Vista Home and W2K networking problem
Hi, Hope someone can help. I have a windows 2000 professional PC and a Vista Home Premium PC in a home workgroup. The Vista PC can see the W2K PC absolutely fine and can access files etc. The W2K machine can see the Vista PC on the network but is unable to add the printer that is shared out or view shared resources at all, or access files. The error message states that the account does not have the permission to logon interactively. I've enabled the guest account, tried amending nt rights using the W2K3 resource pack (to no avail - just get an error message), removed firewalls and still no joy. I've even shared the root of C out with everyone with full permissions - no joy. Can anyone help advise how to allow users right to logon interactively in Vista Home Premium? I don't want to leave huge security loopholes either! Many thanks, JJS
August 26th, 2008 1:09pm

Can you ensure that the printer you have shared out on the Vista machine has appropriate permissions for the user from the W2k machine to you. Also aside from that, I would check if if needs different drivers and you might need to add additional drivers.
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August 26th, 2008 8:08pm

Sorted, in case anyone else reads this looking for advice, it seems users have to have a username AND password, as well as have all other rights to the shares on the Vista PC. It woudl have been much easier to get a "Blank Passwords are not allowed" error message! IfI net use to the IPC$ share of the vista machine, using a username and password from someone in the administrators group on the Vista PC, i can share files folders and resources. Without a password it fails.
August 27th, 2008 4:36pm

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