Vista, XP & Network Issue

[SB]

Home network w/ XP- Home on a PC and Vista on a laptop. Set up the
network and Vista sees the shared folder on the PC just fine and
vice-versa. I also have Password Protected Sharing enabled on the
laptop (Vista).

But when I attempt to access the laptop (Vista) shared folder from the
PC (XP), I get the userass prompt - enter the correct info - it won't
allow access. It just loops back to the same userass log-in window
over and over. Turning off Password Protected Sharing in Vista on the
laptop allows access w/o the prompt period. However I would like to
have userass set-up working.

I attempted changing passwords and creating new users through User Mgmt
in Vista but nothing helps. Also tried w/ and w/o firewall on.

Can you help me?

 

[Patrick]

Who "owns" the folder, what "group(s)" has / have access permission and is
your user login a member of that group?

 

[Guest]

It is nothing to do with what this patrick said!

If you want to use password protected on vista, you have to create identical
accounts on BOTH computers.
It is a pain in the ass, that is why a lot of people just turn Password
Protected OFF.

 

[SB]

Home network w/ XP- Home on a PC and Vista on a laptop. Set up the
network and Vista sees the shared folder on the PC just fine and
vice-versa. I also have Password Protected Sharing enabled on the
laptop (Vista).

But when I attempt to access the laptop (Vista) shared folder from the
PC (XP), I get the userass prompt - enter the correct info - it won't
allow access. It just loops back to the same userass log-in window
over and over. Turning off Password Protected Sharing in Vista on the
laptop allows access w/o the prompt period. However I would like to
have userass set-up working.

I attempted changing passwords and creating new users through User Mgmt
in Vista but nothing helps. Also tried w/ and w/o firewall on.

Can you help me?

Thanks all for replying. Turned out to be a firewall issue w/ McAfee.