Re: Problem login to LAN server

In news:4126671D-43D9-45F5-B2E6-5B2A458AAD40@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
christopher <christopher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
I have a laptop on an ethernet LAN. Laptop has been setup for many
months with 2 admin users who can Connect to a file server on the LAN
by opening the share on the Local Network, entering their user name
and password, and accessing files. Now I've created a new user on
this laptop; she also can see the shares on the LAN, but when I Open
a share and enter her username and password, the Connect to... window
redraws with the name of the computer inserted before her username
(i.e., BERT\joanna) and the share won't open. There is no error
message or alert, just the redrawn Connect to... window. I don't
understand why the computer name is being inserted into the user name
field, and if this is causing the failure to open the share. This
behavior does not happen if I enter an older user's name and password
(e.g., either of the 2 users who have used this laptop in the past;
they can log-in to the LAN server with no problem). I've successfully
logged-in to the LAN server using a Mac laptop and the same user's
username and password. I can also successfully log-in to the server
locally with the user's username and password, so I don't think
username and password are non-functional otherwise...just on this XP
Pro SP2 laptop. Idea/s?

In a workgroup, you need to create identical usernames & passwords on the
'server' computer to match what is used on the clients. Do you have a user
called Joanna on the file server, with a password that matches Joanna's on
*her* computer? Create one....and see whether the problem recurs.


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