What does logon type mean???

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Guest

When trying to connect to a computer on my home network I get the following
following message " LogonFailure: the user has not been granted the
requested logon type at this computer."
How do I fix this?
 
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Robert L [MVP - Networking]

This search result may help,

Logon Failure: Account locked out Event ID 539 - Logon Failure: Account locked out. Windows Logon Types. Symptoms: The server Event Viewer lists Event ID 539: Logon Failure: ...
www.chicagotech.net/troubleshooting/event539.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
When trying to connect to a computer on my home network I get the following
following message " LogonFailure: the user has not been granted the
requested logon type at this computer."
How do I fix this?
 
S

Steve Winograd [MVP]

When trying to connect to a computer on my home network I get the following
following message " LogonFailure: the user has not been granted the
requested logon type at this computer."
How do I fix this?

The problem and the solution are on the computer that can't be
accessed. Run XP's Network Setup Wizard on that computer -- that's
often all that's needed. If that doesn't fix the problem, keep
reading.

If the computer that can't be accessed runs Windows XP Professional:

1. Click Start | Run, type "secpol.msc" in the box, and click OK.
2. Click Local Policies.
3. Click User Rights Assignment.
4. Click "Access this computer from the network" and make sure that
the Everyone group is included.
5. Click "Deny access to this computer from the network" and make sure
that the Everyone group is NOT included.

If the computer that can't be accessed runs Windows XP Home Edition,
the "secpol.msc" program isn't available. To make the required user
rights assignments:

1. Download and install the Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit Tools
from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=4544 .

2. Click Start | All Programs | Windows Resource Kit Tools | Command
Shell.

3. Type these lines at the command prompt. The second and third
commands are case-sensitive, so type them exactly as shown. Note the
"+r" in the second one and the "-r" in the third one:

net user guest /active:yes
ntrights +r SeNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
ntrights -r SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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Guest

I tried everything You suggested. I am running XP Home. I downloaded and
installed the resource kit, did everything you said, (it seemed to add
passwords to the accounts I set rights on???), I still get no access from the
downstairs computer. Idon't get the logon failure message anymore but it
gets "access denied". Anything else I should try?
 
S

Steve Winograd [MVP]

I tried everything You suggested. I am running XP Home. I downloaded and
installed the resource kit, did everything you said, (it seemed to add
passwords to the accounts I set rights on???), I still get no access from the
downstairs computer. Idon't get the logon failure message anymore but it
gets "access denied". Anything else I should try?

You're welcome. The commands that I gave don't add passwords to any
accounts. What tells you that they added passwords?

The only account that I suggested for those commands is the Guest
account. Did you set rights on any other accounts? If so, what did
you do, and why?

When you try to access the downstairs computer from another computer,
do you get a prompt for the Guest account password? If so, do this on
the downstairs computer to remove the Guest account password:

1. Click Start > Run.
2. Type "control userpasswords2" in the box, and click OK.
3. Click Guest.
4. Click Reset Password.
5. Click OK.

Make sure that any firewall program on the downstairs computer is
configured to allow access by other computers on the local area
network.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
G

Guest

Sorry, I did not totally understand that I should set only the guest account.
When I set it the way you described and it failed I set another account.
Thats when it put a password on that account which I had to remove. I do not
get a logon request when I try to access the upstairs computer from
downstairs.
 
S

Steve Winograd [MVP]

Sorry, I did not totally understand that I should set only the guest account.
When I set it the way you described and it failed I set another account.
Thats when it put a password on that account which I had to remove. I do not
get a logon request when I try to access the upstairs computer from
downstairs.

The commands that I gave don't add a password to an account.
The fact that you're now getting "Access denied" means that those
commands solved the original "Login Failure" problem. You're one step
closer to having everything work.

If you haven't already done so, make sure any firewall program
(Norton, McAfee, ZoneAlarm, PC-cillin, Windows Firewall, etc) is
correctly configured to allow access by other computers on the local
area network.

If that doesn't solve the problem, I recommend that you post a new
message (not a reply to this message), with a descriptive title (such
as "Access Denied When Accessing XP Home") describing the current
state of things. Give as much detail as possible about the situation.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 

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