Can't connect to Win 7 shared from XP

hekg · May 20, 2009

Hi all, I'm having a hell of a time trying to connect to my shared folders on my Win 7 RC machine from my XP machine. I have my shared folder permissions set to 'full control' for 'everyone'.

On my XP machine I click to open my win 7 machine from the workgroup and I get the username/password screen. The username is already filled in like this: WIN7PC\john. I type my win 7 password for john user account and I get an error that says: \\win7pc not accesible. You might not have permission to use this network resource ... multiple connections to a server by same user ... etc.

I am logged into my XP machine as user 'john' as well.

PS. I am able to access the win 7 share from my Mac. I am also able to access my XP shares from the Win 7 machine.

What am i missing? This worked fine with Vista shares from my XP machine.

sexytool · May 20, 2009

./facepalm.

I HATE that bug. My housemate currently has it.
"\\x.x.x.x not accesible. You might not have permission to use this network resource"

As far as i can tell (through extensive testing) it's a fault in the registry and is based on general windows corruption.
Only way to fix it as far as i've seen is to re-install the OS.

hekg · May 20, 2009

AH REALLY??!!! Just when I thought I had my system setup perfectly. I even cleaned my media center guide listing to display only the channels I pay for etc. Is there any way to back or export my settings so that I can reinstall everything and then just import those media center settings back?

sexytool · May 20, 2009

Possibly =/ try the user state migration tool if it exists in W7 - i think W7 uses something else.;

Start > All Programs > System Tools > Windows Easy Transfer.

torrentg · May 20, 2009

hekg said:
Hi all, I'm having a hell of a time trying to connect to my shared folders on my Win 7 RC machine from my XP machine. I have my shared folder permissions set to 'full control' for 'everyone'.

On my XP machine I click to open my win 7 machine from the workgroup and I get the username/password screen. The username is already filled in like this: WIN7PC\john. I type my win 7 password for john user account and I get an error that says: \\win7pc not accesible. You might not have permission to use this network resource ... multiple connections to a server by same user ... etc.

I am logged into my XP machine as user 'john' as well.

PS. I am able to access the win 7 share from my Mac. I am also able to access my XP shares from the Win 7 machine.

What am i missing? This worked fine with Vista shares from my XP machine.

Try this:

On Win 7 machine, start menu, then in search box type services.msc, hit enter.

Manually shut down the Server service. Wait a little, at least 30 seconds or so whatever, then restart it.

Now try to log back in from XP.

-If that doesn't work, make a brand new test account on XP with a different user name and then try.

hekg · May 20, 2009

thanks torrentg. Shutting down and restarting the server service did not work but creating a new user account and logging in under it did work.

When I clicked to open the win7pc from the workgroup screen, the login window username appeared as 'john' and not 'win7pc\john' like it appears when trying to connect from my regular xp user account.

Any ideas on a permanent fix so I can access the shares from my regular account?

Thanks again!

sexytool · May 20, 2009

If your user account on the W7 machine is John
And the user account on your XP machine is John
Then they should be automatically logging onto each other as long as the password is the same for both accounts.

torrentg · May 20, 2009

sexytool said:
Then they should be automatically logging onto each other as long as the password is the same for both accounts.

This is the problem, I am guessing. Both machines of his have the same account name but different passes.

So ya, hekg, set the passwords identical on each machine. Reboot each machine. Then see if it works. Most likely it should, without even asking anything.

hekg · May 20, 2009

That did it!

I actually had already tried to make the password the same on both machines but it did not work so I changed them back .. the problem was that I did not restart both machines

. Thanks guys!

While I have your attention, why is my plasma not waking up after turning it off and then back on or after changing TV inputs? The only way is to put the pc to sleep then wake it up BUT then my audio does not work so I have to close the media center app and re-open it

.

sexytool · May 20, 2009

no problemo.
Modern video devices usually are required to be turned on while plugging and unplugging.

Also try disabling sleep mode in the power saving options, sleep mode has never really worked properly in windows accross the board.

hekg · May 20, 2009

I never turn off my media center pc, I just shut off the tv. So when I turn my tv back it just goes to sleep mode after like 5 seconds because it can't find a video signal from my PC.

I also have sleep mode and turn off display are also disabled in the power saving options.

It's strange because I never had this issue on my XP 2005 media center setup.

wpru24 · Oct 26, 2009

I have got a similar problem, I am trying to connect to the network drive on my college campus and it says my password is invalid (password is correct), any suggestions?

aem · Oct 26, 2009

wpru24 said:
I have got a similar problem, I am trying to connect to the network drive on my college campus and it says my password is invalid (password is correct), any suggestions?

Is the share for a Specific people or Group?

Check if that the share is actually shared and the allowed person's name or group is actually listed the box from "Choose people to share with" window.

wpru24 · Oct 26, 2009

Alright take into account im not completely tech savvy.

Its an FTP to the college server that holds a drive for each student that can be accessed using your specific username/pw

when i map the driver everything works like a charm but i get a message that says my password is invalid when it is the correct password.

aem · Oct 26, 2009

wpru24 said:
Alright take into account im not completely tech savvy.

Its an FTP to the college server that holds a drive for each student that can be accessed using your specific username/pw

when i map the driver everything works like a charm but i get a message that says my password is invalid when it is the correct password.

You have not really completed the mapping, if you cannot get passed the security prompt. Are u the only one having this issue? and were u able to access this share in the past?

torrentg · Oct 26, 2009

wpru24 said:
Alright take into account im not completely tech savvy.

Its an FTP to the college server that holds a drive for each student that can be accessed using your specific username/pw

when i map the driver everything works like a charm but i get a message that says my password is invalid when it is the correct password.

Do not map the drive. Instead, use FlashFXP software.

A free alternative is SmartFTP. SmartFTP - FTP Client
Another is Filezilla. http://filezilla-project.org/

FlashFXP is best though.

On the plus side, with this, you could now go on Efnet and tell anyone you want topsite access. Tell them TorrentG sent ya. lol j/k

wpru24 · Oct 26, 2009

aem said:
wpru24 said:

Alright take into account im not completely tech savvy.

Its an FTP to the college server that holds a drive for each student that can be accessed using your specific username/pw

when i map the driver everything works like a charm but i get a message that says my password is invalid when it is the correct password.

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You have not really completed the mapping, if you cannot get passed the security prompt. Are u the only one having this issue? and were u able to access this share in the past?

I had this drive mapped on Vista Home (64 bit) prior to doing the install of Win7, i emailed my college tech help (pretty much useless) they said its because Cisco Clean Access Agent is incompatible with windows 7 even though it works just as well as it did on vista. Not sure if others are having the problem, as I am the only person i know here that has gone to win7.

kkadd9 · Aug 15, 2012

Simpler Answer:
1) Go to your Window 7 machine & Click:

Start >> Control Panel >> User Accounts

2) Note how Windows 7 has graciously changed your user account name replacing spaces with dashes such that "My Mach7" becomes "My-Mach7". Note any other changes the MS OS may have made.

3) Go to your Win XP machine, open File Explorer and navigate to:

Microsoft Windows Network >> Workgroup >> Win 7 Machine >> Shared Folder

4) When the "Log On As" window appears, log on using the modified user name you found in #2 above using your original password for that similar account in Windows 7.

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