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Windows 7 ask for login credentials on Server 2008R2. XP client's connect OK

Have a new Windows 7 Professional (32 bit) PC trying to connect to Windows 2008R2 Server (not AD). When I dbl click on server name, I get asked for user name & PW. Windows XP PC's don't ask for this. I've gone to sharing options on this PC and turned off password protected sharing for home and public profile. I've turned off firewall on the server just to check.

All PC's are on the "Workgroup" work group. I've disjoined the workgroup and rejoined it and still asks for user name and password.

rar3z

One solution you can do is.. the username and password that you are logged into the windows 7 pc, you can use the same username and credentials on the server (create a user in the server with those credentials) and allow that newly created user to access the file/folder you are trying to access.

That should solve your problem.

ChazNTroy

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The application that I'm running cannot connect using login credentials. It has to have an open share.

penguinjas

I believe the answer you want is at this link. I had to make a simliar change to get Windows 7 to connect to a samba server.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itpronetworking/thread/68ffbe2a-09a7-4e29-859c-ca1aaf75dcd1

ChazNTroy

ASKER

Penguinjas - bad link. Get runtime error when link is opened. Try again please...

Thanks!

rar3z

Try this.

http://ykyuen.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/windows-7-cannot-connect-to-newtork-drive/

ChazNTroy

ASKER

rar3z - this totally disabled my ability to even see the Windows 2008R2 server! Not cool :( ....

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penguinjas

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ChazNTroy

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Eventually I muttered through this solution off of a few other websites. You put this together in one place and hope that this helps others. Wonder what Windows 8 is going to do for this type issue? Can't wait...

Thanks!