XP Home does not remember user/pass on Win 2000 machine

[Tim]

Hi all, I have a customer with a peculiar problem. There is a notebook
running win XP Home (SP2) that will not remember the user name and
password to connect to a machine running Win 2000 Pro. There are other
users on the same network that connect no problem, even a couple of 98
machines. This will show the system as present, but will always prompt
for the Username and Password before they can use the printer or files
on the system. It's a small nuisance of course, just have to enter the
info each time the notebook comes online, but it would be nice to have
it log onto the Win 2000 system automatically on boot up.

Am I missing something basic here? I have never had an XP machine with
this symptom before.

Thanks

- Tim -

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

What kind of network?

 

[Tim]

Just a peer to peer. They have a system that just hosts all their files
that is running the 2000 pro. The file host system also provides the
default printer connection. Should be a simple procedure to setup the
network, but this little problem is irritating. I'm thinking that maybe
it has to log into a domain etc. at startup, to get access to the
Win2000 Pro system.

- Tim -

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Home cannot log into a domain, so that is out. It might need an
infrasturcture network, like the one XP can set up.

 

[Tim]

Here's the weird thing, there are 2 other XP Home systems on the
network, and they connect fine, they authenicate as soon as you click a
folder on the 2000 system in file explorer, with no input whatsoever
from the user. The mapped drives appear as diconnected at first, then
connect on the first use. I checked them both for anything different,
but all seem to be the same.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

It sounds like an infrastructure network. There has to be a box running a
server os and acting as a domain controller for anything else.

 

[Tim]

infrastucture? is that like peer to peer in the 98 days? See, this setup
was configured by one of those companys that tries to make everything
confusing and locked down to make sure you have to call them for
everything you want to change.

- Tim -

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

No. It is the type of network set up by running the Home Networking wizard
in XP.

 

[Tim]

OK I know what you mean now.... I'll give it a try.....

- Tim -