off on the Vista machine.

Any help would very much be appreciated.

Thanks for the fast reply.

I have created the same user on both machines with a password but that has not helped.
"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" <noreply@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%230ScFYrUHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
In this case, create the same username with a password on both computers. This case study may help,

Cases: Vista networking
http://chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=356

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Bill De Loach" <billdd@pldi.net> wrote in message news:94AADB86-D321-44B5-804C-70E862BDF8B1@microsoft.com...
I have a small home network that has worked fine with 2 ME machines for
quite a while. I replaced one of my machines with a Vista machine. The
Vista machine works fine seeing and logging on to the ME machine but the ME
to Vista has problems. The ME machines sees the Vista machine but when I
click on the Vista machine I get this message:

Enter Network Password

You must supply a password to makes this connection

Resource \\Comp2\IPC$

Password

Comp2 is the Vista machine.

I can't figure out what the password should be nor how to set up one.

I have password protected off on the Vista machine.

Any help would very much be appreciated.

I have created the same user on both machines with a password but that has
not helped.

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:OeOl%23RrUHHA.1552@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Try creating a user on Vista with the same username as that in use on Win
> Me.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> Bill De Loach <billdd@pldi.net> wrote:
>
>> I have a small home network that has worked fine with 2 ME machines
>> for quite a while. I replaced one of my machines with a Vista
>> machine. The Vista machine works fine seeing and logging on to the
>> ME machine but the ME to Vista has problems. The ME machines sees
>> the Vista machine but when I click on the Vista machine I get this
>> message:
>> Enter Network Password
>>
>> You must supply a password to makes this connection
>>
>> Resource \\Comp2\IPC$
>>
>> Password
>>
>> Comp2 is the Vista machine.
>>
>> I can't figure out what the password should be nor how to set up one.
>>
>> I have password protected off on the Vista machine.
>>
>> Any help would very much be appreciated.
>

Are you logged on to Win Me as that user?
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com


Bill De Loach <billdd@pldi.net> wrote:

> I have created the same user on both machines with a password but
> that has not helped.

Yes. I don't know what is wrong.

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:%23mSNWasUHHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Are you logged on to Win Me as that user?
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> Bill De Loach <billdd@pldi.net> wrote:
>
>> I have created the same user on both machines with a password but
>> that has not helped.
>

I don't think ME can read NTFS.



"Bill De Loach" <billdd@pldi.net> wrote in message
news:94AADB86-D321-44B5-804C-70E862BDF8B1@microsoft.com...
>I have a small home network that has worked fine with 2 ME machines for
>quite a while. I replaced one of my machines with a Vista machine. The
>Vista machine works fine seeing and logging on to the ME machine but the ME
>to Vista has problems. The ME machines sees the Vista machine but when I
>click on the Vista machine I get this message:
>
> Enter Network Password
>
> You must supply a password to makes this connection
>
> Resource \\Comp2\IPC$
>
> Password
>
> Comp2 is the Vista machine.
>
> I can't figure out what the password should be nor how to set up one.
>
> I have password protected off on the Vista machine.
>
> Any help would very much be appreciated.

TedF <noreply@xxxxmsn.com> wrote:

> I don't think ME can read NTFS.

That's correct but when sharing files it is the host machine that handles
the file system not the client. For example think how many web sites that
you visit are running on Linux but this doesn't stop you viewing them from
a PC that knows nothing of the Linux file system.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com

On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 23:01:10 -0800, TedF wrote:

> I don't think ME can read NTFS.

Doesn't need to. I have two computers with NTFS, and the Windows ME computer
has no problem with file sharing. It appears to be some kind of Windows
Vista security issue involving passwords. I had trouble with password
protected shares on the Windows ME computer in that something about the
Windows MCE 2005 computers couldn't automatically mount the network drives.
Despite being based on Windows XP, Windows MCE apparently lacks the ability
to save passwords. The quick and dirty solution was to remove password
protection on the Windows ME shares; not a problem on a wired LAN with only
two users.

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