Connecting from XP to OS X Tiger

[dgmarkus]

I have a small home network with 3 XP computers connected to a Linksys
wireless router via ethernet cables and a Thinnkpad XP connected via
wireless card. All can see each other and share files. I recently
purchased an iMac running Tiger with airport wireless card. From the
iMac I can share files with all of the other computers. From the XP
computers, I can see the iMac in the workgroup, but I cannot share any
files. On the iMac, I've got Personal Sharing and Windows Sharing
checked. When I try to access the iMac, I get a login box asking for
user name and password. I have created a special account on the iMac
but this user name and password do not work. Any suggestions ?

 

[Malke]

I have a small home network with 3 XP computers connected to a Linksys
wireless router via ethernet cables and a Thinnkpad XP connected via
wireless card. All can see each other and share files. I recently
purchased an iMac running Tiger with airport wireless card. From the
iMac I can share files with all of the other computers. From the XP
computers, I can see the iMac in the workgroup, but I cannot share any
files. On the iMac, I've got Personal Sharing and Windows Sharing
checked. When I try to access the iMac, I get a login box asking for
user name and password. I have created a special account on the iMac
but this user name and password do not work. Any suggestions ?

If you are getting a request for authentication (login box), then the
iMac doesn't recognize the user making the request for resources. You
say you have created a "special account on the iMac"; I'm not sure what
that means. What you need to do is create identical user
accounts/passwords on the iMac and the XP boxen. Then the iMac will
recognize you and you won't be presented with a login box.


Malke

 

[dgmarkus]

If you are getting a request for authentication (login box), then the
iMac doesn't recognize the user making the request for resources. You
say you have created a "special account on the iMac"; I'm not sure what
that means. What you need to do is create identical user
accounts/passwords on the iMac and the XP boxen. Then the iMac will
recognize you and you won't be presented with a login box.

Malke

I've created a "special account" on the iMac for each XP computer with
the exact user name from each XP computer. The passwords are all
blank. I've tried passwords, that also failed. Any other thoughts ?
Thanks for the reply.

 

[Chuck]

I've created a "special account" on the iMac for each XP computer with
the exact user name from each XP computer. The passwords are all
blank. I've tried passwords, that also failed. Any other thoughts ?
Thanks for the reply.

Besides creating the special account, did you enable it for network access on
the XP computer? That's in addition to creating it. And are you running Simple
ort Advanced File Sharing?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help

 

[dgmarkus]

I've created a "special account" on the iMac for each XP computer with
the exact user name from each XP computer. The passwords are all
blank. I've tried passwords, that also failed. Any other thoughts ?
Thanks for the reply.

Besides creating the special account, did you enable it for network access on
the XP computer? That's in addition to creating it. And are you running Simple
ort Advanced File Sharing?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.h...>http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.h...

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I enabled the account for network access and I'm using simple file
sharing(XP Home) and still no luck.

 

[dgmarkus]

On 14 May 2007 20:00:15 -0700, (e-mail address removed) wrote:

Besides creating the special account, did you enable it for network access on
the XP computer? That's in addition to creating it. And are you running Simple
ort Advanced File Sharing?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.h...>http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.h...

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.- Hide quoted text -

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I enabled the account for network access and I'm using simple file
sharing(XP Home) and still no luck.- Hide quoted text -

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It was a problem on the iMac side. I had to enable the specific
account to let file sharing occur. Thanks for your help on this.

 

[Malke]

It was a problem on the iMac side. I had to enable the specific
account to let file sharing occur. Thanks for your help on this.

Glad you got it sorted. Thanks for taking the time to post the solution.


Malke