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File sharing with Win2000 to Win XP SP2?

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by r_j_velazquez

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I have a small workgroup with a workstation running XP SP2 and a laptop running Win 2000. I have a netgear wireless switch between the two. The Workstation is connected via CAT5 and the Laptop has a netgear PCMICA wireless card. I ran the home office network wizard on the workstation and set up identical accounts on the laptop and workstation with the same logins and passwords and both are part of the same workgroup, however the Laptop (Win2000) can not access the worksation's shared folders & files, but the workstation can access the laptop's files and folders. Even the Admin accounts on teh laptop can not access the workstation. Every time I try to access the workstation from the Laptop I get the a windows login screen asking me for login that can access the workstation and if I put in an account that is on the workstation I get the account is not accessable. What am I doing wrong at this point and what troubleshooting steps can I take to figure out why I can not access the workstation and printers connected to the workstation?

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by bfilmfan

To connect to a shared resource in a workgroup, you need an account on each system with access to that share.

So you should:

Check that each workstation has accounts for users. Note that you cannot pass user security credential information as you can in a domain; thus, you will need accounts on each and every system.

Verify that the user accounts have been granted permissions to the shares.

If the disk is formatted with NTFS, you will need to assign NTFS security permissions for the local accounts to each share.

Verify that you can ping each workstation by name and IP address. As you are recieving a Windows login dialog box, this does not appear to be related to your issue. It was included for others that might be having similiar issues that are browsing the forum.

Try those troubleshooting steps and get back with us on your observations.

by r_j_velazquez

03/28/05: This weekend I checked and made sure that the accounts on both the Laptop and the Workstation have the same user login and password, however that did not work. The Workstation can access the Laptop however the Laptop still asks for a valid login for the workstation. I enabled the "Guest" accounts with a password on both the Workstation and Laptop and now I can share files and access my shares from Laptop to Workstation and use the workstation as a print server. Can anyone tell me why the Guest account will work however my logon accouts that I created will not work?

by hoekbrwr

Have the same problems more or less, the first answer will help you close to resolving. Be sure the firewall is not blocking your traffic too(ZoneAlarm free V for me). Add IP number range for all your computers on the intranet you allow access! If you use DHCP for IP numbers that will not guarantee the right ones get access, so consider firm IP numbers if you wish to exclude certain members. But all should be possible to block with identical login names added to shares. It's a hell of administration, so I hope there are not too many W2k users.

by wfetters

Maybe the WinXP-SP2 firewall is getting in the way? I think it defaults to allowing workgroup shares, though.

Try creating a share on the WinXP system to a folder directly off the c:\. There are some folders that XP will not let you share on a workgroup: \windows, \program files, \documents and settings. You SHOULD be able to share a folder UNDER a ..\my documents\.. of a user.

Try deleting the XP share and recreate, that worked once for me when a share became unavailable.

WF

by kulangae

CHECK USER ACCOUNTS WITH BOTH XP & 2000 ARE THEY SAME ? OK
GO TO CTRL PANEL >ADDMINI TOOLS>Local Security Policy>LOCAL POLICY>USER RIGHTS &ASAIG
THEN FIND "ACCESS THE THIS COMPUTER FROM NETWORK"
SELECT USER FROM THE LIST ADD THEM
OR CHECK YOUR DEFALT GATEWAY SETTINGS & SUBNET MASK
CHECK BOTH XP 2000 COREECT

by kulangae

CHECK USER ACCOUNTS WITH BOTH XP & 2000 ARE THEY SAME ? OK
GO TO CTRL PANEL >ADDMINI TOOLS>Local Security Policy>LOCAL POLICY>USER RIGHTS &ASAIG
THEN FIND "ACCESS THE THIS COMPUTER FROM NETWORK"
SELECT USER FROM THE LIST ADD THEM
OR CHECK YOUR DEFALT GATEWAY SETTINGS & SUBNET MASK
CHECK BOTH XP 2000 COREECT

by a k

Heyya R,
The issue is a default GP setting on XP. Located in gpedit.msc at:

Local Computer Policy-
Computer Configuration-
Windows Settings-
Security Settings-
Local Policies-
Security Options

There is a value named:

'Network Access: Sharing and security model for local accounts'

which defaults to 'Guest Only - Local Users Authenticate as Guest'.
SO, any local user on another box attempting to connect over the network will be seen as a 'Guest' on your XP workstation - and disallowed access, since Guest was disabled of course.
If you change the value of that setting to 'Classic - local users authenticate as themselves' then you can use mirrored names to get a semblance of security (after running GPUpdate to apply the new setting).

by rpotts

On the Win XP machine, turn OFF Simple File Sharing. In Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options,
View. Scroll to the bottom and Uncheck the box "Use simple file sharing."

by brendan

Try mapping the drive in explorer first from the Win2K machine to the XP machine, instead of browsing the network neibourhood. For some reason this has to be done first I have found.

by nitecruzr9

Is the workstation running XP Home or Pro? If it's XP Home, then only the Guest account will provide access.

If XP Pro, check and turn off Simple File Sharing (Windows Explorer - Tools - Folder Options - View - Advanced settings).

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policies (Control Panel - Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at "Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic - local users authenticate as themselves".

The combination of disabling SFS, and setting the Network Access Security Policy to Classic, makes XP Pro more like Windows 2000.

by r_j_velazquez

Further information:
The XP Workstation (WKS) is a XP PRo with SP2 and the firewall is disabled. I have made sure that the accounts on the Win2000 Laptop and the XP Pro WKS are the same with the same passwords. I have NOT check the Simple File Simple File Sharing and I will do that this weedkend and also check the Network Access Security Policy and set it to Classic. Thanks to all who have put in there sugestions, this has been a learning experiance for me. Thanks!

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