Repeatedly prompted for username/password, even when correct

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A client has a home network, connecting three computers:

PC1: Main desktop with WinXP Pro SP3
PC2: Laptop with WinXP Pro SP2
PC3: Desktop with WinXP Pro SP2

An administrator account with same username and password exist on all three
PCs. When attempting to connect to PC1's shared folders from PC2 or PC3,
one gets prompted for a username/password repeatedly, even when supplying
the correct username and password. All three PCs are on the same workgroup.
Simple file sharing turned off on PC1. What could be wrong?
 
A client has a home network, connecting three computers:

PC1: Main desktop with WinXP Pro SP3
PC2: Laptop with WinXP Pro SP2
PC3: Desktop with WinXP Pro SP2

An administrator account with same username and password exist on
all three PCs. When attempting to connect to PC1's shared folders
from PC2 or PC3, one gets prompted for a username/password
repeatedly, even when supplying the correct username and password.
All three PCs are on the same workgroup. Simple file sharing
turned off on PC1. What could be wrong?
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Not sure what's wrong, but when it asks for username & password, try
preceeding the username with the computer name and a backslash like:
PC1\username
Sometimes that works for me.

HTH,
John
 
Please ignore this thread. I've posted my question in the
microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
newsgroup, which is more appropriate.
 
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