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Accessing an XP machine
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21/05/2002 18:34:54
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Windows
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Networking & connectivity
Miscellaneous
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00659639
Message ID:
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>Accessing a machine’s hard drive with win2000 is easy by executing \\PCName\C$ for drive C.
>If you are logged as administrator or supply the administrator login and password then you are in
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>When I try to do this to access a PC windows XP, a login (connect as) and password dialog box appears, but no matter what you type, the dialog pops over and over telling that the user name or the password are not correct.
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>¿What should be done in order to make it work as expected?
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>Thanks in advance for any hints.

Are you sure you have the drive shared? I recently upgraded from Win2000 to Win XP Pro, and when I went to share the drive, I mistakenly selected local sharing, rather than network sharing. The local sharing is for multiple people who use the same computer.
Chris McCandless
Red Sky Software
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