Re: User name and password requested when accessing network share in XP

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From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 01:21:13 -0700

In article <Op0ldzHzEHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, "Denys"
<denysfirthnospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Problem
>I am asked for a user name and password when accessing a network share on
>XPP. How do I stop being asked.
>Backround
>I have up graded to XP professional so that I can use the user-specific
>folder sharing on a peer to peer network. I have disabled simple sharing and
>set up a user account on the main PC which exectly matches the user account
>on the client PC. Both are admin type for the time being. Guest account is
>off as is forceguest. When I try to connect from the client PC (XPH) I am
>asked for a user name and password. When I enter it (matching the client
>logon user name and password) I connect fine and subsequent requests do not
>require re-entry (in the short term).
>I want to do unattended backups from the client to this folder at night. I
>therefore do not want the main PC to request the user name and password. How
>can I prevent being asked? By the way, my Win 98SE client PC can connect to
>this folder without intervention of user name and password. I am using
>passworded log-on on all the PC's when I boot up.
>
>Any advice gratefully received!

Make sure that the user account names and passwords on both computers
match exactly. Check for leading, embedded, or trailing blanks.

If that doesn't solve the problem, remove any saved network passwords
on the XP Home computer:

1. Go to Control Panel | User Accounts.
2. Click your account.
3. Click "Manage my network passwords".
4. Click and remove passwords for the XP Pro computer, as appropriate. 

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