Accessing WinME Shares From XP

Hi. I'm having trouble getting XP to authenticate and browse ME
shares.

We have a peer-to-peer workgroup network with the following machines:

1. Windows ME, with Internet Connection Sharing, etc., configured
using the Home Networking Wizard. This provides Internet access and
IP addresses to the rest of the machines on the LAN.

2. Windows ME (DHCP client).

3. Windows XP Professional laptop, simple file sharing, SP1 (DHCP
client).

All connect to a 10Mbit hub and can ping and connect to each other.
The ME machines can browse shares on the XP machine. However, when I
browse to ME shares from the XP machine it keeps repeatedly asking for
the password as if I'm putting in the wrong one. I'm not. I can go
straight to machine 1 and browse and authenticate to the ME share on
machine 2 using exactly the same password. I can also do the same
vice-versa (i.e., from 2 to 1).

Can you help ? I think this is a problem with XP using a different
authentication protocol or technique than ME.

--
Paul Anderson

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey
"huddie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi. I'm having trouble getting XP to authenticate and browse ME
> shares.
>
> We have a peer-to-peer workgroup network with the following machines:
>
> 1. Windows ME, with Internet Connection Sharing, etc., configured
> using the Home Networking Wizard. This provides Internet access and
> IP addresses to the rest of the machines on the LAN.
>
> 2. Windows ME (DHCP client).
>
> 3. Windows XP Professional laptop, simple file sharing, SP1 (DHCP
> client).
>
> All connect to a 10Mbit hub and can ping and connect to each other.
> The ME machines can browse shares on the XP machine. However, when I
> browse to ME shares from the XP machine it keeps repeatedly asking for
> the password as if I'm putting in the wrong one. I'm not. I can go
> straight to machine 1 and browse and authenticate to the ME share on
> machine 2 using exactly the same password. I can also do the same
> vice-versa (i.e., from 2 to 1).
>
> Can you help ? I think this is a problem with XP using a different
> authentication protocol or technique than ME.
>
> --
> Paul Anderson

In article <(E-Mail Removed) >,
(E-Mail Removed) (huddie) wrote:
>Hi. I'm having trouble getting XP to authenticate and browse ME
>shares.
>
>We have a peer-to-peer workgroup network with the following machines:
>
>1. Windows ME, with Internet Connection Sharing, etc., configured
>using the Home Networking Wizard. This provides Internet access and
>IP addresses to the rest of the machines on the LAN.
>
>2. Windows ME (DHCP client).
>
>3. Windows XP Professional laptop, simple file sharing, SP1 (DHCP
>client).
>
>All connect to a 10Mbit hub and can ping and connect to each other.
>The ME machines can browse shares on the XP machine. However, when I
>browse to ME shares from the XP machine it keeps repeatedly asking for
>the password as if I'm putting in the wrong one. I'm not. I can go
>straight to machine 1 and browse and authenticate to the ME share on
>machine 2 using exactly the same password. I can also do the same
>vice-versa (i.e., from 2 to 1).
>
>Can you help ? I think this is a problem with XP using a different
>authentication protocol or technique than ME.

I've seen that behavior between XP Pro and ME too, Huddie: sometimes,
one of my XP computers can access a passworded share on ME, but at the
same time another XP computer can't. Here's a possible solution:

1. Remove any stored password for the ME share:
a. Go to Control Panel | User Accounts.
b. Click your account.
c. Under "Related Tasks", click "Manage my network passwords".
d. If the ME computer's name appears in the list of passwords,
click it and then click Remove.

2. Log off and log back on.

3. Try accessing the share again.

If that doesn't solve the problem, run Net Watcher on ME, disconnect
any users who it shows have access to the share, then try accessing it
again from XP Pro.

To install Net Watcher, go to Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs |
Windows Setup | System Tools. To run it, either click Start |
Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Net Watcher or click Start |
Run, type "netwatch" in the box, and click OK.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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