WinXPHome can't access Win2KPro shares

  • Thread starter Thread starter Stevens
  • Start date Start date
S

Stevens

When logged onto WinXP Home machines, I recieve access
denied errors when attempting to connect to Win2KPro
shares. Workgroups are the same. User Name and
Passwords are the same. I've tried to connect with and
without passwords, and nothing seems to work.
The "Everyone" group has full access. The
user account we are logged in as also has full access.
I've never experienced this problem with WinXPPro. Could
it be something with WinXPHome?

Thanks for any help.
 
Try pinging the W2K computer by name an IP address as shown via Ipconfig /all to
establish basic network connectivity. If that works, then try to connect to a share
on the W2K computer using it's IP address instead of name as in
\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\share to see if that works. If that does not work try enabling the
guest account on the W2K computer via lusrmgr.msc, at least until the problem is
resolved. If the guest account allows access, then you have some sort of credentials
problem. --- Steve
 
I have this same problem with a WinXPHome and Win2KPRo
that can't access each other at all. But I also have the
problem that the Win2k computer seems to be slowing down
the entire network whenever it is turned on. When it is
off, everything works fine. But when it is on, the
internet is slow, pages hang, email doesn't always
connect, etc. on all other computers.
The Win2K computer used to have WinME and was also slow
and problematic so we added memory and installed
Win2KPro, which we regret (too complicated). Should we
try upgrading the WIn2k to XP so that both computers are
running the same operating system? Do you think that
would help with some of the problems?
 
What I would do is a clean install of W2K or XP Pro on the problem computer, not
necessarily to fix your network problem but to get it performing right. There is no
reason the two can not work well together on a network as I have here at home. I am
not a fan of upgrade installations in general as you could be upgrading a problem
installation which probably will not fix the problem. Make sure you check your W2K
computer for viruses and parasites, For parasites, try the free AdAware being sure to
update it before scanning which you can do right after opening the program. You may
also have a bad network adapter or cable on your W2K computer. It possibly could be
flooding your network with broadcasts. Network adapters and cables are relatively
inexpensive these days. If you buy a 3Com or Intel they should be installed
automatically by the operating system. --- Steve


http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=33-106-110&depa=5
 
Back
Top