Re: Accessing Win2K Shares from WinXP Pro machines

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_attbi.com)
Date: 05/28/03 

Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 00:48:20 GMT

            Make sure they are logging into their domain accounts - not
local machine accounts, and that their domain accounts are included in a
group that has necessary permissions to the W2k shares. Possibly they do not
have necessary ntfs permissions. Have them log onto a W2K machine to see
what happens. --- Steve

"Gabriel Covert" <gabriel.removedot.covert@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:asQAa.514$Pb.445@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> I've got two Windows XP Professional laptops in an otherwise Win2K
network.
> When a user is logged into those machines with their domain account, they
> can only access shares on a 2K server if they have Domain Admin rights,
> otherwise, no modify access.
>
> How can I make it so that users on the XP machines can access shares on
the
> 2K machines? I've lready checked that the local users of the XP machines
> are members of the Domain User group. What else will let me access these
> shares?
>
> Gabe Covert
>
>
>
>

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