Anybody still remember Windows 2000?

[The Wildcard]

Got a question regarding file and print sharing in Windows 2000. I installed the File and Print sharing service for my LAN connection. I rebooted, yet I cannot see the "sharing" tab when I right-click any folder.

Any clues?

 

[JackMDS]

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/w2kshare.html

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/w2kpolic.html

 

[The Wildcard]

Jack,

I managed to access the sharing tab on the folder and set the permission for the default "Guest" account. I enabled the guest account and set the password. This is on the computer running Windows 2000.

Problem is, I am trying to access that shared folder from a laptop that is running Windows 7. On the laptop I can see the computer name that's running Windows 2000 but I can't see the specific name of the folder I was sharing. I also can't access it. It keeps prompting me for a username and password. I then type in "Guest" and the password and it doesn't connect.

Any ideas?

 

[JackMDS]

I do not know waht your security consideration are.

Guest account should be open with No password.

On Win2000 you can also try the C$ account.

 

[Herald85]

Try enabling this on your W7 box:

http://www.tannerwilliamson.com/2009/09/windows-7-seven-network-file-sharing-fix-samba-smb/

 

[The Wildcard]

Herald and Jack,

Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately I am running Windows 7 Home so apparently I don't have the ability to access local security policy. It doesn't appear in my control panel. I suspect it may have to do with the NTLM your link described.

As for the guest account issue, I removed the password to the guest account but I am still unable to access the windows 2000 shared folder from windows 7 laptop. It is still telling me I have the wrong username and password.

 

[The Wildcard]

Nevermind. Got it to work. Don't know how but it works, lol. Did not need to set the local security settings in windows 7. What I did was reset my sharing options. I hanged to home network in win 7, turned off password, turned on public folder sharing, and kept default homegroup settings.

I was then able to see my laptop folders on my win2k computer and copied threre.