Hi,
Did you check simple file sharing
and try to use the same user name and password across all machines.
Regards,
Faraz H. Khan
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Browse All TopicsDear Sir ,
i have 5 laptops at home and i am using them as home network as i have shared all drives of laptops to access from all pc's ,
from one desktop where i am having windows xp installed when i go to its workgroup places , i can see the pc's listed there but if i try to open these pc's ( having windows vista " i cannot able to accees the as they shows this error as "logon failure the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer" , but if i try to acees xp pc from windows vista pc's i can aceess it easily
kindly Advice
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sory Roads ,
these steps are not in windows vista .......
although i have 3 windows vista laptops and they can be easily shared with each other i can access there shared drives etc , but if i try to access these vista laptops from my desktop having windowqs xp sp 3 , its giving error as " logon failure:account currently desabled "
plz advice
this problem occurs if administrator accounts are disabled or not exisiting in the pc's so for this we have to enable administrator accounts in each windows vista laptops : by going to
run
secpol.msc
local policies
security options and enable administrator account
and reboot the laptop
on reeboot we can see administrator account existing open it and put password
now we can acces this laptop throgh windows xp
for vista home premium type this command to enable administrator account :-
follow these steps :-
Open an elevated command prompt:
Win key / type: cmd / ctrl + shift + enter / confirm the prompt (alt+C)
type: net user administrator /active:yes
If you want to assign a password immediately
type: net user administrator yOurPazzWerd /active:yes
where "yOurPazzwerd" is what you want to assign
Now head over to user accounts:
win key / type: user accounts / hit enter
"manage another account"
Confirm the prompt, you should see the hidden administrator account
regards
Business Accounts
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by: samieranaPosted on 2009-11-02 at 00:06:21ID: 25717671
Go to any Vista Laptop or PC and create one user same as XP User. Then go to your Share (in your case your drives) and add this new username to the List. (Users' List who can access the data).