Re: Cannot connect to SMB shares on Windows Server

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From: William Smith (mecklists_at_REMOVETHIS.mn.rr.com)
Date: 11/21/04

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    In article <e8BeKFMzEHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>,
     "Norman S. Bard" <nbard@frsd.k12.nj.us> wrote:

    > I have a Windows 2003 server which I am unable to connect to from any Mac in
    > the district. I can connect to any other server in the district, just not
    > this one. The error message I get is:
    > "Could not connect to the server because the name or password is not
    > correct"

    Hi Norman!

    You might want to have a look at Eriq Neale's post from the SBS server
    newsgroup <http://tinyurl.com/5xkxd>. It pretty thoroughly covers
    problems that Mac OS X machines can have when connecting to Windows
    servers.

    Hope this helps! bill 

    -- 
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP)
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