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Old 07-06-2006   #1 (permalink)
SachinB


 
 

Logon failure : unknown username or bad password.

I have installed Vista Beta2 and and shared c drive on another XP machine. Am
trying to access this \\XYZmachin\c. When i connect to it, i get prompt for
username and password, i enter network admin password. But I get error
message.

Logon failure : unknown username or bad password.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 08-23-2006   #2 (permalink)
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RE: Logon failure : unknown username or bad password.



"SachinB" wrote:

> I have installed Vista Beta2 and and shared c drive on another XP machine. Am
> trying to access this \\XYZmachin\c. When i connect to it, i get prompt for
> username and password, i enter network admin password. But I get error
> message.
>
> Logon failure : unknown username or bad password.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 08-23-2006   #3 (permalink)
=?Utf-8?B?UGllcnJl?=


 
 

RE: Logon failure : unknown username or bad password.

Hi SanchinB,

I have the same problem. Vista sees the network drive from my other
computer running XP but when I want to access it, it does the same.

I had my plea for help to yours!

"SachinB" wrote:

> I have installed Vista Beta2 and and shared c drive on another XP machine. Am
> trying to access this \\XYZmachin\c. When i connect to it, i get prompt for
> username and password, i enter network admin password. But I get error
> message.
>
> Logon failure : unknown username or bad password.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
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