Unable to access share on Win2k
As the title says, im am utterly incapable of acessing network shares on my Windows 2000 (SP4) machine. Under XP this was a matter of entering the IP and the share name, but Win7 doesn't do that. - The computer can be pinged. - IPv6 is deactivated. - I tried various networks (home, work and public, no change) - Both computers are in the same subnet (255.255.255.0), have static IPs (no DHCP) and in the same workgroup (no domain) - I changed the minimum network security, using secpol.msc, to "No minimum security" and "use LM & NTLM, negotiate NTLM2" - I set the network sharing options to No network discovery, no file/printer sharing, no public folder sharing, no media sharing, password protected sharing and Use User Accounts and Passwords - "Add Network Location \\192.168.0.3\Sharing" responds with "...does not appear to be valid..." - "Map network drive" responds with "...cannot access..." and throws the Error Code 0x800704b3, which is from what i understand, fairly generic - "Map network drive" with different credentials says the same, but shows below the login/password prompt "Domain: <Win7Name>", is this a hint? I tried to use "<Win2k Name>\<Login>" to change the "domain" and it resolves the correct IP, but still throws the same error. So... i am at a loss. What am i doing wrong?
May 6th, 2009 2:05pm

have you tried this: To enable Windows Vista to connect to Mac OS X with Windows File Sharing enabled, you will need to change the following policy in Windows Vista: Start>Run>secpol.msc [enter] Click on "Local Policies" --> "Security Options" Navigate to the policy "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" and double-click it to get its Properties. By default Windows Vista sets the policy to "NTVLM2 responses only". Use the drop-down arrow to change this to "LM and NTLM use NTLMV2 session security if negotiated". In Vista Home Premium, you won't have this tool so per Steve Winograd, do: 1. Run the registry editor and open this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa 1. If it doesn't already exist, create a DWORD value named LmCompatibilityLevel 3. Set the value to 1 As I found out last night during my install of Win 7 64 bit, it applies to this version of Windows as well. While in Vista it's set to "NTVLM2 responses only" by default, it was "blank" in Win 7 but my share logins wouldn't work (I connect to three shares [1 win/2 Mac] via the netuse command in a batch file in the startup folder). Once I changed it to "LM and NTLM use NTLMV2 session security if negotiated", all was well again. Dave
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May 6th, 2009 4:24pm

You... didnt read my post, right? :( The part where it says "- I changed the minimum network security, using secpol.msc, to "No minimum security" and "use LM & NTLM, negotiate NTLM2""
May 6th, 2009 4:26pm

Yes, but I was unclear as to why you did the "No minimum security" change. I've never had to do that one. I thought maybe you did it by mistake so I wanted to prompt you with the instructions that had worked for me so you could review your procedure. Apologies for offering to help. Dave
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May 6th, 2009 4:40pm

Apologies accepted, however notice the part behind the "and", describing exactly what you suggested. :/ Edit: Erch... let me rephrase: Your attempt at help IS appreciated, however it is of no use in that form. I also should get more sleep in at some point.
May 6th, 2009 4:41pm

So im still having this problem with the RC. Any solutions yet?
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June 29th, 2009 9:18pm

Sharing between Windows 7 and Windows 2000 appears to not be possible, or at least, not be easily possible.
June 29th, 2009 9:25pm

...wow, no kidding? Did they change all the basic network/sharing protocols in Win7 or something?
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June 29th, 2009 9:28pm

Pretty much. I'm not sure of the specifics, but since Windows Vista was developed, things have changed a lot. And sharing and networking is one thing that has seen the most changes as far as I can tell.
June 29th, 2009 9:46pm

Did somebody figure this out? Adam, what is the "not easy" solution?
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August 12th, 2009 10:48pm

He!He!Hope yo get ur stuff solved ^^things got a bit hot in hereKind regards :D,RR
August 12th, 2009 11:43pm

...what? The problem is still not solved, by the way. Im currently using Teamviewer4 to get around this.
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August 12th, 2009 11:45pm

This sounds like a very similar problem to the one i'm having... I'm trying to access a share on a Server2000 machine, using a service (SQLServerAgent) on a Server2008 machine. The passwords and security are fine, that has already been proven via local access, the servers are on seperate domains - but are in each others trusts - so that shouldn't be an issue. It just wont let me get from 2008 back to 2000?!?!?!? Ahhhhhh.......... So much for backward compatibility. Any ideas would be very much appreciated. Please note, this access is is trying to be achieved through an SSIS package - so any 3rd party stuff is out the window, but there may be a way of changing user accounts half way through the package, or bouncing it off an intermediate server (need to give that a try!!) Thanks in advance!! Jim.
August 21st, 2009 7:02pm

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