The question i have is about our home network,  i have 2 xp machines that will log on to the  server but if i want to use any resourse on the the network from these machines they insist on having me putting in another password.

little bit of background, server running win2000, 1 CLIENT running win 2000 prof wkstn, 2 clients running xp prof, lappy running winnt 4.0 workstn.

When all systems are on and LOGGED in as administrator user i get the following results

win2000 server can network browse all other computers and look into all shared directories on all computers on the network. ok

win 2000 client can network browse all other computers and look into all shared directories on all computers on the network. ok

win xp client 1 can network browse win 2000 server and itself, if try to browse win2000 workstn or the other xp client, after a short timeout it asks for user name and password, (it has to be a different user account to what originally logged on as) once this is done i can browse all shared directories on all computers.

win xp client 2 can only browse itself, until i put in username and password then i can network browse, but i have to put in password for each pc.

All pc's are in the same domain and ip's are all in the same range. I think the problem is a user name authentication problem on the xp machines but im not sure where to start in the process to sort. i have tried and then re-tried the JOIN domain wizzard which appears to work but doesnt .

Sorry this is so long but i thought best to give as many details as possible, any help or suggestions grafully recieved.http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306126thanks for the reply but that is all about "How to configure Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP"
not the same thing..............Server is 2000 server or just windows 2000?

You're logging into domain as administrator, or are you accessing the system with local accounts?

If you're logging in as the DOMAIN administrator and are unable to browse the other systems then you've got a domain setup problem.  Likely the other systems don't have COMPUTER accounts or aren't members of the domain.

If you're logging onto the accounts locally then you have to use the local administrator account of the other machine to attach.  Kind of confusing sounding, so let me try with an example.

System one, not in domain, has the following password:  PASSWORD

System two, not in domain, has the following password: WORDPASS

You log in as administrator in system one, then try to access the C-drive on system two.  Windows will send your current authentication information to system two, and you are denied access because you password is incorrect.

Try this:  Log into system two as [email protected] with the System 2 password.

Or, change all of your account local admin passwords to the same thing (not really smart).  Or, ensure they're members of the domain, and log in with the DOMAIN admin account.thanks 4 reply welby

server is win2000 server

all accounts on my domain have been generated on server none are local (except admin account u have to do when u install)

when i say ive logged on to all machines as admin it is an account i have created that is a member of the admin group on the server.

i have just created a "new" account on the server and just made a user, all the shares have been setup for all users. i have logged on to all machines and it appears to be similar to above.

win2000 server can SEE all
win2000 pro client can see all
win xp clients can see server  but not each other until i put in another user name /password


aaaarrrrggggggggg its doin my head in :-)firewall causing it maybe....more info on networking here>http://www.wown.com/articles_tutorials/netgeneral/nah, that was the first thing i did pulled plug on b/b modem and got rid of firewall. so i just had local domain and nowt else  


looked at link posted some intesting stuff but not quite what i need.