Problems accessing XP from an ME machine

I have a few problems with a network that i am building.

There are 3 pc's with two running ME and the other running XP.

The XP machine can access the two ME machines with no errors.

The problem seems to be the with the two ME machines accessing the XP
machine. The XP machine appears within the workgroup for both but i
get access violations when i try to access it.

Any ideas would be greatly appriciated.

Try logging on to the ME machines with the same username and password
that you use on the XP machine. You need proper credentials to access
shares on an NT machine, use authenticated/validated logons on the ME boxes.

John

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I have a few problems with a network that i am building.
>
> There are 3 pc's with two running ME and the other running XP.
>
> The XP machine can access the two ME machines with no errors.
>
> The problem seems to be the with the two ME machines accessing the XP
> machine. The XP machine appears within the workgroup for both but i
> get access violations when i try to access it.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appriciated.
>

In article <(E-Mail Removed) .com>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>I have a few problems with a network that i am building.
>
>There are 3 pc's with two running ME and the other running XP.
>
>The XP machine can access the two ME machines with no errors.
>
>The problem seems to be the with the two ME machines accessing the XP
>machine. The XP machine appears within the workgroup for both but i
>get access violations when i try to access it.
>
>Any ideas would be greatly appriciated.

Run the Network Setup Wizard on the XP machine (and only on that
machine, even if it tells you to run it on the other ones). That's
often all that's needed to fix the problem.

If the XP machine runs XP Professional and you've disabled simple file
sharing, create user accounts on XP with the same user name and
non-blank password that you use to log onto the ME machines.
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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, John John
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> I have a few problems with a network that i am building.
>>
>> There are 3 pc's with two running ME and the other running XP.
>>
>> The XP machine can access the two ME machines with no errors.
>>
>> The problem seems to be the with the two ME machines accessing the XP
>> machine. The XP machine appears within the workgroup for both but i
>> get access violations when i try to access it.
>>
>> Any ideas would be greatly appriciated.
>
>Try logging on to the ME machines with the same username and password
>that you use on the XP machine. You need proper credentials to access
>shares on an NT machine, use authenticated/validated logons on the ME boxes.
>
>John

That's true in some cases and not in others.

XP Home Edition always allows access by all users. So does XP
Professional, using its default settings.

If you've explicitly disabled simple file sharing, XP Professional
uses NT-style authentication, which requires matching user names and
passwords.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm

Thanks for pointing that out. I was under the impression that it was
the case only between XP machines per se.

Regards;

John

Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:

> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, John John
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>
>>>I have a few problems with a network that i am building.
>>>
>>>There are 3 pc's with two running ME and the other running XP.
>>>
>>>The XP machine can access the two ME machines with no errors.
>>>
>>>The problem seems to be the with the two ME machines accessing the XP
>>>machine. The XP machine appears within the workgroup for both but i
>>>get access violations when i try to access it.
>>>
>>>Any ideas would be greatly appriciated.
>>
>>Try logging on to the ME machines with the same username and password
>>that you use on the XP machine. You need proper credentials to access
>>shares on an NT machine, use authenticated/validated logons on the ME boxes.
>>
>>John
>
>
> That's true in some cases and not in others.
>
> XP Home Edition always allows access by all users. So does XP
> Professional, using its default settings.
>
> If you've explicitly disabled simple file sharing, XP Professional
> uses NT-style authentication, which requires matching user names and
> passwords.