Network Share Vista/XP

[Clayton]

For months I was able to drop a XP machine onto the network and access a
shared drive on my Vista machine without having to log the XP machines in
with my username and password, now I am unable to do it, keeps saying
\\Server\D is not accessible
I have formatted the computers and tried everything but still no go.

Any idea's?

 

[Not Me]

In XP I use the 'connect as' when mapping a drive and put in the
username/password and check connect at logon.

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

In the XP command, run this command: net share. Then ipconfig command to
find XP ip address. In Vista command, run this command: net view
\\xpipaddress. Post all results here.

--
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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[Clayton]

ok this info is from the XP machine

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\user>net share

Share name Resource Remark

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ADMIN$ C:\WINDOWS Remote Admin
C$ C:\ Default share
IPC$ Remote IPC
The command completed successfully.


C:\Documents and Settings\user>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.39
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

C:\Documents and Settings\user>

Not sure what command you want me to run from the Vista machine would it be
net view\\192.168.1.39 ?

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

From the net share command, we can see the D drive doesn't enable sharing so
that you receive "\\Server\D is not accessible".

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

ok this info is from the XP machine

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\user>net share

Share name Resource Remark

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ADMIN$ C:\WINDOWS Remote Admin
C$ C:\ Default share
IPC$ Remote IPC
The command completed successfully.


C:\Documents and Settings\user>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.39
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

C:\Documents and Settings\user>

Not sure what command you want me to run from the Vista machine would it
be net view\\192.168.1.39 ?

In the XP command, run this command: net share. Then ipconfig command to
find XP ip address. In Vista command, run this command: net view
\\xpipaddress. Post all results here.

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[Clayton]

I can access the D drive on the Vista pc if I create an account on the XP
machine that is the same on the vista machine then logon, but I never had to
do that before and I am beginning to think it is either a Vista SP-1 problem
or a microsoft update after SP-1.
I guess I could turn back on the password protected sharing on the vista
machine and enter a username and password everytime I access the D drive but
now that doesn't work, I'm still getting \\Server\D is not accessible
I do alot of computer repairs and drop the customers xp pc on the network
then access \\Server\D for files etc to install, so I don't want to start
creating user accounts on their machines so I can access \\Server\D

From the net share command, we can see the D drive doesn't enable sharing
so that you receive "\\Server\D is not accessible".

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

ok this info is from the XP machine

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\user>net share

Share name Resource Remark

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ADMIN$ C:\WINDOWS Remote Admin
C$ C:\ Default share
IPC$ Remote IPC
The command completed successfully.


C:\Documents and Settings\user>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.39
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

C:\Documents and Settings\user>

Not sure what command you want me to run from the Vista machine would it
be net view\\192.168.1.39 ?

In the XP command, run this command: net share. Then ipconfig command to
find XP ip address. In Vista command, run this command: net view
\\xpipaddress. Post all results here.

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
For months I was able to drop a XP machine onto the network and access
a shared drive on my Vista machine without having to log the XP
machines in with my username and password, now I am unable to do it,
keeps saying \\Server\D is not accessible
I have formatted the computers and tried everything but still no go.

Any idea's?