Hi all, I've a Windows 2008 R2 Server and a share on it, the share has full access to everyone users. The server is'nt member of a domain. I can access the share from our Windows XP Sp3 clients but when I try to connect from some old Windows 2000 professional SP4 clients I have to specify user/password. Is there a way to access that share from the Windows 2000 clients without joining the server to the same domain of the Windows 2000 clients ?

If your computer is not part of the domain, it will prompt you for a user name password. Make sure to enter the user name using domain prefix – domain\username Santhosh Sivarajan | MCTS, MCSE (W2K3/W2K/NT4), MCSA (W2K3/W2K/MSG), CCNA, Network+ Houston, TX http://blogs.sivarajan.com/ http://publications.sivarajan.com/ This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Hi Andrea, Thanks for post here. If the server is not a domain member , so what about the Windows XP and Windows 2000 clients? I suspect that there is an account which same name and same password of windows XP account existed on the Windows server 2008 R2, or perhaps the user name and password had been stored on the windows XP computer, you may like to read the articles blow to check the stored credentials on windows XP. How To Manage Stored User Names and Passwords on a Computer That Is Not in a Domain in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306541 How to manage stored user names and passwords on a computer in a domain in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306992 Meanwhile , please check if system still permpt with select “Remember my password” after your specify user/password on windows 2000 when attempt to access windows server 2008 R2. Here is the background information for you reference: Windows NT User Account Database Search Order http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163632/en-us Thanks. Tiger LiPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Any update? Please let us know if you need more info Santhosh Sivarajan | MCTS, MCSE (W2K3/W2K/NT4), MCSA (W2K3/W2K/MSG), CCNA, Network+ Houston, TX This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights. http://publications.sivarajan.com/