That's one of the problems with a workgroup environment, the username AND
password must be exactly the same on both systems (the "server" and the
"client").

jwkh


"jeffuk123" wrote:

> Hello
>
> One of our businesses has a windows 2000 professional PC acting as the
> server. They are very limited with funds. All PCs are on a workgroup. I
> recently installed the only Windows XP PC (all the rest are win98). However,
> when the user logs onto the Windows XP PC, it keeps asking for a username and
> password box to access the mapped drives each time she first logs on. Then it
> is ok until she logs on again.
>
> Could it be that the logon credentials for that user on the Windows XP PC
> are different to those on the server, i.e. she is logging on XP as
> 'firstnamelastname', but her credentials on the server I found out later are
> 'firstname.lastname' with the '.' in the middle?
>
> I didn't have access to the server as the room was locked by the manager who
> wasn't around. That particular user it appears has given me possible
> incorrect logon info.
>
> Or is this a common issue with XP client and 2000 acting as the server?
>
> Many thanks
> Jeff