Re: Can't log in from another machine???

From: Steven Umbach (n9rou_at_n0spam-comcast.net)
Date: 02/08/04


Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 02:22:35 GMT

Glad you got it to work, but don't know how it got there on a new installation.
The number was a "sid" for a user or group that used to exist but was probably
deleted and therefore the operating system could not display the user friendly
name. -- Steve

"Lee Johnson" <holeejo@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:Xns948779F9E19E6holeejobellsouthnet@216.77.188.18...
> Thanks, Steven, you were right. the "deny access...network" was not
> blank, but had guest and some series of numbers in it. I don't now
> remember what they were. Cleared that field and there it went. How
> could that have gotten changed? Any ideas? I just loaded XP last week.
>
> Thanks again.
> Lee
>
> "Steven Umbach" <n9rou@n0spam-comcast.net> wrote in
> news:voFUb.189654$nt4.803231@attbi_s51:
>
> > It is a user right assignment problem. On the computer "main" check
> > Local Security Policy [secpol.msc] /security settings/local
> > policies/user rights assignments for access this computer from the
> > network that should by default have at least administrators and users,
> > and the deny access this computer from the network that by default has
> > no entries. You may also need to enable or disable simple file sharing
> > for access depending on if you are using it or not. Simple file
> > sharing lets everyone authenticate as guest which is more convenient
> > but less secure. I don't think you can disable it on Home however. See
> > link below for more info.--- Steve
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307874
> >
> > "Lee Johnson" <holeejo@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> > news:Xns9486E6E877D3holeejobellsouthnet@216.77.188.18...
> >> Gang,
> >> I have done this hundreds of times, but this has got me baffled (it
> >> really doesn't take much). I installed XP on my new computer, call
> >> it "main", and on another computer, call it "other". Both of these
> >> are XP Pro. I have a laptop that has XP Home on it. I can connect
> >> from the laptop to Other. I can connect from Main to Other and
> >> Laptop. But I can't get to Main from either of the other two
> >> machines. I get the error "Logon Failure: the user has not been
> >> granted the requested logon type at this computer."
> >>
> >> Everything looks right to me. Microsoft shows something about the
> >> security database. Never been there....
> >>
> >> Can anyone help??
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Lee Johnson
> >> holeejo@bellsouth.net
> >
> >
> >
>



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