Re: XP will not connect to Win 2000 host computer

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:28:01 -0700, Ziffle102
<Ziffle102@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a home network with a Linksys WRT54G wireless router connected to a
Win2K host desktop computer. Everything works fine and all computers see each
and are able to access the internet on the network. My problem is that when I
try to connect with the host, to share files and printer, from an WinXP
computer I get this window that asks for username and password for the host
computer. If I hook up another WinXP computer on the same network, the 2
WinXP comps will access each other but will not access the host Win2K comp
and still ask for a username and password. I have never put a password on the
host so I am at a loss as to what I should enter in order to access. Is there
a way of finding out if there is a password on the network? Or deleting or
changing a password on the host computer or is there a deeper problem ?? Can
anyone shine some light on this please.

If you're not going to use a common non-Guest account on all computers, then you
need to activate the Guest account for network access.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate

With Windows 2000 involved, you may want to review the Microsoft white paper on
file sharing between the various versions of Windows.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#OtherOS>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#OtherOS

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
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