Ask Login - Windows XP in Windows 2000 Network

[Chan Ho]

My domain workstation is Windows XP.
I am running a two Windows 2000 server as a AD.
However, when user try to access to other computer on the network, it asks
the login information.
But all users are logon already on the domain.
What is going wrong?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I presume the following:

1. All workstations are XP Pro and are joined to the domain
2. All users log into the domain, not the local workstations
3. Users can access shares on the server, and permissions are set
appropriately there
4. You are trying to access shares *not* on the server, but on other XP
workstations?

Check the permissions on the shares on the workstations. You may need to add
Domain Users to the NTFS permissions there.
However, I recommend that since you have a server and a domain, you not use
workstation shares or store any data on them. Store everything on the
server. You get the benefit of centralized security, you can back everything
up in one location, users don't need admin rights on their computers (non
admins can't create shares), etc -

Please correct me if I have misunderstood your setup.

 

[Chan Ho]

Thanks for your kind response. But the situation is so strange here.
Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn't.
I am wondering if this relate to domain security setting or DNS stuff.......

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"