Network Drive Re-connect problem.

[Robert Hoyt]

I have a customer that now has an XP Home box. It has been
added to an existing network consisting of:

1 - Win 2000 Professional - Acting as file server
\\pos-server\D
3 - Win 98se - Point of Sale terminals.
1 - Win 98se - Back Office Workstation.

I have added the XP unit and have it functioning on the
network with one small problem.

There are 2 users allowed on the XP unit. The owner and
myself. If I login, using my login password the network
drives re-connect automatically. If I use the owners login
the network drives fail to re-connect and I have to browse
to the server and re-enter the share user name and
password. [This been setup as GUEST with a password of 1]

I have disconnected the network drive and re-mapped
{several times} making sure that the re-connect on login
box is checked. I have even tried the "connect using a
different user and password" choice all to no avail.

One thing that I have noticed is that my login id and
password are the same on both units [XP and 2000]. The
owners are not.

In addition, I have noticed when I browse using the owners
login and go to the POS-SERVER there are no shared drives
listed. I have to use the explorer and OPEN the POS-SERVER
and supply the user name and password to see the shared D
drive and shared Data directories. I have tried changing
the XP login name on my profile to the owner and changing
to his password and the "problem" followed. {If this comes
down to a resolution of having the user id and password
identical on the XP unit and the 2000 unit WHY}

I have my customer limping along using the explorer browse
and login "FIX" for now, but would like to resolve this issue.

Thank you for your valuable time in advance.

Robert (Bob) Hoyt

If I have not made myself clear please feel free to call me
at 317-407-6897 and I'll try to do better.

 

[moot]

so you have a "bob" user account on XP and on the box
ewith the shares, while the troublesome user account is
accessing the XP box as guest yeah?

I would definitely diable the guest account and use named
accounts. create another account on XP for the user and
mimic this on the filesharing box [just as I believe your
account is] and I bet this will work.

2 points ...

the guest account is notoriously insecure so shouldn't be
used and windows typically installs with the guesty
account disabled by default. not only that but as it is
insecure, M$ have restricted it in several other ways too
[aka internet sharing - see elsewhere here and in windows
XP gernal forum].

so why does having identical accounts on the 2 boxes work?
well it is because windows will send its present user
details to the remote box on connection. it takes the
username and password, hashes them to hide the details and
send it over the wires. at the the other end the box
unhashes them in the exact same way and get the username
and password. if this username and password match the ones
it knows about it assumes you are the user as specified in
its security database

moot out ...