Re: Cannot connect to share

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, John Smith
says...
>
> I have three computers on a network running WinXp. I should be able to
> connect to them by typing \\192.168.1.x
>
> When I try to connect to "\\192.168.1.2 I am presented with an explorer
> window with the shares and when I try to connect to the shares I am asked
> for a password and I can connect.
>
> When I try to connect to the other share, I get
>
> "\\192.168.1.3 is not accessible. You might not have permission to access
> this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
> if you have access permissions.
>
> Logon Failure: user account restriction. Possible reasons are blank
> passwords not allowed, logon hours restriction or a policy restriction has
> been enforced."
>
> Could it be that the <user> user account on \\192.168.1.3 has no password?
> The <user> account on the computer I am using to connect has no password
> either, but it has a password on \\192.168.1.2, however I can connect to
> \\192.168.1.2 by using the administrator account.
>
> When I try to connect to \\192.168.1.3, it does not even ask me to log on,
> just the access denied message above, so I have no chance to use the
> administrator login.
>
> Any ideas?

Ensure that there is a user account on the remote machine with the same
username and password as the one being used to connect to it.

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