Unknown user name or bad password

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"Login failure: Unknown user name or bad password"

Two machines, 'A' and 'B', both running W7 sp1 x64,
Both have the same username & password,
Both are setup to share all drives,
Both are using the hidden (or super) Admin account renamed (by design),
Both can see one another, all drives, all folders,
No firewalls.

Initially 'B' could logon to 'A', but not the other way around. A search found the problem under Advanced Sharing. The 1st two entries were turned off. Now, 'A' can logon to 'B', but not the reverse which is opposite of what it was before.

As soon as I try to connect, before I even type anything in, the message in the logon box is the above "Login failure".

Nothing was done to 'B' where it initially worked before. Is this some one way deal, logon one way or the other, but not both?
 

My Computers My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    Laptop
    Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
    Toshiba
    OS
    Win7 x64
    CPU
    AMD
  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number
    AMD based MB
    OS
    Win 7 Pro x64
    CPU
    AMD FX-8350
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce 1060
    Monitor(s) Displays
    25"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    two SSD;
    two 4TB HDD
    PSU
    700watt Seasonic
    Internet Speed
    300MB up & down
    Browser
    Firefox
    Other Info
    BD Recorder
You shouldn't even need to use the same user name and password to access each other both ways.

You don't need to use the super Admin account for this.

You should not need to turn off the firewall for this simple sharing to work.

I can't imagine how these shares aren't working because you have done more than is required so most likely a windows service is turned off or there is a third party anti virus software involved.

Have you tried setting up a Homegroup between these machines?
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built
OS
Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
CPU
Q9650-4.275GHz, E8600 4.5GHz, E6750-3.8GHz
Motherboard
Evga 780i FTW
Memory
G.Skill PC2 9600 1200Mhz 5 5 5 15 2T
Graphics Card(s)
GTX480
Sound Card
Asus Xonar D2
Monitor(s) Displays
HannsG
Screen Resolution
1680X1050
Hard Drives
GSkill Phoenix Pro 120GB SSD
PSU
ThermalTake Toughpower 1000Watt modular
Case
ThermalTake XaserV
Cooling
Xigmatek S1283
Keyboard
Logitech G15
Mouse
Logitech G9
Internet Speed
T1
Using the same user name & password is not just convenient, but logical (less confusion). The hidden Admin account removes 75% of the annoyances of W7. It just makes trying to use W7 somewhat easier.
No 3rd party firewall.
No on Homegroup, no intention to use it.

Nothing was changed in 'B', the change was with 'A' affecting 'B'.
 

My Computers My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    Laptop
    Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
    Toshiba
    OS
    Win7 x64
    CPU
    AMD
  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number
    AMD based MB
    OS
    Win 7 Pro x64
    CPU
    AMD FX-8350
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce 1060
    Monitor(s) Displays
    25"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    two SSD;
    two 4TB HDD
    PSU
    700watt Seasonic
    Internet Speed
    300MB up & down
    Browser
    Firefox
    Other Info
    BD Recorder
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