I have a 2 computer LAN and it's been working fine, with no problem
accessing either computer from the other and moving files around. There are
no passwords required for access.

Today I had a corruption on one computer's C: drive and had to boot up to
another Win2000 installation on the E: drive. Networking is functioning in
the sense that the internet works on both computers(via a router), but when
I try to access folders in #1 computer from #2 computer via My Network
Places, a window pops up requiring a network password, with two lines to be
filled, Connect As and Password. I'm stumped here since there is no
password that I know of. How can I troubleshoot this.

If I try the same type of access from #1 to #2, I get a message that says
"the password of this user has expired". But this particular user name has
administrator priviledges and also "password never expires" checked.

What to do? I'd appreciate some suggestions.

John

Sounds like you don't have matching username/password combos installed
on all installations. Make them match or set up new matching ones and
you should be home free.

jbclem wrote:

> I have a 2 computer LAN and it's been working fine, with no problem
> accessing either computer from the other and moving files around. There are
> no passwords required for access.
>
> Today I had a corruption on one computer's C: drive and had to boot up to
> another Win2000 installation on the E: drive. Networking is functioning in
> the sense that the internet works on both computers(via a router), but when
> I try to access folders in #1 computer from #2 computer via My Network
> Places, a window pops up requiring a network password, with two lines to be
> filled, Connect As and Password. I'm stumped here since there is no
> password that I know of. How can I troubleshoot this.
>
> If I try the same type of access from #1 to #2, I get a message that says
> "the password of this user has expired". But this particular user name has
> administrator priviledges and also "password never expires" checked.
>
> What to do? I'd appreciate some suggestions.
>
> John
>
>

Well, like I said, I didn't have or use passwords and I've been using this
network for a year or two without network passwords. What fixed the problem
was rebooting both computers...but I'd sure like to know what was happening
there for that short moment.

John



"Bob I" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:##(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sounds like you don't have matching username/password combos installed
> on all installations. Make them match or set up new matching ones and
> you should be home free.
>
> jbclem wrote:
>
> > I have a 2 computer LAN and it's been working fine, with no problem
> > accessing either computer from the other and moving files around. There
are
> > no passwords required for access.
> >
> > Today I had a corruption on one computer's C: drive and had to boot up
to
> > another Win2000 installation on the E: drive. Networking is functioning
in
> > the sense that the internet works on both computers(via a router), but
when
> > I try to access folders in #1 computer from #2 computer via My Network
> > Places, a window pops up requiring a network password, with two lines to
be
> > filled, Connect As and Password. I'm stumped here since there is no
> > password that I know of. How can I troubleshoot this.
> >
> > If I try the same type of access from #1 to #2, I get a message that
says
> > "the password of this user has expired". But this particular user name
has
> > administrator priviledges and also "password never expires" checked.
> >
> > What to do? I'd appreciate some suggestions.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
>

jbclem wrote:
> I have a 2 computer LAN and it's been working fine, with no problem
> accessing either computer from the other and moving files around. There are
> no passwords required for access.
>
> Today I had a corruption on one computer's C: drive and had to boot up to
> another Win2000 installation on the E: drive. Networking is functioning in
> the sense that the internet works on both computers(via a router), but when
> I try to access folders in #1 computer from #2 computer via My Network
> Places, a window pops up requiring a network password, with two lines to be
> filled, Connect As and Password. I'm stumped here since there is no
> password that I know of. How can I troubleshoot this.
>
> If I try the same type of access from #1 to #2, I get a message that says
> "the password of this user has expired". But this particular user name has
> administrator priviledges and also "password never expires" checked.
>
> What to do? I'd appreciate some suggestions.
>
> John
>
>


check your shares and access control lists (cacls)
also if you don't have to input passwords it either means
the guest account or everyone (ACE) is allowed to login or
you have defined extra accounts that have blank passwords as well.

also check if simple file sharing is disabled, while handy for quick
sharing eg c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents
it disables the security tab in the properties field of files, folders,
drives, ... Eg if you disable simple file sharing you'll get to see a
nice visual presentation of the ACE's like the third picture on this
howto site

http://www.wellesley.edu/Computing/F...s/win2kxp.html

** Usually you'll have to take ownership of the files first
because the partitions weren't created by the running windows install
(eg if you want to share stuff on your broken windows install, or one of
its partitions)

**PS: i don't know if this is true for win2k machines

i'll hope i didn't misinterpreted your question,



greetings

The "cheap" fix! <grin>

jbclem wrote:

> Well, like I said, I didn't have or use passwords and I've been using this
> network for a year or two without network passwords. What fixed the problem
> was rebooting both computers...but I'd sure like to know what was happening
> there for that short moment.
>
> John
>
>
>
> "Bob I" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:##(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Sounds like you don't have matching username/password combos installed
>>on all installations. Make them match or set up new matching ones and
>>you should be home free.
>>
>>jbclem wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have a 2 computer LAN and it's been working fine, with no problem
>>>accessing either computer from the other and moving files around. There
>
> are
>
>>>no passwords required for access.
>>>
>>>Today I had a corruption on one computer's C: drive and had to boot up
>
> to
>
>>>another Win2000 installation on the E: drive. Networking is functioning
>
> in
>
>>>the sense that the internet works on both computers(via a router), but
>
> when
>
>>>I try to access folders in #1 computer from #2 computer via My Network
>>>Places, a window pops up requiring a network password, with two lines to
>
> be
>
>>>filled, Connect As and Password. I'm stumped here since there is no
>>>password that I know of. How can I troubleshoot this.
>>>
>>>If I try the same type of access from #1 to #2, I get a message that
>
> says
>
>>>"the password of this user has expired". But this particular user name
>
> has
>
>>>administrator priviledges and also "password never expires" checked.
>>>
>>>What to do? I'd appreciate some suggestions.
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>