No connection from Vista to W2K Pro Share - Unable to login to sha

Network:

Windows 2000 Pro systems, with a share on a Windows 2000 Pro system.

Static IP addresses.

One of the systems died and was replaced with a new system (from Fry's) with
Vista Home Basic (not what I would have chosen).

The existing Windows 2000 Pro systems are working fine.

The new system (Vista) can PING the address of the share (192.168.1.1) and,
after removing Symantec Internet Security (no internet access anyway) the W2K
share machine can PING the address of the Vista box (192.168.1.3)

I have gotten the Vista machine to see the share machine - once. Trying to
connect got the login box, where I enterred the username and password of the
share system and couldn't connect.

I tried using the commands "net view" and "net use" without success - access
denied. The system was refusing my network password - even when I'd reset it
on both systems.

The hardware is new enough that there aren't drivers on the HP website to
load for Windows 2000 Pro (which I'd load), XP or even Linux.

Their application is an old DOS based one, but it is running their business.

Pegasus
Sat Apr 12 02:15:51 PDT 2008


"CrystalMage" <CrystalMage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F1965B39-5190-4534-B095-E597FE15364D@microsoft.com...
> Network:
>
> Windows 2000 Pro systems, with a share on a Windows 2000 Pro system.
>
> Static IP addresses.
>
> One of the systems died and was replaced with a new system (from Fry's)
> with
> Vista Home Basic (not what I would have chosen).
>
> The existing Windows 2000 Pro systems are working fine.
>
> The new system (Vista) can PING the address of the share (192.168.1.1)
> and,
> after removing Symantec Internet Security (no internet access anyway) the
> W2K
> share machine can PING the address of the Vista box (192.168.1.3)
>
> I have gotten the Vista machine to see the share machine - once. Trying
> to
> connect got the login box, where I enterred the username and password of
> the
> share system and couldn't connect.
>
> I tried using the commands "net view" and "net use" without success -
> access
> denied. The system was refusing my network password - even when I'd reset
> it
> on both systems.
>
> The hardware is new enough that there aren't drivers on the HP website to
> load for Windows 2000 Pro (which I'd load), XP or even Linux.
>
> Their application is an old DOS based one, but it is running their
> business.
>

Try running this command from a Command Prompt on the Vista box:

net use Q: \\Win2000PC\ShareName /user:xxxx yyyy

You must, of course, make sure that the account xxxx exists on the
Win2000 box and that it has a password of yyyy.

If this fails then you could use your Win2000/XP laptop to run
the same command in order to find out if the problem is caused
by the Vista box or by the \\Win2000 PC.

CrystalMage
Sat Apr 12 09:43:00 PDT 2008

I'll give that a try -- however, the other W2K Pro stations have no issue
connecting to the share, I'll try to reverse the connection (W2K to Vista)
and see what happens.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "CrystalMage" <CrystalMage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F1965B39-5190-4534-B095-E597FE15364D@microsoft.com...
> > Network:
> >
> > Windows 2000 Pro systems, with a share on a Windows 2000 Pro system.
> >
> > Static IP addresses.
> >
> > One of the systems died and was replaced with a new system (from Fry's)
> > with
> > Vista Home Basic (not what I would have chosen).
> >
> > The existing Windows 2000 Pro systems are working fine.
> >
> > The new system (Vista) can PING the address of the share (192.168.1.1)
> > and,
> > after removing Symantec Internet Security (no internet access anyway) the
> > W2K
> > share machine can PING the address of the Vista box (192.168.1.3)
> >
> > I have gotten the Vista machine to see the share machine - once. Trying
> > to
> > connect got the login box, where I enterred the username and password of
> > the
> > share system and couldn't connect.
> >
> > I tried using the commands "net view" and "net use" without success -
> > access
> > denied. The system was refusing my network password - even when I'd reset
> > it
> > on both systems.
> >
> > The hardware is new enough that there aren't drivers on the HP website to
> > load for Windows 2000 Pro (which I'd load), XP or even Linux.
> >
> > Their application is an old DOS based one, but it is running their
> > business.
> >
>
> Try running this command from a Command Prompt on the Vista box:
>
> net use Q: \\Win2000PC\ShareName /user:xxxx yyyy
>
> You must, of course, make sure that the account xxxx exists on the
> Win2000 box and that it has a password of yyyy.
>
> If this fails then you could use your Win2000/XP laptop to run
> the same command in order to find out if the problem is caused
> by the Vista box or by the \\Win2000 PC.
>
>
>

Pegasus
Sat Apr 12 10:12:53 PDT 2008

If the other Win2000 machines have no problem when connecting
to the problem Win2000 PC then it seems fairly clear that the
problem is caused by the Vista machine. A Vista newsgroup would
therefore be a better place to post this problem. You should
mention that Win2000 PCs can make the share connections but
Vista PCs can't.


"CrystalMage" <CrystalMage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E146042-EB7A-43C5-B48E-EC29CD221944@microsoft.com...
> I'll give that a try -- however, the other W2K Pro stations have no issue
> connecting to the share, I'll try to reverse the connection (W2K to Vista)
> and see what happens.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>>
>> "CrystalMage" <CrystalMage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F1965B39-5190-4534-B095-E597FE15364D@microsoft.com...
>> > Network:
>> >
>> > Windows 2000 Pro systems, with a share on a Windows 2000 Pro system.
>> >
>> > Static IP addresses.
>> >
>> > One of the systems died and was replaced with a new system (from Fry's)
>> > with
>> > Vista Home Basic (not what I would have chosen).
>> >
>> > The existing Windows 2000 Pro systems are working fine.
>> >
>> > The new system (Vista) can PING the address of the share (192.168.1.1)
>> > and,
>> > after removing Symantec Internet Security (no internet access anyway)
>> > the
>> > W2K
>> > share machine can PING the address of the Vista box (192.168.1.3)
>> >
>> > I have gotten the Vista machine to see the share machine - once.
>> > Trying
>> > to
>> > connect got the login box, where I enterred the username and password
>> > of
>> > the
>> > share system and couldn't connect.
>> >
>> > I tried using the commands "net view" and "net use" without success -
>> > access
>> > denied. The system was refusing my network password - even when I'd
>> > reset
>> > it
>> > on both systems.
>> >
>> > The hardware is new enough that there aren't drivers on the HP website
>> > to
>> > load for Windows 2000 Pro (which I'd load), XP or even Linux.
>> >
>> > Their application is an old DOS based one, but it is running their
>> > business.
>> >
>>
>> Try running this command from a Command Prompt on the Vista box:
>>
>> net use Q: \\Win2000PC\ShareName /user:xxxx yyyy
>>
>> You must, of course, make sure that the account xxxx exists on the
>> Win2000 box and that it has a password of yyyy.
>>
>> If this fails then you could use your Win2000/XP laptop to run
>> the same command in order to find out if the problem is caused
>> by the Vista box or by the \\Win2000 PC.
>>
>>
>>