2000pro / password for network

[Wes]

At work, we have several computers - some running 98SE,
some XP, and 2 running 2000 Pro. All computer work fine
in the network, accessing each other and accessing the
internet, except for the 2k machines. All computers have
sharing enabled, and printers shared, but none of the
computers can access the shared directory or printers on
the 2k machines. When I try to map a drive to either of
these machines, or set up a computer to use either of the
2k's printers, I get a window that asks for a password.

I would like to disable the password on the 2k machines,
but don't know where it is. I assume it's a setting in
the registry, but maybe there is a way to do it without
going into the registry. Any ideas?

I am comfortable editing the registry, if that is what's
needed. Thanks for any info.....

-Wes-

 

[Shilpa Sinha [MSFT]]

Hi Wes

SYMPTOMS
Windows 2000 Professional may have difficulty communicating with other
computers that are running Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 95, or Microsoft
Windows 98 in a peer-to-peer workgroup. The issues that might occur include
the inability to connect to a shared folder or a shared printer, the
inability to browse by using Network Neighborhood in Windows 95 or Windows
98, or the inability to browse by using My Network Places in Windows 2000.
Before Windows 2000 Professional was installed, the computer may have
communicated effectively with the other workgroup computers.

CAUSE
This issue can occur if all of the computers in a peer-to-peer workgroup do
not have a common networking protocol, a common workgroup, and common user
names and passwords.
TCP/IP is the default network protocol in Windows 2000, but early versions
of Windows 95 and Windows 98 install the NetBEUI and IPX/SPX-Compatible
Transport (Nwlink) protocols as the default protocols. Configuration
settings on a computer that is running Windows 95 or Windows 98 are not
retained unless you upgrade directly from Windows 95 or Windows 98 to
Windows 2000 Professional. Therefore, the computer that is running Windows
2000 Professional might not have a common protocol with the existing
computers on the network; this lack of a common protocol blocks
connectivity. You also cannot browse the network without a common protocol.
Also, user accounts must match on the computers that are running Windows 95
or Windows 98 and the computer that is running Windows 2000 Professional.
If the user name is not recognized in the Security Accounts Manager (SAM)
database on the computer that is running Windows 2000 Professional, that
computer cannot gain access to the shared resources.

For the resolution go kto the following link.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;258717


Shilpa Sinha
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.