networking 2000 with XP

[Guest]

I have a network set up with a couple XP computers and 1 2000 computer. The
computers can all "see" each other, and I have no trouble accessing files and
printing from the XP to XP computers. The 2000 computer can access the files
on the XP computers and print to those computers as well, but the XP
computers cannot access the files on the 2000 or print to it. I am guessing
there is some lock on the 2000 computer but I do not know how to "unlock" it.
Can someone please tell me step-by-step what I should be checking for to fix
this problem? Thanks!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a network set up with a couple XP computers and 1 2000 computer. The
computers can all "see" each other, and I have no trouble accessing files and
printing from the XP to XP computers. The 2000 computer can access the files
on the XP computers and print to those computers as well, but the XP
computers cannot access the files on the 2000 or print to it. I am guessing
there is some lock on the 2000 computer but I do not know how to "unlock" it.
Can someone please tell me step-by-step what I should be checking for to fix
this problem? Thanks!

Start a Command Prompt on your XP PC, then type this command:

net use x: \\Win2000PC\SomeShareName

Use the correct names in the above command, then report what you see.

 

[Guest]

Just to check, do I put in my computer's name for the "win2000pc" and the
network name for "somesharename"? When I tried that, I got:
System Error 67 has occured.
The network name cannot be found.

 

[Guest]

The error message I am getting from the XP computers is:
//computer is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
have access permissions.
Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at
this computer.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The error message I am getting from the XP computers is:
//computer is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
have access permissions.
Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at
this computer.

Make sure that you use the same account and the same password
when logging on to the two machines. And watch out for your
slashes! In your reply above you used forward slashes (//). You
must use backslashes at all times (\\).

 

[Guest]

yes, I will watch the back slashes...
we actually do not have any passwords for the windows 2000 computer so I'm
not sure where I am supposed to set that up. Also, when accessing the XP
computers there is not password or account set up, at least none that I am
aware of...

 

[Guest]

Oops, I didn't realize there is a space after the colon, here is the new
error message I got...
System error 1385 has occurred.
Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at
this computer.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

yes, I will watch the back slashes...
we actually do not have any passwords for the windows 2000 computer so I'm
not sure where I am supposed to set that up. Also, when accessing the XP
computers there is not password or account set up, at least none that I am
aware of...

Just because you don't enter passwords does not actually
mean that you do not have passwords. It's likely that you
are unaware of them - a potentially dangerous situation!

When you click Start / Help on each PC, you will find a wealth
of helpful information on how to set up accounts and passwords.
I won't duplicate those pages - instead I will give you a few
shortcut commands that you can use to test things
non-destructively. Do this on each PC:

1. Click Start / Run
2. Type cmd {OK}
3. Type these commands:
net user choi11 november /add {Enter}
net localgroup administrators choi11 /add {Enter}
exit {Enter}

Now log on to your WinXP as choi11 with a password of
november and see if your file sharing problem persists. It
is likely that it is solved. Use this as a starting point to resolve
the issue for your current account, with the assistance of the
Help files. Remember: Unless the WinXP logon account /password
is known on the Win2000 machine, you won't get access to the
Win2000 shares!

 

[Phillip Windell]

Just taking a guess,..but how about "Simple File Sharing"? Xp has it but
I'm not sure that Win2k does,...if he is using it then it would work with
the shares on the XP machines but the Win2k machines would expect
credentials. Since he wouldn't have matching accounts/passwords on all
machines it would fail.

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
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[Guest]

I have set up the same account on all the computers with the same password
but it is still not possible to access the Windows 2000 computer files or
printer from the XP computer.

When I am accessing the XP computer files, that computer does not actually
have to be logged in to any particular account, it just has to be on.

Any other ideas?