Can't log in to XP machine from Vista machine

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matkof

Hello.

I have a desktop with XP Pro, and laptop with Vista Home. I can see the
computers in "my network places" and I can log into Vista-laptop from my
XP-desktop after giving user name and password, but I can't log in from
Vista-laptop into my XP-desktop. It keeps telling me that the user
name/password is incorrect.

I have only one account on XP computer, and I can't figure out what I'm
doing wrong. I checked the spelling, CAPS, but it still keeps telling me
that the log in information is not correct.

Thank you for any help.
Silvia
 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
How to give Permissions are there, too.
If you are running Norton, etc’s Firewall, check its settings.

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
from an XP computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard.
 
Hello.

I have a desktop with XP Pro, and laptop with Vista Home. I can see the
computers in "my network places" and I can log into Vista-laptop from my
XP-desktop after giving user name and password, but I can't log in from
Vista-laptop into my XP-desktop. It keeps telling me that the user
name/password is incorrect.

I have only one account on XP computer, and I can't figure out what I'm
doing wrong. I checked the spelling, CAPS, but it still keeps telling me
that the log in information is not correct.

Thank you for any help.
Silvia
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Silvia,

Did you run the Network Setup Wizard on the XP computer?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html

Is the XP computer running Simple, or Advanced, File Sharing?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Simple>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Simple

Has the account on the XP computer been activated 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

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
 
I've tried all of the above and I'm having the same problem. My XP desktop
can see the shared folders on the Vista notebook, but no matter what I try, I
can't access shared folders from the XP desktop on the Vista notebook.

Also, Vista notebook, automatically views the desktop as a windows media
device.

Also, frequently, but not always, when i shut down the notebook (vista) and
turn it back on the network automatically resets to public even though its
been designated private.

I'm ready to send the notebook back - it should not be this frustrating to use

Chuck said:
Hello.

I have a desktop with XP Pro, and laptop with Vista Home. I can see the
computers in "my network places" and I can log into Vista-laptop from my
XP-desktop after giving user name and password, but I can't log in from
Vista-laptop into my XP-desktop. It keeps telling me that the user
name/password is incorrect.

I have only one account on XP computer, and I can't figure out what I'm
doing wrong. I checked the spelling, CAPS, but it still keeps telling me
that the log in information is not correct.

Thank you for any help.
Silvia
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Silvia,

Did you run the Network Setup Wizard on the XP computer?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html

Is the XP computer running Simple, or Advanced, File Sharing?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Simple>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Simple

Has the account on the XP computer been activated 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

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
Click to expand...
 
I too have the same problem. driving me nuts, i also may send back my new
dell vostro laptop running vista home premium.

i have a wired/wireless network with three machines running xp pro and
sharing files peer to peer. works fine. added the vista laptop. xp pro
machines can see and access public folder on vista laptop. vista laptop can
see the xp computers on the net, but clicking on the computers to try and get
access to the shared folders on them produces a request that I enter username
and password, which I enter (for the account which I am on in Vista, which
has a matching account on each XP machine) and which is rejected.

Have downloaded the patch that allows me to see the location of the xp
computers on the network map, but that hasn't given me access to the shared
files on xp

Google searches bring up refernces to others having similar/identical
problems--but i haven't seen any solutions that work for me

simple file sharing is off
i am using the same username and passwords on the various xp and the vista
machine. don't believe the problem is a firewall.

network on vista machine is set to private (have tried chaning it to public,
but that doesn't help).

have tried connecting the laptop to the network both wirelessly and via
ethernet--behaviour is the same.

Generally I'm a big Microsoft fan, but I see why people bash Vista, which i
had never used before. Adding a vista machine to an existing peer to peer
network is not a poject that should take endless hours.

Any help would be enormously appreciated.
--
Regards,
MattK


cindy said:
I've tried all of the above and I'm having the same problem. My XP desktop
can see the shared folders on the Vista notebook, but no matter what I try, I
can't access shared folders from the XP desktop on the Vista notebook.

Also, Vista notebook, automatically views the desktop as a windows media
device.

Also, frequently, but not always, when i shut down the notebook (vista) and
turn it back on the network automatically resets to public even though its
been designated private.

I'm ready to send the notebook back - it should not be this frustrating to use

Chuck said:
Hello.

I have a desktop with XP Pro, and laptop with Vista Home. I can see the
computers in "my network places" and I can log into Vista-laptop from my
XP-desktop after giving user name and password, but I can't log in from
Vista-laptop into my XP-desktop. It keeps telling me that the user
name/password is incorrect.

I have only one account on XP computer, and I can't figure out what I'm
doing wrong. I checked the spelling, CAPS, but it still keeps telling me
that the log in information is not correct.

Thank you for any help.
Silvia
Click to expand...

Silvia,

Did you run the Network Setup Wizard on the XP computer?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html

Is the XP computer running Simple, or Advanced, File Sharing?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Simple>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Simple

Has the account on the XP computer been activated 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

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I too have the same problem. driving me nuts, i also may send back my new
dell vostro laptop running vista home premium.

i have a wired/wireless network with three machines running xp pro and
sharing files peer to peer. works fine. added the vista laptop. xp pro
machines can see and access public folder on vista laptop. vista laptop can
see the xp computers on the net, but clicking on the computers to try and get
access to the shared folders on them produces a request that I enter username
and password, which I enter (for the account which I am on in Vista, which
has a matching account on each XP machine) and which is rejected.

Have downloaded the patch that allows me to see the location of the xp
computers on the network map, but that hasn't given me access to the shared
files on xp

Google searches bring up refernces to others having similar/identical
problems--but i haven't seen any solutions that work for me

simple file sharing is off
i am using the same username and passwords on the various xp and the vista
machine. don't believe the problem is a firewall.

network on vista machine is set to private (have tried chaning it to public,
but that doesn't help).

have tried connecting the laptop to the network both wirelessly and via
ethernet--behaviour is the same.

Generally I'm a big Microsoft fan, but I see why people bash Vista, which i
had never used before. Adding a vista machine to an existing peer to peer
network is not a poject that should take endless hours.

Any help would be enormously appreciated.
Click to expand...

What's the complete and exact error message? Is the "matching account"
activated for network access, on each computer?
<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

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
 
when i click in the network window on my vista machine on one of the xp
computers visible on the network i get a dialog "connect to [computername]"
which asks me for a username and password. i enter a username and password
for an account that is on both the vista and xp machines and get the error
message "logon unsuccsessful: windows is unable to log you on. Be sure that
your username and password are correct."

Thanks for your help.
--
Regards,
MattK


Chuck said:
I too have the same problem. driving me nuts, i also may send back my new
dell vostro laptop running vista home premium.

i have a wired/wireless network with three machines running xp pro and
sharing files peer to peer. works fine. added the vista laptop. xp pro
machines can see and access public folder on vista laptop. vista laptop can
see the xp computers on the net, but clicking on the computers to try and get
access to the shared folders on them produces a request that I enter username
and password, which I enter (for the account which I am on in Vista, which
has a matching account on each XP machine) and which is rejected.

Have downloaded the patch that allows me to see the location of the xp
computers on the network map, but that hasn't given me access to the shared
files on xp

Google searches bring up refernces to others having similar/identical
problems--but i haven't seen any solutions that work for me

simple file sharing is off
i am using the same username and passwords on the various xp and the vista
machine. don't believe the problem is a firewall.

network on vista machine is set to private (have tried chaning it to public,
but that doesn't help).

have tried connecting the laptop to the network both wirelessly and via
ethernet--behaviour is the same.

Generally I'm a big Microsoft fan, but I see why people bash Vista, which i
had never used before. Adding a vista machine to an existing peer to peer
network is not a poject that should take endless hours.

Any help would be enormously appreciated.
Click to expand...

What's the complete and exact error message? Is the "matching account"
activated for network access, on each computer?
<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

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
Click to expand...
 
also accounts are activated for netwok access
--
Regards,
MattK


MattK said:
when i click in the network window on my vista machine on one of the xp
computers visible on the network i get a dialog "connect to [computername]"
which asks me for a username and password. i enter a username and password
for an account that is on both the vista and xp machines and get the error
message "logon unsuccsessful: windows is unable to log you on. Be sure that
your username and password are correct."

Thanks for your help.
--
Regards,
MattK


Chuck said:
I too have the same problem. driving me nuts, i also may send back my new
dell vostro laptop running vista home premium.

i have a wired/wireless network with three machines running xp pro and
sharing files peer to peer. works fine. added the vista laptop. xp pro
machines can see and access public folder on vista laptop. vista laptop can
see the xp computers on the net, but clicking on the computers to try and get
access to the shared folders on them produces a request that I enter username
and password, which I enter (for the account which I am on in Vista, which
has a matching account on each XP machine) and which is rejected.

Have downloaded the patch that allows me to see the location of the xp
computers on the network map, but that hasn't given me access to the shared
files on xp

Google searches bring up refernces to others having similar/identical
problems--but i haven't seen any solutions that work for me

simple file sharing is off
i am using the same username and passwords on the various xp and the vista
machine. don't believe the problem is a firewall.

network on vista machine is set to private (have tried chaning it to public,
but that doesn't help).

have tried connecting the laptop to the network both wirelessly and via
ethernet--behaviour is the same.

Generally I'm a big Microsoft fan, but I see why people bash Vista, which i
had never used before. Adding a vista machine to an existing peer to peer
network is not a poject that should take endless hours.

Any help would be enormously appreciated.
Click to expand...

What's the complete and exact error message? Is the "matching account"
activated for network access, on each computer?
<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

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
matkof said:
Hello.

I have a desktop with XP Pro, and laptop with Vista Home. I can see
the
computers in "my network places" and I can log into Vista-laptop from
my
XP-desktop after giving user name and password, but I can't log in
from
Vista-laptop into my XP-desktop. It keeps telling me that the user
name/password is incorrect.

I have only one account on XP computer, and I can't figure out what
I'm
doing wrong. I checked the spelling, CAPS, but it still keeps telling
me
that the log in information is not correct.

Thank you for any help.
Silvia
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Silvia and possibly MattK,

have you by any chance ever set a password on the Guest account on the
XP machine ?
You could remove any Guest password by setting it to nothing ( i.e no
characters entered ).
I see that MattK says simple file sharing on his XP machine is set off
but it might be worth a try.
Should this wild theory be correct the folder will open without any
username/password prompt.

Tom

Tom
 
Tom you're a genius!!!!

Thank you very much indeed. It's taken me days to fix this!!!!!!!! And it was soooo simple. My bloody Guest login had 'guest' password, which I've removed and voilà! It's all working.

Very very very happy now
 
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