"Kiasu" <kiasu@discussion.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EEF16864-9B38-4556-90B6-4E1D42934E27@microsoft.com...
>I have 3 computers connected for sharing via a router. One is running
>Windows
> 2000, another Windows 95 and my main computer is using Windows XP.
>
> I have a shared drive on Windows XP which used used to be able to be
> accessed from the other 2 machines but for some reason, it now does not
> work.
>
> When I try to view this shared drive on Windows XP from the Windows 2000
> machine, I get the error message: Logon Failure: the User has not been
> granted the requested logon type at this computer. The User ID and
> passwords
> are correct. The network is correctly connected as I am able to view files
> on
> the Windows 2000 from my Windows XP machine.
>
> When I check the Windows XP security log, I notice the following:
>
> Event Type: Failure Audit
> Event Source: Security
> Event Category: Logon/Logoff
> Event ID: 534
> Date: 12/18/2005
> Time: 8:22:53 PM
> User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> Computer: PC001
> Description:
> Logon Failure:
> Reason: The user has not been granted the requested
> logon type at this machine
> User Name: my User name
> Domain: my domain name
> Logon Type: 3
> Logon Process: NtLmSsp
> Authentication Package: MICROSOFT_AUTHENTICATION_PACKAGE_V1_0
> Workstation Name: my workstation name
>
> I try turning off Windows firewall, but still it does not work.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks...


If the password for the account is blank, Windows XP has a policy that
blocks network access (regardless of whether the password is correct or
not.) This is new to XP and was not in 2000. Is this the case?


--
Colin Nash
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User