# Windows 2000 Pro Logon Problems **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [December 25, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567 "2003-12-25T14:21:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Voetsjoeba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ac91a4/32.png) [@Voetsjoeba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Voetsjoeba)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/1 "2003-12-25T14:21:48Z")
Hey guys šŸ™‚ Iā€™m at my uncleā€™s house, and heā€™s having some problems using Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP. The computer that has Windows 2000 Professional on it can access the XP computer without any problem, but the XP computer canā€™t access the Windows 2000 computer. It gives a message screen with user and password fields. There are three users on the 2000 Pro computer: Administrator, ASPNet and Guest. The only one used is the administrator, and it has no password. So I figured I would enter user name ā€œAdministratorā€ and password none as login for the 2000 Pro computer while trying to access it via LAN, but it didnā€™t work. Iā€™ve never used Win2000 Pro before, so can anyone help me where to change the settings so the XP computer can access the Win2000 Pro computer without having to type in passwords or selecting users or whatever. Passwords arenā€™t cared about, neither are users. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/2 "2003-12-25T14:27:43Z")
I get this problem with my home networkā€¦ it sucks. I think itā€™s probably something to do with network configā€¦ on my machine, it gives an error if you try to use any user/password combination, even valid ones :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/3 "2003-12-25T14:50:16Z")
Same here. Iā€™m sure the combination Administrator / none is corrrect, but no go ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/4 "2003-12-25T22:58:37Z")
Everytime I goto a LAN thereā€™s always people with Win200 that canā€™t allow others to access their computer because of this problem! Annoying! I have solved it once, but I forgot how ā˜¹ (hmmmmā€¦ exactly how much did that line helpā€¦ ?) Have you tried setting up a new useraccount with a new password and loging in with that? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/5 "2003-12-25T22:59:47Z")
Hmmā€¦ By the way, when does the error appear? Are you trying to access a shared folder or just the computer in My Networkplaces ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/6 "2003-12-25T23:11:41Z")
can you make a new user in the both with the same name and the same passwordā€¦ i think itā€™ll workā€¦ iā€™d the same problem but in 2 XPā€¦ :h: hope it helps ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/7 "2003-12-26T09:02:04Z")
> \*Originally posted by Kalliban \* > \*\*Have you tried setting up a new useraccount with a new password and loging in with that? \*\* Yeah, Iā€™ve tried that. Still didnā€™t work. > \*Originally posted by Kalliban \* > \*\*Hmmā€¦ By the way, when does the error appear? Are you trying to access a shared folder or just the computer in My Networkplaces ? \*\* It appears when I try to access the computer. Thanks for trying guys, I really appreciate it =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/8 "2003-12-26T09:12:51Z")
If still not late, this must be your problem Voets: 1. Make sure the sharing is enabled in W2K machine, check protocols, folder sharings and etc. 2. Try logging in with Administrator@[CompName] as username (no password as you say). 3. If that doesnā€™t help, go to Run and type: ā€œ\W2KCompName\C$ā€. That must work definitelyā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/9 "2003-12-26T09:19:50Z")
> However, by default, Windows XP will not permit a network user to access the XP machine using an account set up without a password! > **[WinXP Pro File Sharing - PracticallyNetworked.com](https://www.practicallynetworked.com/winxp-pro-file-sharing-2/)** > > The file system in Windows XP is based on Windows NT and Windows 2000, so many of its features are new to users of Windows 95, 98, and Me.Ā  In this article, same thing happens with win98 and XP ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/10 "2003-12-26T12:21:00Z")
i remeber something nowā€¦ in my company there are 80 PC and some of these using XP others 2000 i want to tell you onePC whicj use XP can see in the network ā€¦ others canā€™t i donā€™t know why :h: ā€¦ i think itā€™s familiar problem between 2000 & XP ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/11 "2003-12-27T02:54:06Z")
make sure sharing is enabled across the boards, and that the actual folder has sharing enabled on it- on the windows 2000 computer setup an account with the appropriate name and password. i would not suggest just enabling the guest account as that leaves you wide for a few things. Then when the XP computer tries to access the 2000 just enter the information. should solve the problem- it does it even between xp and xp sometimesā€¦just depends on how the initial config for sharing was setup. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/12 "2003-12-27T12:34:54Z")
I used to have this problem with my housemates at uni - but Iā€™ve just upgraded my OS to XP (yeah I know :() and I can connect to my dadā€™s PC (w2k) with no problems at all. Strange. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-2000-pro-logon-problems/38567/13 "2003-12-27T16:58:51Z")
Yeah. Iā€™ll guess Iā€™ll leave it the way it is ā€¦