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
    2011-04-28T20:05:55+00:00

    ...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,....

    Try disable a Guest password on Windows XP.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-03-28T01:29:49+00:00

    There is not performance and maintenance tab under the control pannel on Windows 7!!??

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-03-13T17:54:09+00:00

    This is probably an NT LAN Manager issue - see here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistanetworking/thread/8e18df52-eaf0-4758-a1c1-87057d9f96e9

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-03-13T17:15:57+00:00

    I had this same issue and it was due to simple file sharing being enabled on the XP computer. Once I went into windows explorer-tools-folder options-views and unchecked it, I could access shares, both printers and folders. You would think with the amount of people experiencing this there would be better information.

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