Networking problems...

[coolsites100]

Ok, here's my problem. I have two computers (I will refer to them as A and B in this topic). A is running Windows 7 Starter, and B is running Windows XP Professional SP3. I was able to successfully set permissions and credentials on B so that on A or any other computer you will have to enter an administrator's username or password to access it's shared files. It loads and operates just fine on A. But now, I want to share A's files to B and B won't open them. It won't ask for my credentials, so A assumes I'm logging on under my account on B, which does not have administrator privileges on A.

This is probably a really stupid question, but how would I get B to ask me for my A credentials?

Edited February 25, 2011 by coolsites100

[Tripredacus]

For the username, you type in COMPUTERA'SNAME\username

That will change the "current" domain away from your computer B.

[cluberti]

If you've configured the same usernames and passwords on both machines, you don't - NTLM authentication will use the logged-on user's credentials first (after the anonymous challenge from the client to the remote host inevitably fails). NTLM will then try with credentials in the credman store, and if those fail the current user's credentials are tried next. Only then, if all of the above fails, will you get prompted for credentials. In your case, credentialing works (you're logged on with a user and password that matches the remote machine - you're in!!!! Not good if you want to connect with a different user account ).

Simple fix if you'd like credential prompts when making SMB connections between machines (and you should - good on you for trying to be secure)? Don't create the same usernames on two workgroup'ed machines (or at least don't use the same passwords). More complex? Open a cmd prompt and map a drive to the remote server\share, and provide explicit credentials to the net use command.