Help Please

[Dave]

I have a Windows XP Professional box with SP1a and all updates and patches
with the XP built-in firewall turned OFF.
I also have a Windows 2000 Professional box with SP4 and all updates and
patches applied.
Both machines get to the internet just fine with no problems at all.
There is no software firewall on either machine.
These boxes are networked with a Linksys firewall/router.
The XP box connects to the 2000 box with no problems at all. It pings the
netbios name AND the IP address just fine. It is seen it My Network Places,
and connects from Start>Run>\\{netbiosname}C$
The problem is when the 2000 box attempts to connect with the XP box. It
pings the netbios name and IP address just fine. It appears in "My Network
Places", but when you try to click on it in "My Network Places" you get the
error \\{netbios name} is not accessible. Logon failure: user account
restriction.

Any thoughts?

 

[purplehaz]

You have to add a user account on the xp box that matches a user account on
the win2k box. Then when you try from the win2k box, xp will now see a valid
account and let you in. (the guest account usually works in this situation
also)

 

[Dave]

Both computers have identical user accounts with identical passwords

 

[Dave]

I double checked and did that again, but it still does not work. I have
identical user accounts on both boxes with identical passwords, but I stll
get the same error message.

 

[Dave]

I also did that wizard, rebooted, and it still fails

 

[purplehaz]

Make sure the xp firewall is turned off and fast user switching is enabled.

 

[Dave]

Yep, XP firewall is off and fast user switching is enabled

 

[Dave]

Still the same result

Yep, XP firewall is off and fast user switching is enabled

 

[Bob I]

I think you will need to look in Local Security Settings and allow login
from network perhaps?

 

[Dave]

I looked there, and it all looks fine!

I think you will need to look in Local Security Settings and allow login
from network perhaps?

 

[purplehaz]

I'm sure you don't want to hear this, but one time I had an xp box that I
just could not get access to any of its shared drives. I had it setup right
and exactly as the box next to it, but it just didn't work. I never figured
it out and eventually reformatted and the prob went away.