if you have a shortcut defined try deleting it and recreating the shortcut.
Sometimes the shortcut can get messed up

Jon
"Kiasu" <kiasu@discussion.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F2BF95BA-1498-46B5-B67D-28A12C37FF2A@microsoft.com...
> Colin, thanks for responding to my request for help.
>
> The password is not blank. I even try changing the password for the
> account
> by logging into my XP machine as administrator and changing the password
> for
> the account used to access from the Windows 2000 machine. I try accessing
> the
> shared drive on my XP machine by clicking on it from my Windows 2000
> machine.
> I get the same error message.
>
> I try pingging the XP machine from my Windows 2000 machine. It works - via
> IP address and machine name. Clearly the netwok path is established. I
> suspect it has something to do with security definition, but I have
> checked
> the account, group and domain but still cannot identify where the problem
> is...
>
> Kiasu..
>
> "Colin Nash [MVP]" wrote:
>
>>
>> "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
>>
>>
>>