peer to peer network

[Adrian]

Hi,

I got a small home peer to peer network. Two computers:

Computer A: Windows XP
Computer B: Windows 2000 Advance server

A can access B's shared file, but B can't access A.
When B access A, it asks for network password, but there's no password, how
should I solve this problem?

Kind regards

Adrian

 

[Dave Patrick]

You'll want to create an account (in Users Accounts) on the WinXP machines
with the username and password that you use to logon to the Windows 2000
machine with. Likewise you'll need to create an account (in Users and
Passwords) on the 2000 machine with the username and password that you use
to logon to the WinXP machines with. Then you'll need to share out the
resource(s) with permissions for those users. Also make sure they're all
part of the same workgroup and on the same subnet. Then you'll no longer be
prompted for the IPC$ password (Inter-process communication)

In a peer level workgroup, when you try to access resources on a Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003 machine, Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 needs to authenticate the
user. If the user account doesn't exist in it's local account database, then
access will be denied.

You may also need to turn off the XP firewall and bind NetBIOS over tcp/ip
to the connection on Windows XP

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Hi,
|
| I got a small home peer to peer network. Two computers:
|
| Computer A: Windows XP
| Computer B: Windows 2000 Advance server
|
| A can access B's shared file, but B can't access A.
| When B access A, it asks for network password, but there's no password,
how
| should I solve this problem?
|
| Kind regards
|
| Adrian
|
|

 

[burnley]

With XP,
When you use 'Map Network Drive', there is an option to connect under a
different user name. This will allow you to be always connected to the
resource upon start-up without having to enter the password each time.
You will have to already have created the account with username and
password in 2000 though.
Difference with this and the previous post is that you do not have to
create the specific account on XP.
i.e.
XP username = John Doe
2000 accoutn = JDoe
Conenct with map net drive = JDoe.