We just installed new Win7 Pro computers in a peer to peer network but I cannot access the Windows Server 2000 shares from the Win7 Pro computers. It tries to authenticate and but keeps giving me the log on credentials for the local machine, even if I try to change it, it seems to default back. server\local name. Even if I change with valid log on credentials, it does not seem to want to validate. For some odd reason it tells me the workgroup is the computer name, but the workgroup is really workgroup.

With a workgroup there is no centralized accounts database. You have to log into each machine individually. So to log into the server you need to use an account which is valid on the server and specify that machine with the username by using the format servername\username. You cannot use workgroupname\username as you can with a domain name. Bill

Thanks for the reply, the server name is Server and I was using the administrator account to access. This works fine on the XP computers using the log in Server\Administrator and the passsword. I also tried other accounts. All the XP computers will connect this way just fine but on the screen where WIN7 asks for user name and password it always shows the workgroup as the local machine name, not as the actual workgroup the WIN7 machine is a member of. It will not let me change anything and when I try to use the server\administrator account it acts as if I am trying to use a local account on the WIN7 computer not the account on the server I am trying to connect too. Thanks

Hi, Can the Windows 7 machine access other machine successfully, such as Windows XP machine in the network? Here are some suggestions you can try: 1. Temporarily turn off firewall on the Windows 7 machine. 2. Modify relevant settings on Windows 7 machine. a. Click Start and open Control Panel. b. Open "Network and Sharing Center" and click "Advanced sharing settings". c. Expand the current network profile (such as "Home or Work"), and then select the following options: "Turn on Network Discovery", "Turn on file and printer sharing", "Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders", "Turn off password protected sharing" 3. Please open gpedit.msc in Start menu on the Windows 7 machine, locate to the branch Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\. Then make the change on the policy Network security: LAN Manager authentication level. Change to “Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated”. 4. Write down the IP address for Windows 2000. Click Start button in Windows 7 and type \\Windows 200 IP address, and then press enter. Can you access the Windows 2000 computer now? If there is any error message or the user name and password still cannot pass, please capture the window and upload it for research. Thanks, Novak