password popup winxp-winxp local connection?

When I try to access my new laptops shared docs folder I get a standard
windows password popup box why?
When I enter the passwords for the users on the laptop I get rejected.
When I connect from the laptop to the desktop I do not get this problem.

Any suggestions?

Cheers
Chris




Chris

"Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I try to access my new laptops shared docs folder I get a standard
> windows password popup box why?
> When I enter the passwords for the users on the laptop I get rejected.
> When I connect from the laptop to the desktop I do not get this problem.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
maybe you need to setup an account on the laptop.

Thanks Ian,
I was feeling stupid I checked that file sharing was installed but forgot to
check that the folder was shared.
Windows does not share the shared docs folder on the network by default.
"Ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> When I try to access my new laptops shared docs folder I get a standard
>> windows password popup box why?
>> When I enter the passwords for the users on the laptop I get rejected.
>> When I connect from the laptop to the desktop I do not get this problem.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Chris
>>
> maybe you need to setup an account on the laptop.
>
>

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:19:29 GMT, "Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>When I try to access my new laptops shared docs folder I get a standard
>windows password popup box why?
>When I enter the passwords for the users on the laptop I get rejected.
>When I connect from the laptop to the desktop I do not get this problem.
>
>Any suggestions?

Try using \computername\locallacount to get in rather then just the
username.

Thanks.
Andrew.
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Andrew Hodgson in Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK.
My Email: use <andrew at hodgsonfamily dot org>.