login authentication issues with Sever 2000 resources

[aquim]

I upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium from Vista a few days ago. Seemed to go real smooth. However, I am unable to connect to a printer that is connected to a Windows 2000 Server as I used too. When I try to connect to the server I get a Windows Security authentication window, I entered my name and password it keeps returning with a failed login of either the user name or password. I know they are correct because I am using the same W7 machine to remote into the server to check other things and its settings. One thing I did notice is that it assumes I am in a domain - which happens to be my machine name n(atles=ast it keeps saying that on the authentication login popup) and I am not, I am in the workgroup - I checked. I am in the same workgroup as the server as well. I tried logging in with the workgroup credentials with "other user" workgroup\name as the login and the password still won't work?

any help would be greatly appreciated.

aquim

[cluberti]

If you're using an account that exists on the remote W2K server, and you're sure it's good, you might want to get a network trace of the whole auth scheme - I'm guessing the W2K box is either using an auth scheme that's disabled by default on Win7, or you need to use .\<user> and <password> to print.

If you save out a network trace somewhere we can look, perhaps we can help further. Otherwise, try connecting with .\<user> rather than machine\user or any other combo and see if it works.

[gosh]

remember: windows will silently use stored passwords before your current credentials.

Go to start > run > type: Control keymgr.dll

Delete any stored passwords, and try again