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BentNotTwisted · 08-20-2003, 10:29 AM

I bought a new PC a few months back and it came loaded with Win XP. I have a router/hub which I have connected my new PC to my old one (running Win 2k). On the new PC I have mapped a drive letter to the old PC. Every time I re-boot my new PC and I try to access the mapped drive a dialog box comes up asking me to log into the old PC. The user name (Admin) comes up in the dialog and the password is blank. If I click OK on the dialog (remember at this point I have not typed a password) the files for the drive show up. Can anyone tell me why my old Win 2k PC needs me to authenticate even though the password is blank? Do I need to change a setting on my Win XP computer or my Win 2K PC?

08-20-2003, 10:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
BentNotTwisted Optimistic Skeptic Location: Midway between a Beehive and Centennial	Accessing a mapped drive requires a password I bought a new PC a few months back and it came loaded with Win XP. I have a router/hub which I have connected my new PC to my old one (running Win 2k). On the new PC I have mapped a drive letter to the old PC. Every time I re-boot my new PC and I try to access the mapped drive a dialog box comes up asking me to log into the old PC. The user name (Admin) comes up in the dialog and the password is blank. If I click OK on the dialog (remember at this point I have not typed a password) the files for the drive show up. Can anyone tell me why my old Win 2k PC needs me to authenticate even though the password is blank? Do I need to change a setting on my Win XP computer or my Win 2K PC? __________________ IS THAT IT ???!!! Do you even know what 'it' is? When the last man dies for just words that he said... We Shall Be Free