XP File Sharing Help

[hjm357]

I just installed Win XP Pro onto one computer of my house, and the other runs Win2000 Pro. They both had Win2000 before. I share files on my home network betweem them, but since I added win xp, i can access files on the 2000 machine but the machine running win2k cannot connect to the one with XP. The error I get is "\\k00bb02 is not accessible" "Logon failure: user account restriction"

I've been looking over all the user settings and am at a loss. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for the help.
The router i have connecting them is a Linksys WRT54G if that matters.

[reader]

XP starts off with no file sharing enabled. You have to go out and specifically select the directories you want to share.

From 'My Computer' select the directories, opposite click and select 'Properties' and click on the 'Sharing' tab. You can have them read-only, etc. etc.

Also double-check to ensure you've got all the computers on your network with a unique name and joined in the same workgroup.

If all else fails, read Bill's help files that came with the OS! ;)

Good Luck!

[hjm357]

i'm familiar with how that part of it works. i have selected a few directories to share, set which users have access, whether its read-only, etc.

I have 3 accounts, all administrators which I have specifically given access to these 3 folders, however none will work. It gives me a dialog box that says "user account restriction." The fact that this box only appear when I try with the 3 valid logons suggests to me that it is something within user settings, but as i said before, I am at a complete loss as to what it might be.
once again, thanks for any help.

[Jenjyro]

Try using IPX/SPX/NetBIOS protocol on both

[objohn]

Whooaa boy - hold off with adding another protocol to your network - the problem is not connection related as the computers can see each other hence the "logon failure" message!!

Try to understand the problem before shooting off with random answers!!!

OK, so if your comptuers can see each other, you have an authentication issue not a transport one, so DO NOT add another protocol.
I assume that you're using a workgroup not a domain, so the problem is that the user account you're tying to use is not present on XP machine or you have the wrong credentials.

use this example :
If computer a = win2K and computer b = winxp.......

You create a user called Fred on computer A, and you create a user called Fred on computer B..... these 2 Fred's are not the same user, they will have different SIDS on the computers. Therefore if you are logged on as Fred on computer A you need to add Fred from computer A to a group on Computer B that has rights to access the share.
Alternatively, when you get the logon box on compa when trying to access compB, enter credentials for a user from CompB not compA

Hope this helps

OJ