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How to set the default logon used when connecting within a workgro
I have a network with 4 workstations using a workgroup (no server). One of
the workstation's machine name was changed and now one of the other workstations cannot connect to it in the My Network Places - Entire Network - Workgroup interface. I can map a drive letter to the machine using the "Logon as a different user option" and then it will connect correctly even in the My Network Places interface, but if I disconnect the mapped drive it goes back to spitting out a invalid logon message. When I map a drive letter that way, the drop-down list shows the old machine name, which I can change to the new name to make the drive mapping work. It appears to want to use the old original machine name by default whenever there is no active connection to that PC. None of the other workstations in the workgroup are having this issue -- its only on this one machine. And the PC I'm trying to connect to can connect in the other direction just fine. My question is, where can I change the logon name/pswd a PC will use by default when you click on one of the computers displayed in the workgroup folder in My Network Places - Entire Network? The first time you do it a login window pops up so you can set it, but from that point on it does not appear. All PCs in the workgroup are running Windows XP Pro 32-bit + SP1 + SP2 + SP3. They all have File And Printer Sharing enabled and NetBIOS enabled over TCP/IP. Firewalls are configured to trust all PCs whose IP address is in the range our router uses. Thankyou in advance for any insight you can provide... |
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How to set the default logon used when connecting within a workgro
Axe22 wrote:
I have a network with 4 workstations using a workgroup (no server). One of the workstation's machine name was changed and now one of the other workstations cannot connect to it in the My Network Places - Entire Network - Workgroup interface. I can map a drive letter to the machine using the "Logon as a different user option" and then it will connect correctly even in the My Network Places interface, but if I disconnect the mapped drive it goes back to spitting out a invalid logon message. When I map a drive letter that way, the drop-down list shows the old machine name, which I can change to the new name to make the drive mapping work. It appears to want to use the old original machine name by default whenever there is no active connection to that PC. None of the other workstations in the workgroup are having this issue -- its only on this one machine. And the PC I'm trying to connect to can connect in the other direction just fine. My question is, where can I change the logon name/pswd a PC will use by default when you click on one of the computers displayed in the workgroup folder in My Network Places - Entire Network? The first time you do it a login window pops up so you can set it, but from that point on it does not appear. All PCs in the workgroup are running Windows XP Pro 32-bit + SP1 + SP2 + SP3. They all have File And Printer Sharing enabled and NetBIOS enabled over TCP/IP. Firewalls are configured to trust all PCs whose IP address is in the range our router uses. Thankyou in advance for any insight you can provide... See if this helps: "Behavior of stored user names and passwords" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281660 Also, and very OT - You have multiple identical posts, because you're using the icky web interface to the newsgroups (this is a major problem lately). For this and for many other reasons, I suggest you try using a news client, such as Forte Agent, Thunderbird, or even Outlook Express, instead. It's a lot easier to do nearly everything that way. You can mark messages to be watched, filter the views so you can see replies to your posts easily, and search. The Microsoft public news server is msnews.microsoft.com and you can subscribe to as many groups as you like; no authentication is required. The following is from a post by MVP Malke ... ------------------------------------------------------- Here's information on Usenet and using a newsreader: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief explanation of newsgroups http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlo...ssnewreader.htm http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...wto/default.asp - Set Up Newsreader http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs. crossposting Some newsreaders for Windows http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte http://www.mozilla.org (Thunderbird does newsgroups) http://gravity.tbates.org/ ------------------------------------- |
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How to set the default logon used when connecting within a workgro
Axe22 wrote:
I have a network with 4 workstations using a workgroup (no server). One of the workstation's machine name was changed and now one of the other workstations cannot connect to it in the My Network Places - Entire Network - Workgroup interface. I can map a drive letter to the machine using the "Logon as a different user option" and then it will connect correctly even in the My Network Places interface, but if I disconnect the mapped drive it goes back to spitting out a invalid logon message. When I map a drive letter that way, the drop-down list shows the old machine name, which I can change to the new name to make the drive mapping work. It appears to want to use the old original machine name by default whenever there is no active connection to that PC. None of the other workstations in the workgroup are having this issue -- its only on this one machine. And the PC I'm trying to connect to can connect in the other direction just fine. My question is, where can I change the logon name/pswd a PC will use by default when you click on one of the computers displayed in the workgroup folder in My Network Places - Entire Network? The first time you do it a login window pops up so you can set it, but from that point on it does not appear. All PCs in the workgroup are running Windows XP Pro 32-bit + SP1 + SP2 + SP3. They all have File And Printer Sharing enabled and NetBIOS enabled over TCP/IP. Firewalls are configured to trust all PCs whose IP address is in the range our router uses. Thankyou in advance for any insight you can provide... See if this helps: "Behavior of stored user names and passwords" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281660 Also, and very OT - You have multiple identical posts, because you're using the icky web interface to the newsgroups (this is a major problem lately). For this and for many other reasons, I suggest you try using a news client, such as Forte Agent, Thunderbird, or even Outlook Express, instead. It's a lot easier to do nearly everything that way. You can mark messages to be watched, filter the views so you can see replies to your posts easily, and search. The Microsoft public news server is msnews.microsoft.com and you can subscribe to as many groups as you like; no authentication is required. The following is from a post by MVP Malke ... ------------------------------------------------------- Here's information on Usenet and using a newsreader: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief explanation of newsgroups http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlo...ssnewreader.htm http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...wto/default.asp - Set Up Newsreader http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs. crossposting Some newsreaders for Windows http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte http://www.mozilla.org (Thunderbird does newsgroups) http://gravity.tbates.org/ ------------------------------------- |
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How to set the default logon used when connecting within a wor
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
Axe22 wrote: I have a network with 4 workstations using a workgroup (no server). One of the workstation's machine name was changed and now one of the other workstations cannot connect to it in the My Network Places - Entire Network - Workgroup interface. I can map a drive letter to the machine using the "Logon as a different user option" and then it will connect correctly even in the My Network Places interface, but if I disconnect the mapped drive it goes back to spitting out a invalid logon message. When I map a drive letter that way, the drop-down list shows the old machine name, which I can change to the new name to make the drive mapping work. It appears to want to use the old original machine name by default whenever there is no active connection to that PC. None of the other workstations in the workgroup are having this issue -- its only on this one machine. And the PC I'm trying to connect to can connect in the other direction just fine. My question is, where can I change the logon name/pswd a PC will use by default when you click on one of the computers displayed in the workgroup folder in My Network Places - Entire Network? The first time you do it a login window pops up so you can set it, but from that point on it does not appear. All PCs in the workgroup are running Windows XP Pro 32-bit + SP1 + SP2 + SP3. They all have File And Printer Sharing enabled and NetBIOS enabled over TCP/IP. Firewalls are configured to trust all PCs whose IP address is in the range our router uses. Thankyou in advance for any insight you can provide... See if this helps: "Behavior of stored user names and passwords" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281660 Also, and very OT - You have multiple identical posts, because you're using the icky web interface to the newsgroups (this is a major problem lately). For this and for many other reasons, I suggest you try using a news client, such as Forte Agent, Thunderbird, or even Outlook Express, instead. It's a lot easier to do nearly everything that way. You can mark messages to be watched, filter the views so you can see replies to your posts easily, and search. The Microsoft public news server is msnews.microsoft.com and you can subscribe to as many groups as you like; no authentication is required. The following is from a post by MVP Malke ... ------------------------------------------------------- Here's information on Usenet and using a newsreader: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief explanation of newsgroups http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlo...ssnewreader.htm http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...wto/default.asp - Set Up Newsreader http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs. crossposting Some newsreaders for Windows http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte http://www.mozilla.org (Thunderbird does newsgroups) http://gravity.tbates.org/ ------------------------------------- Ah excellent! That link pointed me to exactly what I needed to know to fix the problem. Thankyou very much. Yes I know I got 3 threads going -- it told me when I submitted the first two that it did not work even though it did, and I apparantly can't delete them now. Oh well. I'll avoid the web interface next time. Thanks again. |
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How to set the default logon used when connecting within a wor
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
Axe22 wrote: I have a network with 4 workstations using a workgroup (no server). One of the workstation's machine name was changed and now one of the other workstations cannot connect to it in the My Network Places - Entire Network - Workgroup interface. I can map a drive letter to the machine using the "Logon as a different user option" and then it will connect correctly even in the My Network Places interface, but if I disconnect the mapped drive it goes back to spitting out a invalid logon message. When I map a drive letter that way, the drop-down list shows the old machine name, which I can change to the new name to make the drive mapping work. It appears to want to use the old original machine name by default whenever there is no active connection to that PC. None of the other workstations in the workgroup are having this issue -- its only on this one machine. And the PC I'm trying to connect to can connect in the other direction just fine. My question is, where can I change the logon name/pswd a PC will use by default when you click on one of the computers displayed in the workgroup folder in My Network Places - Entire Network? The first time you do it a login window pops up so you can set it, but from that point on it does not appear. All PCs in the workgroup are running Windows XP Pro 32-bit + SP1 + SP2 + SP3. They all have File And Printer Sharing enabled and NetBIOS enabled over TCP/IP. Firewalls are configured to trust all PCs whose IP address is in the range our router uses. Thankyou in advance for any insight you can provide... See if this helps: "Behavior of stored user names and passwords" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281660 Also, and very OT - You have multiple identical posts, because you're using the icky web interface to the newsgroups (this is a major problem lately). For this and for many other reasons, I suggest you try using a news client, such as Forte Agent, Thunderbird, or even Outlook Express, instead. It's a lot easier to do nearly everything that way. You can mark messages to be watched, filter the views so you can see replies to your posts easily, and search. The Microsoft public news server is msnews.microsoft.com and you can subscribe to as many groups as you like; no authentication is required. The following is from a post by MVP Malke ... ------------------------------------------------------- Here's information on Usenet and using a newsreader: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief explanation of newsgroups http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlo...ssnewreader.htm http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...wto/default.asp - Set Up Newsreader http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs. crossposting Some newsreaders for Windows http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte http://www.mozilla.org (Thunderbird does newsgroups) http://gravity.tbates.org/ ------------------------------------- Ah excellent! That link pointed me to exactly what I needed to know to fix the problem. Thankyou very much. Yes I know I got 3 threads going -- it told me when I submitted the first two that it did not work even though it did, and I apparantly can't delete them now. Oh well. I'll avoid the web interface next time. Thanks again. |
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How to set the default logon used when connecting within a wor
Axe22 wrote:
snip Ah excellent! That link pointed me to exactly what I needed to know to fix the problem. Thankyou very much. Yes I know I got 3 threads going -- it told me when I submitted the first two that it did not work even though it did, and I apparantly can't delete them now. Oh well. I'll avoid the web interface next time. Thanks again. You're most welcome - and good luck. |
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How to set the default logon used when connecting within a wor
Axe22 wrote:
snip Ah excellent! That link pointed me to exactly what I needed to know to fix the problem. Thankyou very much. Yes I know I got 3 threads going -- it told me when I submitted the first two that it did not work even though it did, and I apparantly can't delete them now. Oh well. I'll avoid the web interface next time. Thanks again. You're most welcome - and good luck. |
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