Share files over network

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Hi,
I have a dexktop running XP home edition, networked (wifi) to a laptop
running w2k. The XP system shares a folder with the laptop so I can transfer
files. That was until last week. Now when I try to acces the XP share folder
from W2K it asks fro a userid & password (never did this before), when I
enter a valid ID and PW nothing happens, I am looped back to the UID/PW
screen.

So what changed. well I upgraded from norton interent security 2006 to
Norton 360.

What I have tried so far (none of whitch have worked)

1) Disabled Norton 360 Firewall.
2) Disabled windows firewall
3) Attempted to setup a second share
4) Verified userid and passwords (both same on XP and W2K systems)
5) Called Symantec (suggested reinstall Norton 360 ) could not explain why,
or what this would fix , so I declined
6) have successfully accessed folders on the laptop (W2k) from the xp

The w2k laptop can see the xp server in the workgroup, it is only when I
access the server/folder that I get the request for UID/PW.

On the XP syetem the security log shows Logon/Logoff event , that failed
because of a "unknown user name or bad password",
I have checked and rechecked UID/PW and they are correct ie same as on XP
machine...

Any constructive thoughts welcome.
 
connoj1 said:
Hi,
I have a dexktop running XP home edition, networked (wifi) to a laptop
running w2k. The XP system shares a folder with the laptop so I can
transfer
files. That was until last week. Now when I try to acces the XP share
folder
from W2K it asks fro a userid & password (never did this before), when I
enter a valid ID and PW nothing happens, I am looped back to the UID/PW
screen.

So what changed. well I upgraded from norton interent security 2006 to
Norton 360.

What I have tried so far (none of whitch have worked)

1) Disabled Norton 360 Firewall.
2) Disabled windows firewall
3) Attempted to setup a second share
4) Verified userid and passwords (both same on XP and W2K systems)
5) Called Symantec (suggested reinstall Norton 360 ) could not explain
why,
or what this would fix , so I declined
6) have successfully accessed folders on the laptop (W2k) from the xp

The w2k laptop can see the xp server in the workgroup, it is only when I
access the server/folder that I get the request for UID/PW.

On the XP syetem the security log shows Logon/Logoff event , that failed
because of a "unknown user name or bad password",
I have checked and rechecked UID/PW and they are correct ie same as on XP
machine...

Any constructive thoughts welcome.
Click to expand...
Uninstall Norton 360 - don't just disable it.
 
connoj1 said:
Hi,
I have a dexktop running XP home edition, networked (wifi) to a laptop
running w2k. The XP system shares a folder with the laptop so I can
transfer
files. That was until last week. Now when I try to acces the XP share
folder
from W2K it asks fro a userid & password (never did this before), when
I
enter a valid ID and PW nothing happens, I am looped back to the
UID/PW
screen.

So what changed. well I upgraded from norton interent security 2006 to
Norton 360.

What I have tried so far (none of whitch have worked)

1) Disabled Norton 360 Firewall.
2) Disabled windows firewall
3) Attempted to setup a second share
4) Verified userid and passwords (both same on XP and W2K systems)
5) Called Symantec (suggested reinstall Norton 360 ) could not explain
why,
or what this would fix , so I declined
6) have successfully accessed folders on the laptop (W2k) from the xp

The w2k laptop can see the xp server in the workgroup, it is only when
I
access the server/folder that I get the request for UID/PW.

On the XP syetem the security log shows Logon/Logoff event , that
failed
because of a "unknown user name or bad password",
I have checked and rechecked UID/PW and they are correct ie same as on
XP
machine...

Any constructive thoughts welcome.
Click to expand...

I have no idea why it would suddenly come about but what you describe is
a symptom of having a password set on the Guest account on Win XP Home.
You could try clearing the password, that is set it to blank. The Guest
account doesn't need to be set on for network logins.

Regards
Tom
 
Thank you all for your input.

I now have access to the share files which I got by

1) Enable and set password on the Guest account
2) Disables the guset account.

I dont understand why but now I can see and access the XP shares.

Thanks for the pointer to the Guest account.

Regards
 
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