Limited communication between my Win7 computer and my Windows 2000 pro computer.
- When I'm on my Windows 7 computer, logged in as administrator, I can map to and read/write to the other computer. When I switch to a user on the Windows 7 computer and try to Map Network Drive, I'm asked to Enter Network Password. I don't have one.
When I try to see my Windows 7 computer (where I'm logged in either as adminstrator or user), I am told on my other computer in My Network Places, "Login Failure: user account retriction."
I have no need for security between my computers (which are side by side). How do I take eliminate all these passwords, etc.?
Thank you.
WayCon
Answers
Hi WayCon,
May I know if the computers are in a domain?
I suspect this issue may be related to the Windows 7 feature “Password Protected Sharing”, please try to disable it and check how it works:
1. Open Network and Sharing Center.
2. Click “Change Advanced sharing settings”.
3. Select “Turn off password protected sharing” under “Password protected sharing”.
4. Click “Save changes.”
Meanwhile, please also try the following on this Windows 7 computer:
1. Click the Start Button, type "gpedit.msc" (without quotation marks) and click OK.
2. In the "Group Policy" window, double click on "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration".
3. Double click on "Security Settings"-> "Local Policies"-> "Security Options"
4. In the right panel, double click on the "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level", please select "Send LM & NTLM Responses".
5. Click Apply and OK.
Hope this helps. Thanks.
Nicholas Li - MSFT- Marked As Answer byNicholas LiMSFT, ModeratorMonday, November 16, 2009 6:04 AM
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Hi WayCon,
May I know if the computers are in a domain?
I suspect this issue may be related to the Windows 7 feature “Password Protected Sharing”, please try to disable it and check how it works:
1. Open Network and Sharing Center.
2. Click “Change Advanced sharing settings”.
3. Select “Turn off password protected sharing” under “Password protected sharing”.
4. Click “Save changes.”
Meanwhile, please also try the following on this Windows 7 computer:
1. Click the Start Button, type "gpedit.msc" (without quotation marks) and click OK.
2. In the "Group Policy" window, double click on "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration".
3. Double click on "Security Settings"-> "Local Policies"-> "Security Options"
4. In the right panel, double click on the "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level", please select "Send LM & NTLM Responses".
5. Click Apply and OK.
Hope this helps. Thanks.
Nicholas Li - MSFT- Marked As Answer byNicholas LiMSFT, ModeratorMonday, November 16, 2009 6:04 AM
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Thank you Nicholas,
I will try what you suggested.I did find I could get the network going, but with the following assumptions:
1. When Win7 sets up a workgroup, it doesn't check to see if something like this already exists. One must carefully coordinate the workgroup name on all computers.
2. An administrator must log on, using a password of at least one letter. For the network to work, the administrator must be logged on to each computer with the same password.3. To eliminate the necessity of using passwords (this is a very small network), the computers are set to autologon as administrator at boot-up.
It's sort of a hack, but it does work.
I thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
WayCon
