Windows 7 ask's "enter network password" when accessing Window XP Machine

Anonymous
2010-02-18T08:18:39+00:00

Hi All,

I have two PC's one with Windows XP Pro & the other with Windows 7 Pro. I have set up a network & it seems to be working but when i try to access my XP Machine from Windows 7 in ask me to Enter Network Password. I have tried to enter my login password & that did not work, i tried to turn off the password from teh xp machine and it still asks. What can i do to fix this problem. From my xp machine i can access the windows 7 pc fine so i dont understand why W7 is asking for this network password.

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Anonymous
2010-02-22T08:14:27+00:00

Did some searches on the net and below is what i did to solve the problem that was occuring

Permitting Network Access Without a Password

To allow users to log onto their computers without a password and then access the XP Professional machine without a password, you must make a security policy change:

  1. Go to Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance | Administrative Tools | Local Security Policy.
  2. Expand Local Policies | Security Options.
  3. Double-click Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console login only, which is enabled by default. Disable this option and click OK.

this stopped the network access dialog box appearing when tryin to access my xp machine from windows 7 ! !

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-01-25T20:50:43+00:00

    I had the same issue on my Win 7 Pro 64/XP Pro 32 network. I tried most of the solutions here, though I already knew that some of them just woldn't work..

    I finally gave in and just created an account on the XP machine, with the same name as my main Admin account on the Win 7 machine. I gave it admin rights (on the XPmachine). Now the Win 7 machine connects with no issues at all.

    I kind of assumed that would do the trick, since it always used to work with my old Win 98/XP networks. Trouble is, now I have to do an extra click (on the right user name) to log on to the XP machine, unless I use a TweakUI trick, or a registry hack to default to my old user name. But I'm too lazy, and afraid I will forget how if I ever want to change it back.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-01-29T09:31:23+00:00

    Thank You Sir For good answer

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-02-09T19:35:37+00:00

    New Windows 7 won't connect to XP server keeps putting up a name and password.

    I read and read and read everyone's comments. I couldn't find the answer, but I made all of the changes and still nothing happened.. . till finally.

    When I logged in, and as I was talking to tech support, I clicked on the XP machine that was showing up in my network, and it brought up the ID and password. I typed in the name of the computer that I was trying to connect to, and left the password black, and clicked keep this in credentials. 

    Well so far that has opened the door to my server, now to see if the other computers on the network will do it too. So far they haven't but who knows. 

    MICROSOFT SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-02-19T06:02:30+00:00

    hi...i did what u suggest in window XP  but my laptop with window 7 still ask the network password......how to do this in disable?

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