I've tried turning off password protection in Network and Sharing Centre, but no matter how many times I select "Turn off sharing" and then click APPLY, it just doesn't turn off!!! The on button remains!
View 6 RepliesWhy is Vista asking for a username and password everytime I try to access shares with password protection turned off on both Vista machines? Damn if I know. I can use the XP Pro machine to access the shared files on either Vista machine and don't get asked for a username/password. Vista's networking is flaky to say the least. The whole idea of small office networking is to be simple, Vista has tried to complicate this with password protection. Why should I have to have all users on every machine? That's just more network maintenance I don't want in a small home office. Besides some users may not want other people's accounts on their machines but they'd still like to share files and Vista has made this a nightmare.
Checklist:
File sharing : On (check)
Printer sharing: On (check)
Public sharing: On (check)
Password protection: Off (check)
Workgroup name the same (check)
Private network (check)
Logon to the router and I can see the Vista machines and the XP machine and the network printer. On XP machine access the shared printer on Vista 1, works like a charm. On XP machine open a shared folder on Vista 2, works like a charm. On Vista 1 access a shared folder on XP machine, works like a charm. On Vista 1 access a shared folder on Vista 2, sorry....do not pass go do not collect $200 until you enter a username and password. EXCUSE ME! Oh well, so much for progress. Not a firewall problem, get the same result whether or not a firewall is enabled or not. Haven't tried a crossover cable between the 2 Vista machines to see if it's the router but I have my doubts because XP works fine. Solution: Move all shared printers and files to XP and forget Vista sharing.
I just bought a new Lenovo 3000N200 laptop which came with Vista Home Premium preinstalled. I connected it wirelessly to my home network. The other PCs in this network are wired to the same ASUS wireless router and run WinXP.
All the machines are in the same workgroup. The network profile of my Vista laptop is "Private".
Everything works fine until I enable password protected sharing (file sharing ON, public folder sharing ON, password protected sharing ON) and reboot the machine. I mention the system is working as expected until reboot.
After each reboot, I find both the file sharing and public folder sharing set to OFF. Of course, the shared folders are not accessible via network. I can set the two options back to ON and everything works fine again, but this is unacceptably annoying!
If password protected sharing is set to OFF, file and folder sharing keep their ON state even after reboot. But I want the protected sharing - it fits my needs like a glove!
I have Vista x64 and I have read threads on this for weeks and can't fix it. I have file sharing/network discovery on, private network, password protection disabled, my shares set to everyone and everyone is on the same workgroup. My problem is that the x64 Vista computer will not see any of the XP (x86 or x64) computers and they can't see it from the Network Neighbourhood. However, if I type the IP address of the XP computers I
can access them. On the XP computers if I type the IP address I get an error that it isn't accessable and I might not have permission. However, if I type \192.168.0.100share or any of the other share names I access it just fine. pinging works too by IP but not by name. If I boot into the x86 install of have of Vista I can access XP computers from Vista and the Vista from XP by name and everything without typing any user names. The only differince between the two aside from x64 and x86 is that x86 isn't patched past SP1 as I don't use it often. Lastly after installing that XP patch I can see the x86 XP computers by name from the network map feature on Vista, still can't access them by name though...
the display doesn't turn off after the configured time set in the active power plan. The screensaver works fine, so it's not that (for example) a mouse is giving random input. Also, when I shut down the computer, the display jumps to powersaving, so the display works fine. I've already tried a lot of things to solve it........
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When I try to get new email, it asked me for my password. It doesn't accept it though. I can log in via yahoo.com. error message: Account: 'pop.att.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.att.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR popgate argument(s) missing.', Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC91
View 9 Replies View Relatedmany things to learn! been using my pc for a while now and finally decided to set it up correctly as I learned about the need to have separate admin account with individual users. so now it is done and i'm learning i should have made a cd for password retrieval if password for admin account doesn't work.
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I have my Vista laptop (HP) hooked up to an external monitor, I have been using the sleep mode at night. The laptop is closed and on a shelf that is very hard to get to. I would like to shut it off at night. I can shut it off with the keyboard. Is there any way possibly software controlled to turn it back on? To reach the power button on the laptop you must first raise the lid which there is not room to do
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Everytime I log in and check my Windows Security center. my virus protection is off! How do I get it on and why is it doing this?
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What i also noticed is that when i click shut down from the start menu that is when everything seems to load up like normal but the system is already about to shut down so it just closes again. now this only happens in XP and my vista partition is perfectly fine but i figured i'd post this problem in here
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