Can't save password on Win2k share from XP Home - ids/pws match

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Got a Windows 2000 workstation box with some folders and a printer
shared. Also got an XP Home box. I have identical user ids and
passwords set up on both boxes with admin access on both. Both boxes
are in the identical workgroup.

I CAN access the Win2k box from the XP Home box, but I have to type in
the id/pass every time I try to connect on a new reboot - cannot save
the password. If I map a drive and tell it to reconnect each time, I
don't get a prompt for an id/pass, just a failure. I have to manually
reconnect to be prompted.

How do I save the password? I thought if both machines had mirror
accounts it would not prompt for an id/pass. Everything has been
triple checked!

Please help!
 
Got a Windows 2000 workstation box with some folders and a printer
shared. Also got an XP Home box. I have identical user ids and
passwords set up on both boxes with admin access on both. Both boxes
are in the identical workgroup.

I CAN access the Win2k box from the XP Home box, but I have to type in
the id/pass every time I try to connect on a new reboot - cannot save
the password. If I map a drive and tell it to reconnect each time, I
don't get a prompt for an id/pass, just a failure. I have to manually
reconnect to be prompted.

How do I save the password? I thought if both machines had mirror
accounts it would not prompt for an id/pass. Everything has been
triple checked!

Please help!
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I realise that you have tripple-checked things but in the light of
contradictions one cannot take anything for granted. I recommend you
do this for a test:

1. Create a batch file with the lines below.
2. Run this batch file on both PCs. Make sure there are no
error messages.
3. Log on to the WinXP box under the account munsey/password.
4. Start a Command Prompt (Start / Run / cmd {OK}.
5. Type this command:
net use x: \\WinXP\test
(replace "WinXP" with the actual name of your WinXP PC).

Do you still get prompted for a password?

@echo off
net user munsey password /add
net localgroup administrators munsey /add
md c:\Test
net share test=c:\test
 
Pegasus said:
I realise that you have tripple-checked things but in the light of
contradictions one cannot take anything for granted. I recommend you
do this for a test:

1. Create a batch file with the lines below.
2. Run this batch file on both PCs. Make sure there are no
error messages.
3. Log on to the WinXP box under the account munsey/password.
4. Start a Command Prompt (Start / Run / cmd {OK}.
5. Type this command:
net use x: \\WinXP\test
(replace "WinXP" with the actual name of your WinXP PC).

Do you still get prompted for a password?

@echo off
net user munsey password /add
net localgroup administrators munsey /add
md c:\Test
net share test=c:\test
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Thanks, I will do this in the next few days as I am away from the
computers. Without using the batch file I already did what you are
suggesting. Added new users to each PC, created a new share on the
win2k box, abnd even uninstalled and reinstalled file sharing on the
win2k box. It is very weird.
 
Hi there. I ran that script and all worked ok. I found out that the
account name on the XP box does not match its "real" account name,
whatever that may be. When I browse Documents and Settings the folder
name matches the account name, but when I add that script it allows me
to create another account with the SAME NAME!

So I am thinking its real account name is something else.

Anyone know what it might be? This is a Dell on XP home.
 
Start a Command Prompt, then type this command:

net user

This will give you a list of each and every user account on your PC.
 
Thanks, after I wrote that response I realized there was an extra space
in the user name. Actually I think it is silly spaces are allowed as
user names, but I guess that just confuses the average user. I dunno.

Anyway it is all fixed now.

Thanks again.
 
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