Workaround: "credentials supplied conflict"

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Indiana Epilepsy and Child Neurology

I've had this problem for months, and I just found a workaround. The
problems is, when trying to add a user or group to a file or folder's
permissions from another computer, it asks for username and password
and then says "The credentials supplied conflict with existing
credentials" and refuses to let you do anything in the Security
dialog. This happens even if you have no other connections; I even
removed printer connections. I don't know why it happens on some
computers and not on others; maybe our ODBC database client? ICS?

Anyway, despite periodic lookups on Google Groups, I have never seen
this or any other solution which worked, so I thought I should post
it:

1. Open the Properties dialog for the file or folder.
2. Open a command prompt.
3. Close all Explorer windows.
4. In the command prompt, do net use * /d.
5. Close the command prompt.
6. On the Security tab of the Properties dialog, click Add.
7. Give it the user name and password; this time, maybe it will accept
them!

I hope this helps somebody!

(my second level d0main ltrs are revrsd)
 
Faster - in a command line,

net use * /del

If you want to see what you *did* have connected beforehand (because you did
or you wouldn't get this message):

net use
 
From all your postings in the past, I respect your opinion ... but fer the
life of me I can't figger out how your solution is faster. Do you mean that
if you use your solution then it is not necessary to do items 1, 3, 6 and 7
in the original posters advice? I'm assuming that your solution includes
items 2, 4 and 5.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
 
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