Connecting to Another Computer

[Jeff]

I have an XP computer that I'm trying to connect to. I click start > run
"computer's IP address\c$". Then I get prompted for a User name + Password.
I try logging in with an account that is setup on the machine and the
Administrator's account, but either work. I try using the ip
address\administrator and just administrator as the user name. The firewall
is turned off and in the Local security policy > Users Right assignment >
Access this computer for the network > everyone and administrators is
listed.



Why can't I connect to the computer's hard drive?

 

[Neil]

have you right clicked 'my computer', selected 'remote' and ticked 'allow
others to remotely connect to this computer' on the PC you are trying to
access?

Neil

 

[Fritz]

Passwordless accounts can't connect over the net. Try assigning a password
to the account you're using to connect remotely. If you have already done
that then try inputing the username in this format: computername\username
You can also try "net use \\computername\c$ /username:computername\username
password" from the command line.

 

[Fritz]

He's talking about SMB (files share access), not Remote Desktop.

 

[Jeff]

The accounts I'm using have passwords. When I try loging on with
computername\logon-name it doesn't help either.

Is this some kind of rights or policy issue? I'm stumped.

 

[Fritz]

Interesting. What error message are you getting?

 

[Jeff]

This is happening on all our XP machines. With our Windows 2000 machines,
this works fine.

I don't get an error when I click on start > run \\computername\c$, it just
keeps asking for a user name and password. When I'm at the cmd prompt and
type net use w: \\computername\c$ /user:computername\ID password, I get
"system error 1326 has occureed - Logon failure: unknow users name or bad
password". I know the user name & password are correct. I have even tried
to connect to different XP computer from a fourth computer and I get the
same results.

 

[Jeff]

Fritz, someone figured it out for me. I needed to disable "simple file
sharing" in Explorer > tools > folder options > view tabs (bottom of list).

Thanks for all your help.