Unable to Logon to another computer in Workgroup

[Guest]

I have 3 computers connected for sharing via a router. One is running Windows
2000, another Windows 95 and my main computer is using Windows XP.

I have a shared drive on Windows XP which used used to be able to be
accessed from the other 2 machines but for some reason, it now does not work.

When I try to view this shared drive on Windows XP from the Windows 2000
machine, I get the error message: Logon Failure: the User has not been
granted the requested logon type at this computer. The User ID and passwords
are correct. The network is correctly connected as I am able to view files on
the Windows 2000 from my Windows XP machine.

When I check the Windows XP security log, I notice the following:

Event Type: Failure Audit
Event Source: Security
Event Category: Logon/Logoff
Event ID: 534
Date: 12/18/2005
Time: 8:22:53 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: PC001
Description:
Logon Failure:
Reason: The user has not been granted the requested
logon type at this machine
User Name: my User name
Domain: my domain name
Logon Type: 3
Logon Process: NtLmSsp
Authentication Package: MICROSOFT_AUTHENTICATION_PACKAGE_V1_0
Workstation Name: my workstation name

I try turning off Windows firewall, but still it does not work.

Can anyone help?

Thanks...

 

[Colin Nash [MVP]]

I have 3 computers connected for sharing via a router. One is running
Windows
2000, another Windows 95 and my main computer is using Windows XP.

I have a shared drive on Windows XP which used used to be able to be
accessed from the other 2 machines but for some reason, it now does not
work.

When I try to view this shared drive on Windows XP from the Windows 2000
machine, I get the error message: Logon Failure: the User has not been
granted the requested logon type at this computer. The User ID and
passwords
are correct. The network is correctly connected as I am able to view files
on
the Windows 2000 from my Windows XP machine.

When I check the Windows XP security log, I notice the following:

Event Type: Failure Audit
Event Source: Security
Event Category: Logon/Logoff
Event ID: 534
Date: 12/18/2005
Time: 8:22:53 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: PC001
Description:
Logon Failure:
Reason: The user has not been granted the requested
logon type at this machine
User Name: my User name
Domain: my domain name
Logon Type: 3
Logon Process: NtLmSsp
Authentication Package: MICROSOFT_AUTHENTICATION_PACKAGE_V1_0
Workstation Name: my workstation name

I try turning off Windows firewall, but still it does not work.

Can anyone help?

Thanks...

If the password for the account is blank, Windows XP has a policy that
blocks network access (regardless of whether the password is correct or
not.) This is new to XP and was not in 2000. Is this the case?

 

[Guest]

Colin, thanks for responding to my request for help.

The password is not blank. I even try changing the password for the account
by logging into my XP machine as administrator and changing the password for
the account used to access from the Windows 2000 machine. I try accessing the
shared drive on my XP machine by clicking on it from my Windows 2000 machine.
I get the same error message.

I try pingging the XP machine from my Windows 2000 machine. It works - via
IP address and machine name. Clearly the netwok path is established. I
suspect it has something to do with security definition, but I have checked
the account, group and domain but still cannot identify where the problem
is...

Kiasu..

 

[Guest]

Hi All,

This problem is now resolved with the help of Microsoft Tech Support. All I
had to do was to uncheck the simple file sharing option unders Windows
Explorer/Tools/older Option/View.. Go to the last parameter and uncheck it.
Apparently you don't want simple file sharing. This option may have been
checked by new updates applied after the configuration was set up and
working.

Anyway the problem is now resolved.

 

[Jon Phipps]

if you have a shortcut defined try deleting it and recreating the shortcut.
Sometimes the shortcut can get messed up

Jon

 

[Steven L Umbach]

It depends. If a user is using the guest account to access network shares
and the server computer is configured to allow it then simple file sharing
may be used and is only what can be used when an XP Home computer has a
share. For added security to require that users authenticate as themselves
in XP Pro then yes you want to disable simple file sharing. --- Steve

 

[Guest]

I have been reading this thread with interest since I am experiencing the
same type of sharing problem between two machines Machine A can access the
shares of Machine B but when B accesses A I get the logon error mentioned
above.

Machine A has its shares defined. I go to A's folder options to uncheck the
"use simple file sharing" option. A does not have a "Use Simple File
Sharing" option! Its option list ends with "Show pop-up description for
folder and desktop items" even though shares are defined.

Any advice is much appreciated. Thank you - Steve

 

[Steven L Umbach]

What are the operating systems of the two computers? XP Home can only use
simple file sharing which means that users can only authenticate to it as
guest. The guest account would need to be enabled on XP Home and the share
and folder/NTFS would both need permissions for the everyone group. ---
Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418 --- how to
configure NTFS and share permissions in XP for Pro and Home.

 

[Guest]

Machine A is XP home, Machine B is XP Pro. So now I see why "enable simple
file sharing" is not an available option. I will set-up/enable the guest
account on A and see if B can finally connect. If not, I'll post even more
confusion.

Thank you for the suggestion. Steve

 

[Guest]

I appreciate all the advice thus far. I'm still a bit stuck in making this
work. If A= XP Home and B= Pro then this is what I have:

- Re-read one of my favorite articles: Q308418

- Home and Pro have shared their root drives. (Yes, i know this is bad. It
is what the customer wants over my strong objection). Each drive is NTFS.

- Home and Pro have file sharing turned on. Pro has "simple file sharing"
turned off. (this doesn't matterfor Pro, either way Pro shares files)

- Restarted Home in Safe Mode. Logged on as Administrator. Completely
different sharing options appeared. The 'everyone' group (the only group)
has read, change, and full control selected. So any file on Home should be
able to be seen and modified.

- Home's guest account is turned on.

- Home and Pro Windows Firewall each show and exception for "file and
printer sharing.

The results:
- Home can map any drive on Pro and see/modify any file on Pro.
- Pro cannot see any drive on Home. Mapping a drive by specific name ie
\\melmachine\melsc and with alternate credentials (guest) leads to the same
error:

"Mapped network drive could not be created because the following error has
occurred:
Logon Failure: The used has not been granted the requested logon type at
this computer. Contact your network administrator for assistance.

So, I'm still kinda stuck. If you have any suggestions, they would be
greatly appreciated