cannot map a drive in some cases

[Mark Kamoski]

Hi--

Please help.

Here's the situation.

I need to do the following.

(There are 2 machines-- a Win2000 Pro machine and a WinXP Pro machine.)

(1). On the WinXP Pro machine, a drive needs to be mapped to the Win2000
Pro
machine.

(2). On the Win2000 Pro machine, a drive needs to be mapped to the WinXP
Pro
machine.

Of these, (1) is done and works fine.

Unfortunately, (2) is not done. When it is attempted, the Win2000 Pro
machine keeps asking for the username and password. I have given it
everything. It does not even work if the Administrator credentials are
used.

Note-- On the WinXP Pro machine, the sharing properties for the C drive is
set to "checked" for "Share this folder on the network and "checked" for
"Allow network users to change my files".

Note-- There are identical local accounts set up on each machine.

Note-- The error message returned is "incorrect password or unknown user
name for '\\mkamoski03\c$'". That the prompt comes up tells me that the
Win2000 Pro machine can FIND the WinXP Pro machine. It seems that the
credentials cannot be passed properly. Perhaps?

Note-- The text entered in the "Map Network Drive" dialog is
\\mkamoski03\c$.

Note-- I have tried entering each of the following for the username value--
mkamoski, Administrator, mkamoski03\mkamoski, mkamoski03\Administrator.

Note-- Both machines are members of the same network BUT each one is
logged-in with a different account.

Do you have any suggestions here?

Please advise.

Thank you.

--Mark

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Please go to the following site, scroll to network_web in the left column,
select it and try posting your question there:
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--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Mark Kamoski" > wrote in message
...
>
> Hi--
>
> Please help.
>
> Here's the situation.
>
> I need to do the following.
>
> (There are 2 machines-- a Win2000 Pro machine and a WinXP Pro machine.)
>
> (1). On the WinXP Pro machine, a drive needs to be mapped to the Win2000
> Pro
> machine.
>
> (2). On the Win2000 Pro machine, a drive needs to be mapped to the WinXP
> Pro
> machine.
>
> Of these, (1) is done and works fine.
>
> Unfortunately, (2) is not done. When it is attempted, the Win2000 Pro
> machine keeps asking for the username and password. I have given it
> everything. It does not even work if the Administrator credentials are
> used.
>
> Note-- On the WinXP Pro machine, the sharing properties for the C drive is
> set to "checked" for "Share this folder on the network and "checked" for
> "Allow network users to change my files".
>
> Note-- There are identical local accounts set up on each machine.
>
> Note-- The error message returned is "incorrect password or unknown user
> name for '\\mkamoski03\c$'". That the prompt comes up tells me that the
> Win2000 Pro machine can FIND the WinXP Pro machine. It seems that the
> credentials cannot be passed properly. Perhaps?
>
> Note-- The text entered in the "Map Network Drive" dialog is
> \\mkamoski03\c$.
>
> Note-- I have tried entering each of the following for the username
value--
> mkamoski, Administrator, mkamoski03\mkamoski, mkamoski03\Administrator.
>
> Note-- Both machines are members of the same network BUT each one is
> logged-in with a different account.
>
> Do you have any suggestions here?
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --Mark
>
>

[Mark Kamoski]

Hi Everyone--

OK, I think I found it. That is, I did SOMETHING and it seems to work now.
So, that's good enough for me.

(Some great person sent an email with a hint and I found the rest from
there. Thanks, masked-avenger!)

Here are the details....

....I went to...

>Control Panel, >Administrative Tools, >Local Security Settings, >Security
Settings, >Local Policies, >Secuirty Options, >Network access: Sharing and
security model for local accounts

....and the value before the changes was...

Guest only - local users authenticate as Guest

....and the value after the change is...

Classic - locl users authenticate as themselves

....and now it is fine.

So, that's it.

(Use this at your OWN risk. This is a development environment where I am,
and we tend to fly fast-and-loose around here. Please keep this in mind.)

Thank you.

--Mark


"Mark Kamoski" > wrote in message
...

Hi--

Please help.

Here's the situation.

I need to do the following.

(There are 2 machines-- a Win2000 Pro machine and a WinXP Pro machine.)

(1). On the WinXP Pro machine, a drive needs to be mapped to the Win2000
Pro
machine.

(2). On the Win2000 Pro machine, a drive needs to be mapped to the WinXP
Pro
machine.

Of these, (1) is done and works fine.

Unfortunately, (2) is not done. When it is attempted, the Win2000 Pro
machine keeps asking for the username and password. I have given it
everything. It does not even work if the Administrator credentials are
used.

Note-- On the WinXP Pro machine, the sharing properties for the C drive is
set to "checked" for "Share this folder on the network and "checked" for
"Allow network users to change my files".

Note-- There are identical local accounts set up on each machine.

Note-- The error message returned is "incorrect password or unknown user
name for '\\mkamoski03\c$'". That the prompt comes up tells me that the
Win2000 Pro machine can FIND the WinXP Pro machine. It seems that the
credentials cannot be passed properly. Perhaps?

Note-- The text entered in the "Map Network Drive" dialog is
\\mkamoski03\c$.

Note-- I have tried entering each of the following for the username value--
mkamoski, Administrator, mkamoski03\mkamoski, mkamoski03\Administrator.

Note-- Both machines are members of the same network BUT each one is
logged-in with a different account.

Do you have any suggestions here?

Please advise.

Thank you.

--Mark

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Thanks for letting us know, Mark.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Mark Kamoski" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Hi Everyone--
>
> OK, I think I found it. That is, I did SOMETHING and it seems to work now.
> So, that's good enough for me.
>
> (Some great person sent an email with a hint and I found the rest from
> there. Thanks, masked-avenger!)
>
> Here are the details....
>
> ...I went to...
>
> >Control Panel, >Administrative Tools, >Local Security Settings, >Security
> Settings, >Local Policies, >Secuirty Options, >Network access: Sharing and
> security model for local accounts
>
> ...and the value before the changes was...
>
> Guest only - local users authenticate as Guest
>
> ...and the value after the change is...
>
> Classic - locl users authenticate as themselves
>
> ...and now it is fine.
>
> So, that's it.
>
> (Use this at your OWN risk. This is a development environment where I am,
> and we tend to fly fast-and-loose around here. Please keep this in mind.)
>
> Thank you.
>
> --Mark
>
>
> "Mark Kamoski" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> Hi--
>
> Please help.
>
> Here's the situation.
>
> I need to do the following.
>
> (There are 2 machines-- a Win2000 Pro machine and a WinXP Pro machine.)
>
> (1). On the WinXP Pro machine, a drive needs to be mapped to the Win2000
> Pro
> machine.
>
> (2). On the Win2000 Pro machine, a drive needs to be mapped to the WinXP
> Pro
> machine.
>
> Of these, (1) is done and works fine.
>
> Unfortunately, (2) is not done. When it is attempted, the Win2000 Pro
> machine keeps asking for the username and password. I have given it
> everything. It does not even work if the Administrator credentials are
> used.
>
> Note-- On the WinXP Pro machine, the sharing properties for the C drive is
> set to "checked" for "Share this folder on the network and "checked" for
> "Allow network users to change my files".
>
> Note-- There are identical local accounts set up on each machine.
>
> Note-- The error message returned is "incorrect password or unknown user
> name for '\\mkamoski03\c$'". That the prompt comes up tells me that the
> Win2000 Pro machine can FIND the WinXP Pro machine. It seems that the
> credentials cannot be passed properly. Perhaps?
>
> Note-- The text entered in the "Map Network Drive" dialog is
> \\mkamoski03\c$.
>
> Note-- I have tried entering each of the following for the username
value--
> mkamoski, Administrator, mkamoski03\mkamoski, mkamoski03\Administrator.
>
> Note-- Both machines are members of the same network BUT each one is
> logged-in with a different account.
>
> Do you have any suggestions here?
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --Mark
>
>