Vista: should not use blank password for sharing

[chicagotech]

Thank you for all feedbacks.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Mike Capotosto" <MikeCapotosto> wrote in message news:6039BDD0-C4B3-4C54-9B5C-8BEC4A2E0E0F@microsoft.com...
Thank you Jay.

I chaged usernames to co-incide on the 2 systems and used the same password
on both. That seems to have resolved my problem.

"Jay Somerset" wrote:

> I went through the entire process again, and for some reason, it all works
> now. Still not sure exactly what I has set incorrectly. Did discover one
> thing however -- you cannot have a blank password if passwords are required
> for sharing.
>
> Now that it's working, I'm reactivating firewall options one by one.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:21:38 -0500, "Robert L [MVP - Networking]"
> <noreply> wrote:
>
> > I would check the permission first. These search results may help,
> >
> > The Network Path was not foundsays "The Network Path was not found". > > 14. When I try to view the network on the VISTA machine, ONLY the > network hub/router and the vista machine ...
> > http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/vi ... 0b5d319dd9
> >
> > network path not found
> > "Network path not found" in a domain network 2 "Network path not found." in a domain network 3 "Network path not found" in a workgroup network - error 53 ...
> > http://www.chicagotech.net/pathnotfound.htm
> >
> >
> > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> > "Jay Somerset" <jay> wrote in message news:7f0213p5plc0o1tsptoe4954q0k17v0kco@4ax.com...
> > I am a new Vista user, with over a dozen years of Windows experience (mostly
> > Win2K). I am having some difficulties in getting Vista and Win2K (on
> > different systems on my LAN) to "see" each other so that I can transfer
> > files.
> >
> > The Vista system can access and transfer files from the Win2K system OK --
> > both drive mapping and using the run|\\systemname\sharename work OK.
> >
> > The problem is that the Win2K system can "see" the shares on the Vista
> > system, but not access them (network path not found). Also, I cannot PING
> > the Vista machine, by IP address or systemname. I have shut Vista's
> > firewall down, but something is blocking incoming traffic. Also, I set
> > Vista up to do "no password required" file sharing.
> >
> > I have tried using the same user/password on both systems, but that doesn't
> > change either system's behavior.
> >
> > Please, does anyone know what might still be blocking Win2K's ability to
> > directly access Vista files? As the Win2K system is my desktop, and the
> > Vista system is a laptop, it's much more convenient for me to use the Win2K
> > system to access the laptop, rather than vice versa. It's pretty clear I
> > need to change something on Vista to allow access over my LAN.
> >
> > TIA
>

[jon]

Make sure password protected sharing is off. On Vista PC go to Start>Network>Network and Sharing Center and check all the entries under the Sharing and Discovery heading.

For more information on these settings, go to Start>Help and Support and in the search box type "sharing files with the public folder" then click on the result item with that same name (should be result #1).