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Problems logging in to network server with Windows 7
OK, well since the guy who usually takes care of our network has left the company, I have been thrust rather abruptly into this position. I'm fairly computer savvy, but I've never done much network administration.
So I've been upgrading a few computers to Windows 7 Ultimate and after a fair bit of wrangling, managed to get them all taken care of (except who knew that Win7 Home couldn't access a simple network... wtf?).
But I've got my boss's brand new rig all set up and loaded with all the software necessary, but for some reason, I can't get it to log in to the server for the life of me.
I have used identical settings as on the old XP box and have double checked net passwords on the server side. I followed the exact same procedure to set up the network as on the other machines. But no dice.
Problem #1 - There is no login window. Actually, it did come up a few times and I'm not sure why, but right now it just automatically logs in and then says that it doesn't have permission, without actually giving me a login window to enter my ID and Password.
I have gone into the credentials, erased them, created them, changed them. Everything under the sun, but right now, I can't even get a simple login.
Unknown factor - when it did give me a login window a couple of times, it showed me the name of the path as <usernamedragon>, which is what I set the computer to so I could access the internet to build the system while the boss was still working with his old box without creating a conflict.
Unfortunately, I have a sneaking suspicion that this is what is causing my problems. So I took steps to change this, but I can't actually see this name anywhere (I've changed the computer name the easy way, but it hasn't changed the computer PROFILE). I took some steps to try to change this, but I can't see if they took effect because there is no login window. The login window was the ONLY place that showed me this path.
I can't see that this would be a legitimate problem, but it's hard to say.
Problem #2 - I don't know why it won't log in correctly. I've set all the other settings correctly and these settings have worked on 2 other computers built over the past week and worked just fine for 3 other computers I built before.
The password is correct, the computer name is correct. The id is correct. The IP settings are all identical.
What the heck am I doing wrong?
I've got a professional network specialist coming in in a couple of hours, but even he is kind of stumped.
I need to get this thing fixed tonight while the office is shut down because come Monday morning, the boss ain't gonna be too happy.
Thanks for your assistance.