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I have two Vista machines, a desktop and a laptop. both in the same
workgroup
I have enabled Network Discovery, File Sharing, Printer Sharing and Password
Protected sharing on both machines. (I have also tried with the firewall
turned off)

The problem is that I can only access shares on the notebook from the
desktop

Desktop -> Notebook -> shared folder works

Notebook -> Desktop -> continuously prompts for a password.

I am logged on to both machines as an administrator with the same user name.

Any ideas how to get this working both way please ?

With the same password or do you use blank password?

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"Michael Tissington" <mtissington@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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>I have two Vista machines, a desktop and a laptop. both in the same
>workgroup
> I have enabled Network Discovery, File Sharing, Printer Sharing and
> Password Protected sharing on both machines. (I have also tried with the
> firewall turned off)
>
> The problem is that I can only access shares on the notebook from the
> desktop
>
> Desktop -> Notebook -> shared folder works
>
> Notebook -> Desktop -> continuously prompts for a password.
>
> I am logged on to both machines as an administrator with the same user
> name.
>
> Any ideas how to get this working both way please ?

Turn off Password Protected sharing, or create the same user account name(and
a password) on both computers. You don't have to use it, it just has to be
there.
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Michael Tissington" wrote:

> I have two Vista machines, a desktop and a laptop. both in the same
> workgroup
> I have enabled Network Discovery, File Sharing, Printer Sharing and Password
> Protected sharing on both machines. (I have also tried with the firewall
> turned off)
>
> The problem is that I can only access shares on the notebook from the
> desktop
>
> Desktop -> Notebook -> shared folder works
>
> Notebook -> Desktop -> continuously prompts for a password.
>
> I am logged on to both machines as an administrator with the same user name.
>
> Any ideas how to get this working both way please ?
>
>

Same password

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" <blinNoEmailPlease@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> With the same password or do you use blank password?
>
> --
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Michael Tissington" <mtissington@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:e%236IKUejIHA.4536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I have two Vista machines, a desktop and a laptop. both in the same
>>workgroup
>> I have enabled Network Discovery, File Sharing, Printer Sharing and
>> Password Protected sharing on both machines. (I have also tried with the
>> firewall turned off)
>>
>> The problem is that I can only access shares on the notebook from the
>> desktop
>>
>> Desktop -> Notebook -> shared folder works
>>
>> Notebook -> Desktop -> continuously prompts for a password.
>>
>> I am logged on to both machines as an administrator with the same user
>> name.
>>
>> Any ideas how to get this working both way please ?
>

Accounts are the following and both have the same password.

PC1/Terry
PC2/Terry

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:16423115-6094-4523-93A4-0A46B0DD2F7D@microsoft.com...
> Turn off Password Protected sharing, or create the same user account
> name(and
> a password) on both computers. You don't have to use it, it just has to be
> there.
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "Michael Tissington" wrote:
>
>> I have two Vista machines, a desktop and a laptop. both in the same
>> workgroup
>> I have enabled Network Discovery, File Sharing, Printer Sharing and
>> Password
>> Protected sharing on both machines. (I have also tried with the firewall
>> turned off)
>>
>> The problem is that I can only access shares on the notebook from the
>> desktop
>>
>> Desktop -> Notebook -> shared folder works
>>
>> Notebook -> Desktop -> continuously prompts for a password.
>>
>> I am logged on to both machines as an administrator with the same user
>> name.
>>
>> Any ideas how to get this working both way please ?
>>
>>

Michael Tissington wrote:

> Accounts are the following and both have the same password.
>
> PC1/Terry
> PC2/Terry

Sounds like a misconfigured firewall then. Many antivirus/security programs
have a firewall component. You need to check what you are running to make
sure two firewalls aren't active. If you are using any third-party firewall
at all, you need to configure it to allow the LAN as trusted. Double-check
on the machine you can't access.

Malke
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