Password Issue when sharing files between VISTA & XP machines

2 Mar 2009 5:57 PM

KenStupka

My home network consists of 2 computers, a VISTA machine that is wired to my
router and an XP machine that uses a wireless adaptor. I am trying to share
files between both computers. I have them both assigned to the same
workgroup.

There is no problem accessing the folders that are on the VISTA machine from
the XP machine.

When I try to access the files on the XP machine from the VISTA machine, I
am asked for a password & user name. (I didn't think this was necessary
since I am using XP Home edition).

When I enter the user name and password that I use for logon to the XP
machine, I get an error that the Password or User name are not recognized.

I suspect that the problem is with Windows or the way I am entering the user
name because I know that I am entering the password correctly (spelling and
case)

I have tried enter the user name a variety of ways:

1. I have tried just entering the user name since the dialog box already
acknowledges the Computer name.

2. CHRIS\KenS (where CHRIS is the computer name and KenS is the user)

Any help would be appreciated

2 Mar 2009 6:08 PM

Malke

KenStupka wrote:

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> My home network consists of 2 computers, a VISTA machine that is wired to
> my
> router and an XP machine that uses a wireless adaptor. I am trying to
> share
> files between both computers. I have them both assigned to the same
> workgroup.
>
> There is no problem accessing the folders that are on the VISTA machine
> from the XP machine.
>
> When I try to access the files on the XP machine from the VISTA machine, I
> am asked for a password & user name. (I didn't think this was necessary
> since I am using XP Home edition).
>
> When I enter the user name and password that I use for logon to the XP
> machine, I get an error that the Password or User name are not recognized.
>
> I suspect that the problem is with Windows or the way I am entering the
> user name because I know that I am entering the password correctly
> (spelling and case)

Create the same user account and password on both computers. See below:

Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need
to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly
to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you
can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista:

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home
directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those
directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder.
See this link for details about Vista sharing:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Malke

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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

3 Mar 2009 8:47 PM

KenStupka

The group on each machine is named exactly the same. I created user accounts
with identical names and passwords and I still have the same log-on issue.

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"Malke" wrote:

> KenStupka wrote:
>
> > My home network consists of 2 computers, a VISTA machine that is wired to
> > my
> > router and an XP machine that uses a wireless adaptor. I am trying to
> > share
> > files between both computers. I have them both assigned to the same
> > workgroup.
> >
> > There is no problem accessing the folders that are on the VISTA machine
> > from the XP machine.
> >
> > When I try to access the files on the XP machine from the VISTA machine, I
> > am asked for a password & user name. (I didn't think this was necessary
> > since I am using XP Home edition).
> >
> > When I enter the user name and password that I use for logon to the XP
> > machine, I get an error that the Password or User name are not recognized.
> >
> > I suspect that the problem is with Windows or the way I am entering the
> > user name because I know that I am entering the password correctly
> > (spelling and case)
>
> Create the same user account and password on both computers. See below:
>
> Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need
> to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
> assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
> need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
> PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly
> to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you
> can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista:
>
> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
>
> Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home
> directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those
> directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder.
> See this link for details about Vista sharing:
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>