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altec

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• Jul 19, 2003

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My friend is having a problem with the network he is trying to set up in his house. He has 3 computers hooked up to a hub, with his being the server...but for some reason one of the computers is asking for a password to access the server. The other computer does not need this password, and there is no password set on the server. Not one to get into the OS or anything. This has me perplexed...and we cannot seem to work the problem out. Please help us!

 

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modenaf1

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• Jul 19, 2003

• #2

what do yall think about it maybe being the password for the admin account?

 

mbentley

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• Jul 20, 2003

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well it could be a password to the admin account, but i am wondering what operating systems are being ran on these computers...

 

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altec

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• Jul 20, 2003

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All of the computers are running Win2k. He has tried all of the passwords that are on both the server and the one that is having trouble accessing the server. He says that he has never set an Admin password. I am really at a loss here guys, help me out.

 

Bobby

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• Jul 20, 2003

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Did you try just hitting enter with no password?

-Bobby

Edit: What you should do is set up a user account for each user/computer on the server, then it should authenticate fine.

 

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altec

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I will tell him to try that. Thanks......anymore suggestions?

 

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BGPatterson

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• Jul 20, 2003

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Sometimes i would try logging in as the user name and password of either the server or the machine you are on. That sometimes worked for me.

 

Jenova

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• Jul 20, 2003

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win 2000 is like that it want passwords for sharing even if u havent got any

 

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altec

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Well then Jenova, is there a fix for the problem? It is only happening between two of the computers, not all three.

 

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altec

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• Jul 20, 2003

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I gave my friend a link to this thread so that he can check it as he wants, and he e-mailed me this:

By the way I can't log onto the comp at all, not just the server. And it won't let me click cancel which i've never seen before.

Click to expand...

IF that helps you guys to clear up what the problem really is...please help me and him to figure this out!

 

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altec

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Any ideas?

 

Bobby

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• #12

He can't log into the computer that's trying to log into the server? That would be a problem, don't ya think?

-Bobby

 

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altec

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I am tryin to help him through e-mail. I am just relaying information that he is giving me.

 

Jenova

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• Jul 22, 2003

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dont know aye????
this is a tricky one