XP does not see Vista

Dumb, Dyumb, Dumb Microsoft.

I'm not going to use a password. I live alone; I'm almost 80 and have
enought trouble just remembering my name and where I live.

Microsoft needs to go back to the drawing board.

ED


"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" <blinNoEmailplease@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> "I do not use passwords" could be the problem. Check this post for more
> details.
>
> Vista file sharing problem without ...Vista may not allow you access
> remotely without a password. Assign the same password to the username and
> try it assign. Please post back with the result. ...
>
> http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...e5ad91ecbc2af8
>
>
> --
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> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>
>
> "OldManEd" <econgleton@snet.net> wrote in message
> news:eA7TtMlbIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>I get following error message when at XP and trying to see a shared folder
>>on Vista:
>>
>>
>> "\\HPdesktop not available. You might not have permission........"
>>
>> "Logon failure: user account restrictions. Possible reasons are passwords
>> not allowed, logon hour restrictions or a policy restriction has been
>> enforced."
>>
>> I do not use passwords and have not set any hour restrictions, therefore,
>> only thing remaining is policy restriction. Where do I find that? Search
>> didn't help.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ed

>

You may have an option to logon automatically without typing the password.
This post may help.

Vista Auto logon discussionThere's a default string under
"Winlogon\AutoLogonChecked"... how do I uncheck autologon, or what value
data do I enter into the default string to get Vista ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...pic.php?t=1122


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"OldManEd" <econgleton@snet.net> wrote in message
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> Dumb, Dyumb, Dumb Microsoft.
>
> I'm not going to use a password. I live alone; I'm almost 80 and have
> enought trouble just remembering my name and where I live.
>
> Microsoft needs to go back to the drawing board.
>
> ED
>
>
> "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" <blinNoEmailplease@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23N8YnHmbIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> "I do not use passwords" could be the problem. Check this post for more
>> details.
>>
>> Vista file sharing problem without ...Vista may not allow you access
>> remotely without a password. Assign the same password to the username and
>> try it assign. Please post back with the result. ...
>>
>> http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...e5ad91ecbc2af8
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>>
>>
>> "OldManEd" <econgleton@snet.net> wrote in message
>> news:eA7TtMlbIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>I get following error message when at XP and trying to see a shared
>>>folder on Vista:
>>>
>>>
>>> "\\HPdesktop not available. You might not have permission........"
>>>
>>> "Logon failure: user account restrictions. Possible reasons are
>>> passwords not allowed, logon hour restrictions or a policy restriction
>>> has been enforced."
>>>
>>> I do not use passwords and have not set any hour restrictions,
>>> therefore, only thing remaining is policy restriction. Where do I find
>>> that? Search didn't help.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Ed

>>

>

You have to turn off password protected in Vista.
Read a bit further down in what I wrote

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

Permissions/Share info is there as well.

If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer
sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall.

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
from an XP computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer Sharing Wizard to include
Vista in your “New� Network, even if you had an XP Network set up prior to
adding a Vista computer to it.


"OldManEd" wrote:

> I get following error message when at XP and trying to see a shared folder
> on Vista:
>
>
> "\\HPdesktop not available. You might not have permission........"
>
> "Logon failure: user account restrictions. Possible reasons are passwords
> not allowed, logon hour restrictions or a policy restriction has been
> enforced."
>
> I do not use passwords and have not set any hour restrictions, therefore,
> only thing remaining is policy restriction. Where do I find that? Search
> didn't help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed
>
>

Thank You very much; this worked
ed

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2D3D83C7-B8F5-4DAE-A800-C1E9BAF869DB@microsoft.com...

> You have to turn off password protected in Vista.
> Read a bit further down in what I wrote
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
>
> Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
>
> Permissions/Share info is there as well.
>
> If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer
> sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall.
>
> 1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers
> is
> the SAME.
>
> In Vista Network and Sharing:
>
> Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)
>
> Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)
>
> File Sharing: ON
>
> Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s
> Shared
> Docs)
>
> Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
> passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
> asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
> from an XP computer.
>
> Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer Sharing Wizard to include
> Vista in your “New� Network, even if you had an XP Network set up prior to
> adding a Vista computer to it.
>
>
> "OldManEd" wrote:
>

>> I get following error message when at XP and trying to see a shared
>> folder
>> on Vista:
>>
>>
>> "\\HPdesktop not available. You might not have permission........"
>>
>> "Logon failure: user account restrictions. Possible reasons are passwords
>> not allowed, logon hour restrictions or a policy restriction has been
>> enforced."
>>
>> I do not use passwords and have not set any hour restrictions, therefore,
>> only thing remaining is policy restriction. Where do I find that? Search
>> didn't help.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>