file servers

I can log on to the other 2 computers on my network without any problem. I can see and change files on them also but when I try and log onto the file server it requests a username and password although they are not needed for accessing the files. I can ping it ok, access it from the other PC's and also from win XP on this machine but not from Vista. I have tried entering the UN and PW (that is used to change fileserver settings) into the box but it comes up as incorrect. The network is set to Private and file and printer sharing ticked in the firewall exceptions. I have tried with the firewall off as well but still get the UN/PW request.

What OS is the file server running? How do you normally logon to the file server on the other computers?
-- Kerry MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Thermal wrote:

I can log on to the other 2 computers on my network without any problem. I can see and change files on them also but when I try and log onto the file server it requests a username and password although they are not needed for accessing the files. I can ping it ok, access it from the other PC's and also from win XP on this machine but not from Vista. I have tried entering the UN and PW (that is used to change fileserver settings) into the box but it comes up as incorrect. The network is set to Private and file and printer sharing ticked in the firewall exceptions. I have tried with the firewall off as well but still get the UN/PW request.

I think the OS is Windows NT 4.9 Server and to log onto it I just click on its name as it shows as a workgroup computer on the network.
It shows its self with Vista, its just that it insists it needs a UN/PW
Dave
"Kerry Brown" wrote:

What OS is the file server running? How do you normally logon to the file server on the other computers?
-- Kerry MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Thermal wrote: I can log on to the other 2 computers on my network without any problem. I can see and change files on them also but when I try and log onto the file server it requests a username and password although they are not needed for accessing the files. I can ping it ok, access it from the other PC's and also from win XP on this machine but not from Vista. I have tried entering the UN and PW (that is used to change fileserver settings) into the box but it comes up as incorrect. The network is set to Private and file and printer sharing ticked in the firewall exceptions. I have tried with the firewall off as well but still get the UN/PW request.

You may have to lower the security of authentication. See the post by Kaan Demirtas in the thread titled Map SMB-Networkdrive. The default method of authentication that Vista uses doesn't work with Windows NT. You have to go back to an older authentication. Here's a cut and paste from the post I mentioned above.
"2. Run secpol.msc
Under Local Policies > Security Options
Change the value of "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" from "NTVLM2 responses only" to "LM and NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated"
I was warned to use the second option at my risk as it lowers security. But, I didn't mind because Linux handles firewall and security.
to run secpol.msc I was unable to find the run... as in XP. So, I just entered it in the address bar of My Computer window."
Let us know if this works. I'm guessing a bit here. I don't have an NT server to try it on.
-- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Shell/User
"Thermal" wrote in message

I think the OS is Windows NT 4.9 Server and to log onto it I just click on its name as it shows as a workgroup computer on the network.
It shows its self with Vista, its just that it insists it needs a UN/PW
Dave
"Kerry Brown" wrote:
What OS is the file server running? How do you normally logon to the file server on the other computers?
-- Kerry MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Thermal wrote: I can log on to the other 2 computers on my network without any problem. I can see and change files on them also but when I try and log onto the file server it requests a username and password although they are not needed for accessing the files. I can ping it ok, access it from the other PC's and also from win XP on this machine but not from Vista. I have tried entering the UN and PW (that is used to change fileserver settings) into the box but it comes up as incorrect. The network is set to Private and file and printer sharing ticked in the firewall exceptions. I have tried with the firewall off as well but still get the UN/PW request.

Gee thanks, it worked for me. Now I can access my file and printer server.
"Kerry Brown" wrote in message

You may have to lower the security of authentication. See the post by Kaan Demirtas in the thread titled Map SMB-Networkdrive. The default method of authentication that Vista uses doesn't work with Windows NT. You have to go back to an older authentication. Here's a cut and paste from the post I mentioned above.
"2. Run secpol.msc
Under Local Policies > Security Options
Change the value of "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" from "NTVLM2 responses only" to "LM and NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated"
I was warned to use the second option at my risk as it lowers security. But, I didn't mind because Linux handles firewall and security.
to run secpol.msc I was unable to find the run... as in XP. So, I just entered it in the address bar of My Computer window."
Let us know if this works. I'm guessing a bit here. I don't have an NT server to try it on.
-- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Shell/User
"Thermal" wrote in message I think the OS is Windows NT 4.9 Server and to log onto it I just click on its name as it shows as a workgroup computer on the network.
It shows its self with Vista, its just that it insists it needs a UN/PW
Dave
"Kerry Brown" wrote:
What OS is the file server running? How do you normally logon to the file server on the other computers?
-- Kerry MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Thermal wrote: I can log on to the other 2 computers on my network without any problem. I can see and change files on them also but when I try and log onto the file server it requests a username and password although they are not needed for accessing the files. I can ping it ok, access it from the other PC's and also from win XP on this machine but not from Vista. I have tried entering the UN and PW (that is used to change fileserver settings) into the box but it comes up as incorrect. The network is set to Private and file and printer sharing ticked in the firewall exceptions. I have tried with the firewall off as well but still get the UN/PW request.

Your welcome. What server OS and service pack level? It's good to know what works.
-- Kerry MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Mario Rosario wrote:

Gee thanks, it worked for me. Now I can access my file and printer server. "Kerry Brown" wrote in message You may have to lower the security of authentication. See the post by Kaan Demirtas in the thread titled Map SMB-Networkdrive. The default method of authentication that Vista uses doesn't work with Windows NT. You have to go back to an older authentication. Here's a cut and paste from the post I mentioned above.
"2. Run secpol.msc
Under Local Policies > Security Options
Change the value of "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" from "NTVLM2 responses only" to "LM and NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated"
I was warned to use the second option at my risk as it lowers security. But, I didn't mind because Linux handles firewall and security. to run secpol.msc I was unable to find the run... as in XP. So, I just entered it in the address bar of My Computer window."
Let us know if this works. I'm guessing a bit here. I don't have an NT server to try it on.
-- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Shell/User
"Thermal" wrote in message I think the OS is Windows NT 4.9 Server and to log onto it I just click on its name as it shows as a workgroup computer on the network. It shows its self with Vista, its just that it insists it needs a UN/PW Dave
"Kerry Brown" wrote:
What OS is the file server running? How do you normally logon to the file server on the other computers?
-- Kerry MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Thermal wrote: I can log on to the other 2 computers on my network without any problem. I can see and change files on them also but when I try and log onto the file server it requests a username and password although they are not needed for accessing the files. I can ping it ok, access it from the other PC's and also from win XP on this machine but not from Vista. I have tried entering the UN and PW (that is used to change fileserver settings) into the box but it comes up as incorrect. The network is set to Private and file and printer sharing ticked in the firewall exceptions. I have tried with the firewall off as well but still get the UN/PW request.