Issue networking two vista computers
hello, I am having an issue. I have two windows vista computers networked. one is a desktop and one is a laptop that is wireless. Ok both computers were able to share files and identify each other a few weeks ago with no problem. today for some reason my laptop was able to connect to my desktop but when when I tried to login to my laptop from my desktop I got a message asking me to login and when I tried it said that my user name or password was incorrect but I know that had to be wrong. What I did was change the name of the workgroups and then change the computer names and after that I couldn't get access to either one of my computers through networking so i'm lost now. I would appreciate some help, thanks in advance. -Taz
August 3rd, 2012 10:10am

Thanks Allen Howard. what I did to remedy the issue was I enabled public folder sharing and disabled password protection on both computers. Now I don't know if those options were changed before or not I can't remember but all is well and I can access files on both computers without the use of a username or password. I just hope that i'm the only one one that can access my files, LOL. Anyway take care and thanks for responding so promptly to my questions. -Taz
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August 3rd, 2012 10:47am

Anybody that can see the computer can get to those files. That is a very unsecured method! There must be some difference between the user name or password between the two systems.
August 3rd, 2012 2:05pm

Anybody that can see the computer can get to those files. That is a very unsecured method! There must be some difference between the user name or password between the two systems. Let's me ask you this in order to access my home network wouldn't a person need my network key or password to gain access to my network? I know that if a friend comes over to use my wifi they are asked for a password in order to gain access to my wifi, doesn't the same apply if I have my files public on my network?
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August 3rd, 2012 2:58pm

They would have to be on the same network as you, so yes... but if you go to a public location or to a work network, they will be publicly visible. Make sure your network is using the strongest encryption possible (WPA2). If you use WEP, the key is easily hacked.
August 3rd, 2012 3:03pm

They would have to be on the same network as you, so yes... but if you go to a public location or to a work network, they will be publicly visible. Make sure your network is using the strongest encryption possible (WPA2). If you use WEP, the key is easily hacked. I thought about that. What I will do at work and at starbucks is just change my settings to password required and as far as home I don't think my neighbors are computer savvy enough or care to hack my wep key. Anyway thanks again for your help. -Taz
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August 3rd, 2012 3:15pm

Sounds good. You're welcome!
August 3rd, 2012 3:16pm

Are the computers in the same workgroup? Are the user names and passwords the same between the two computers. These settings must be the same if you want to connect.
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August 3rd, 2012 4:01pm

Are the computers in the same workgroup? Are the user names and passwords the same between the two computers. These settings must be the same if you want to connect. yes everything you mentioned is done properly the workgroups are the same the passwords are correct. let me add that everything was working perfectly a few months ago and this issue i'm having happened out of the blue one day I tried to access files on my desktop from my laptop and it simply just didn't work.
August 3rd, 2012 9:20pm

are you trying to connect with IP address or the computer name? if using the computer name, try the IP address or vice versa.
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August 3rd, 2012 9:24pm

are you trying to connect with IP address or the computer name? if using the computer name, try the IP address or vice versa. Ok now i'm really lost, LOL. i've been using the the user name and password fields to gain access to each computer. IF I use the IP address would I type that in the username field of the computer i'm trying to gain access to along with the password to the computer in the password field? p.s. sorry for so many questions
August 3rd, 2012 10:40pm

No, go to windows explorer and type in \\IPADDRESS in the address bar. Then type in your user name and password. Don't worry about asking so many questions, ask as many as you need.
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August 3rd, 2012 10:44pm

sorry... I should have added that \\IPADDRESS where IPADDRESS is the ip address of the other computer. To find the ip address use ipconfig at the command line.
August 4th, 2012 8:24am

sorry... I should have added that \\IPADDRESS where IPADDRESS is the ip address of the other computer. To find the ip address use ipconfig at the command line. thanks but it's still telling me that the username/password is incorrect. same as before i'm stuck.
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August 4th, 2012 10:36am

No, go to windows explorer and type in \\IPADDRESS in the address bar. Then type in your user name and password. Don't worry about asking so many questions, ask as many as you need. I did what you said I opened windows explorer and typed \\IPADDRESS in the the address bar but it popped up a message telling me to check the spelling and that it cannot access \\IPADDRESS
August 4th, 2012 11:33pm

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