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Not receiving "connect to..." dialog on windows 7 computers
THE SITUATION:
i have a LAN that has xp, vista, and 7 computers on it. each computer has an administrative account and a corresponding password.
from all computers as noted above, if i right click on "(my) computer" and select "map network drive" and enter in the IP address and credentials of another workstation on the LAN, i can successfully connect to any share on my LAN.
THEREFORE: all my share configurations are correct on every workstation. i can access network shares without any issues relating to permissions.
MY ISSUE:
from any windows 7 or vista (BUT NOT XP) computers on my network, when i attempt to connect to a share on any other LAN computer through the "run" dialog, i don't receive a "connect to..." dialog box. instead i get a error stating: "Logon failure: user account restriction. Possible reasons are blank passwords not allowed, logon hour restrictions, or a policy restriction has been enforced".
on the other hand, my windows XP computers always get the "connect to" dialog box when accessing shares on other LAN computers. the XP computers get the dialog whether they connect to other XP computers or to the vista or 7 computers.
based on all these observations, i believe some setting in vista/7 makes them connect to UNC shares differently then windows XP does. whatever XP does causes a connect to dialog to come up, and whatever vista/7 does causes the error i spoke of.
MY QUESTION:
what can i change on my windows 7 computers (ignore vista for the sake of answering this question) to make them prompt me for a password just like windows XP does? if you say it can't be changed, please post directly to a microsoft article that proves your assertion.
DO NOT ASK ME WHY I DONT JUST MAP THROUGH THE GUI -- I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY WORKAROUNDS -- PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOVE DIRECTLY!!!