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Cannot access Shared Folder (that was previously accessible)
Hi Everyone,
I am running a single Domain Controller on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box.
Within my Domain there are about 40 clients; a mixture of Windows computers ranging in version from XP to W7.
On many computers I have enabled shares on various folders (for backing up email, sharing data directly between computers, etc).
On my personal workstation I have a number of folders shared with the rest of the Domain.
Recently colleagues of mine have not been able to access any of the shared folders on my workstation. When they attempt to do so through "Network" (from Windows 7) they see the following message -
Whilst colleagues cannot see my shared folders they are setup exactly as they were when they were accessible (and I have not made any changes in recent memory). Furthermore I am able to access shared folders on other computers from my workstation.
I have performed a fair amount of Googling before posting to this forum, and many of my search results indicated that I should use the Netdom.exe command to reset the "machine account password" for the Domain. However this seems like using a sledge hammer to put a tack in a wall, and I really don't want to mess with the Server if I can avoid it.
Further to the above I have also read a great deal about file encryption and setting the encryption in Windows 7 lower, but this only appears to be relevant when trying to connect from XP to W7 (which doesn't really concern me at this stage).
It is my expectation that "Logon Failure: The target account name is incorrect" is the crux of this issue.
If anybody has any suggestions on how to fix this issue they will be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Davo