XP will not connect to Win 2000 host computer

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I have a home network with a Linksys WRT54G wireless router connected to a
Win2K host desktop computer. Everything works fine and all computers see each
and are able to access the internet on the network. My problem is that when I
try to connect with the host, to share files and printer, from an WinXP
computer I get this window that asks for username and password for the host
computer. If I hook up another WinXP computer on the same network, the 2
WinXP comps will access each other but will not access the host Win2K comp
and still ask for a username and password. I have never put a password on the
host so I am at a loss as to what I should enter in order to access. Is there
a way of finding out if there is a password on the network? Or deleting or
changing a password on the host computer or is there a deeper problem ?? Can
anyone shine some light on this please.
 
Win2k uses classic file sharing exclusively. On the Win2k machine create
additional user accounts which exactly match the user names and passwords
used to log onto the XP machines. You do not have to log onto the Win2k
machine with the new accounts - just create them.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
 
I have a home network with a Linksys WRT54G wireless router connected to a
Win2K host desktop computer. Everything works fine and all computers see each
and are able to access the internet on the network. My problem is that when I
try to connect with the host, to share files and printer, from an WinXP
computer I get this window that asks for username and password for the host
computer. If I hook up another WinXP computer on the same network, the 2
WinXP comps will access each other but will not access the host Win2K comp
and still ask for a username and password. I have never put a password on the
host so I am at a loss as to what I should enter in order to access. Is there
a way of finding out if there is a password on the network? Or deleting or
changing a password on the host computer or is there a deeper problem ?? Can
anyone shine some light on this please.
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If you're not going to use a common non-Guest account on all computers, then you
need to activate the Guest account for network access.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate

With Windows 2000 involved, you may want to review the Microsoft white paper on
file sharing between the various versions of Windows.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#OtherOS>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#OtherOS
 
Thank you so much. I went into Contol panel/Users and Passwords. Went to
Advanced/advanced and cleared all the boxes in the Guest account. The system
now works for all computers involved. Thank you so much for the fix guys
!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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