Non-existant password

Book Worm · 06-23-2009, 10:23 AM

Hi, I hope this is the correct forum and that you can help.
I have 3 Dell computers networked all at service pack 3. Workgroup=Bear
Computers: Papa=Desktop xp pro, Mama=DDesktop xp and Baby=Laptop XP pro.
All three computers can access the net. Mama can access baby and papa, Baby can access mama and papa.
Problem is that papa can access mama but will not access baby. I get a popup requesting a password for guest. There is no such password.

I can provide the results of ipconfig /all for all three if needed.
Thanks

**johnwill** · 06-23-2009, 05:13 PM

Create a file in notepad named FIXANON.REG with the following contents:

You should have 3 boxes on the bottom in NOTEPAD.
1)Filename : FIXANON.REG
2)Save as type: all files
3)Encoding: ANSI
If you do not change it from txt type to All files type, then the file will actually be FIXANON.REG.txt, this won't accomplish the desired result.

------------------- Use text after this line -------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]
"restrictanonymous"=dword:00000000
------------------- Use text before this line -----------------

Double click on the file and say Yes to the merge into registry question.

Reboot the computer.

Book Worm · 06-23-2009, 06:23 PM

Will try this. What exactly is this doing?

Book Worm · 06-23-2009, 07:12 PM

I gave it a try and did exactly as you said. Used copy/paste from your message so there would be no typos. After re-boot, got the same results as usual. Box popped up asking for a password.
Top of box on blue heading says Connect to PAPA
Then picture of keys
then in the body of the pop-up grayed out User Name: PAPA\GUEST
then in normal type, Password and a box for the password.

I tryed to upload a .bmp image of the popup to attach to this message but the upload keeps failing.

Any other ideas?

**johnwill** · 06-24-2009, 02:07 PM

Save it as a JPG, not a BMG.

To post a screen shot of the active window, hold the Alt key and press the PrtScn key. Open the Windows PAINT application and Paste the screen shot. You can then use PAINT to trim to suit, and save it as a JPG format file. To upload it to TSG, open the full reply window and use the Manage Attachments button to upload it here.

Configure for Simple Sharing on all of the computers. This is found in Windows Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, View. At the bottom of the list is Simple Sharing check this on the XP-Pro machines.

Book Worm · 06-26-2009, 11:37 AM

Attached is the screen print of the logon panel asking for the non-existant password.

Simple file sharing is on on both the xp pro machines.

**johnwill** · 06-28-2009, 07:52 AM

Did you create a user account on each machine that matches the name/password used to login on the connecting machine? Have you checked the shared resource permissions to make sure that EVERYBODY is granted access to the shares?

Book Worm · 06-29-2009, 02:50 PM

Yes, each machine has the same users and passwords, In this case, no passwords. I don't know where to go to check the shared resource permissions as I am using simple file sharing. I have tryed this with simple file sharing on and with it off. Same problem.

I really appreciate you patience and suggestions.

Book Worm · 07-01-2009, 11:14 AM

I have just found an anomaly that may give you a clue to what is wrong and how to fix it.

When I use XPs Search for a computer I get the results you will see in the attached file.

**johnwill** · 07-01-2009, 02:13 PM

I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to do there, but I'd rather not have Word documents, just post them in the forum, for instance.

Code:

Using Xp search for Computer

					On Baby						On Mama						On Papa
Search		Search Results				Search Results				Search Results
For:			Name	In Folder			Name	In Folder			Name	In Folder

Baby			Baby		Bear				Baby		Bear				Baby		 Unknown
Mama			Mama		Bear				Mama		Bear 				Mama		Bear
Papa			Papa		Bear				Papa		Bear				Papa		Bear

What was that supposed to illustrate?

Book Worm · 07-02-2009, 08:08 AM

No wonder you are confused, the alignment is off.
In short. When I do a computer search on each machine for the same machine and then the other two machines, I get a return of the correct machine name and the Correct Work Group name in th "In Folder column" with the exception of Papa. This is the machine that will not read Baby. A computer search for Baby done from Papa returns the correct computer name but the "In forlder" says Unknown.

It seems to me that for some reason Papa does not recognize that Baby is in the Bear work group. Obviously, I could be wrong.

**johnwill** · 07-02-2009, 10:02 AM

Let's see this for each of the three computers.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands, one at a time, followed by the Enter key:

Note that there is a space before the -n or the /ALL, but there is NOT a space after the - or / in the following commands.

NBTSTAT -n

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

Book Worm · 07-03-2009, 09:10 AM

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Betty>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection - Internet:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.150.100] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
PAPA <00> UNIQUE Registered
BEAR <00> GROUP Registered
PAPA <20> UNIQUE Registered
BEAR <1E> GROUP Registered
BEAR <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

SonicWALL Virtual Adapter - Jib & Riley:
Node IpAddress: [223.1.1.128] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
PAPA <00> UNIQUE Registered
BEAR <00> GROUP Registered
PAPA <20> UNIQUE Registered
BEAR <1E> GROUP Registered
BEAR <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8734249C-D0F5-4823-B63F-7321B93EA2CC}:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

C:\Documents and Settings\Betty>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PAPA
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection - Internet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82562V-2 10/100 Network Con
nection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-24-E8-16-FE-E8
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::224:e8ff:fe16:fee8%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.229.54.212
207.44.96.129
24.229.54.220
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%3
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%3
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%3
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 03, 2009 9:09:48 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:09:48 AM

Ethernet adapter SonicWALL Virtual Adapter - Jib & Riley:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SonicWALL VPN Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-60-73-EB-04-B9
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 223.1.1.128
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::260:73ff:feeb:4b9%5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 223.1.1.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 03, 2009 9:09:45 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 03, 2010 9:09:45 AM

Ethernet adapter {8734249C-D0F5-4823-B63F-7321B93EA2CC}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Check Point Virtual Network Adapter
For SSL Network Extender - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 54-25-E5-E5-21-12

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%7
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : DF-01-01-80
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:df01:180::df01:180
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-96-64
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.150.100%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%3
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%3
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%3
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : DF-01-01-80
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:223.1.1.128%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Documents and Settings\Betty>

Book Worm · 07-03-2009, 09:15 AM

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Betty>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.150.102] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
MAMA <00> UNIQUE Registered
BEAR <00> GROUP Registered
MAMA <20> UNIQUE Registered
BEAR <1E> GROUP Registered

C:\Documents and Settings\Betty>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MAMA
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-20-9A-84-21
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.229.54.212
207.44.96.129
24.229.54.220
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 03, 2009 10:58:59 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 04, 2009 10:58:59 AM

C:\Documents and Settings\Betty>

Book Worm · 07-03-2009, 11:23 AM

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Ann>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

SonicWALL Virtual Adapter:
Node IpAddress: [223.1.1.128] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
BABY <00> UNIQUE Registered
BEAR <00> GROUP Registered
BABY <20> UNIQUE Registered
BEAR <1E> GROUP Registered
BEAR <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

Wireless Network Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.150.101] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
BABY <00> UNIQUE Registered
BEAR <00> GROUP Registered
BABY <20> UNIQUE Registered
BEAR <1E> GROUP Registered

\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{3CE4F95E-EB74-44EA-B067-41C8D9BBBF0F}:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

C:\Documents and Settings\Ann>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BABY
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated Con
troller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-BC-0F-3D

Ethernet adapter SonicWALL Virtual Adapter:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SonicWALL VPN Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-60-73-E0-23-06
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 223.1.1.128
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 223.1.1.2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 03, 2009 1:12:19 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 03, 2010 1:12:19 PM

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-51-C0-93
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.229.54.212
207.44.96.129
24.229.54.220
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 03, 2009 1:12:31 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 04, 2009 1:12:31 PM

Ethernet adapter {3CE4F95E-EB74-44EA-B067-41C8D9BBBF0F}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Check Point Virtual Network Adapter
For SSL Network Extender - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 54-01-84-E5-2A-17

C:\Documents and Settings\Ann>

**johnwill** · 07-03-2009, 06:56 PM

Well, I see a lot of extra stuff that may be stepping on things, specifically the Sonicwall VPN. I've seen a number of cases where even having a VPN client installed will block network access.

Book Worm · 07-04-2009, 08:15 AM

I know that sonic wall seems to casue various problems but unfortunately, I need it on both Papa and Baby. If you think thats the problem then I will just have to live with things the way they are now. Odd that Sonic is on both machines and its just Papa that can't read Baby. I am still stumped by the system is asking for a password. This does not ring any chimes with me with regard to Sonic Wall.

**johnwill** · 07-04-2009, 01:31 PM

Well, I'd try booting in Safe Mode with Networking to see if that changes things to start. I'd like to see if that allows the full networking.

Book Worm · 07-07-2009, 11:31 AM

I tryed booting in safe mode with networking on both papa and baby.
Same old thing. Papa still looking for the non existant password when looking to connect to baby. Baby can read papa and mama. Mama has no problem reading both of the others.

Book Worm · 07-07-2009, 11:38 AM

I tryed something else. As the laptop was used, and I suspected that at one time was password protected, I logged on as the administrator and added a new user as an administrator. I deleted the original user. I logged in as the new user and ran the network wizzard again. What a surprise, papa could read baby and vice versa. Then I re-booted both machines. Back to square one. Papa won't read baby, asks for the password. Mama and Baby still read both papa and the other.

06-23-2009, 10:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
Book Worm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North East U.S. Posts: 14 OS: win xp pro	Non-existant password Hi, I hope this is the correct forum and that you can help. I have 3 Dell computers networked all at service pack 3. Workgroup=Bear Computers: Papa=Desktop xp pro, Mama=DDesktop xp and Baby=Laptop XP pro. All three computers can access the net. Mama can access baby and papa, Baby can access mama and papa. Problem is that papa can access mama but will not access baby. I get a popup requesting a password for guest. There is no such password. I can provide the results of ipconfig /all for all three if needed. Thanks

06-23-2009, 05:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,580 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Non-existant password Create a file in notepad named FIXANON.REG with the following contents: You should have 3 boxes on the bottom in NOTEPAD. 1)Filename : FIXANON.REG 2)Save as type: all files 3)Encoding: ANSI If you do not change it from txt type to All files type, then the file will actually be FIXANON.REG.txt, this won't accomplish the desired result. ------------------- Use text after this line ------------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] "restrictanonymous"=dword:00000000 ------------------- Use text before this line ----------------- Double click on the file and say Yes to the merge into registry question. Reboot the computer. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

06-23-2009, 06:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Book Worm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North East U.S. Posts: 14 OS: win xp pro	Re: Non-existant password Will try this. What exactly is this doing?

06-23-2009, 07:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
Book Worm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North East U.S. Posts: 14 OS: win xp pro	Re: Non-existant password I gave it a try and did exactly as you said. Used copy/paste from your message so there would be no typos. After re-boot, got the same results as usual. Box popped up asking for a password. Top of box on blue heading says Connect to PAPA Then picture of keys then in the body of the pop-up grayed out User Name: PAPA\GUEST then in normal type, Password and a box for the password. I tryed to upload a .bmp image of the popup to attach to this message but the upload keeps failing. Any other ideas?

06-24-2009, 02:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,580 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Non-existant password Save it as a JPG, not a BMG. To post a screen shot of the active window, hold the Alt key and press the *PrtScn* key. Open the Windows PAINT application and Paste the screen shot. You can then use PAINT to trim to suit, and save it as a JPG format file. To upload it to TSG, open the full reply window and use the Manage Attachments button to upload it here. Configure for Simple Sharing on all of the computers. This is found in Windows Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, View. At the bottom of the list is Simple Sharing check this on the XP-Pro machines. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

06-28-2009, 07:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,580 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Non-existant password Did you create a user account on each machine that matches the name/password used to login on the connecting machine? Have you checked the shared resource permissions to make sure that EVERYBODY is granted access to the shares? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

06-29-2009, 02:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
Book Worm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North East U.S. Posts: 14 OS: win xp pro	Re: Non-existant password Yes, each machine has the same users and passwords, In this case, no passwords. I don't know where to go to check the shared resource permissions as I am using simple file sharing. I have tryed this with simple file sharing on and with it off. Same problem. I really appreciate you patience and suggestions.

07-01-2009, 02:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,580 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Non-existant password I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to do there, but I'd rather not have Word documents, just post them in the forum, for instance. Code: Using Xp search for Computer On Baby On Mama On Papa Search Search Results Search Results Search Results For: Name In Folder Name In Folder Name In Folder Baby Baby Bear Baby Bear Baby Unknown Mama Mama Bear Mama Bear Mama Bear Papa Papa Bear Papa Bear Papa Bear What was that supposed to illustrate? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

07-02-2009, 08:08 AM	#11 (permalink)
Book Worm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North East U.S. Posts: 14 OS: win xp pro	Re: Non-existant password No wonder you are confused, the alignment is off. In short. When I do a computer search on each machine for the same machine and then the other two machines, I get a return of the correct machine name and the Correct Work Group name in th "In Folder column" with the exception of Papa. This is the machine that will not read Baby. A computer search for Baby done from Papa returns the correct computer name but the "In forlder" says Unknown. It seems to me that for some reason Papa does not recognize that Baby is in the Bear work group. Obviously, I could be wrong.

07-02-2009, 10:02 AM	#12 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,580 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Non-existant password Let's see this for each of the three computers. Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt: In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands, one at a time, followed by the Enter key: Note that there is a space before the -n or the /ALL, but there is NOT* a space after the - or / in the following commands.* NBTSTAT -n IPCONFIG /ALL Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard. Paste the results in a message here. If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

07-03-2009, 09:10 AM	#13 (permalink)
Book Worm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North East U.S. Posts: 14 OS: win xp pro	Re: Non-existant password Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\Betty>nbtstat -n Local Area Connection - Internet: Node IpAddress: [192.168.150.100] Scope Id: [] NetBIOS Local Name Table Name Type Status --------------------------------------------- PAPA <00> UNIQUE Registered BEAR <00> GROUP Registered PAPA <20> UNIQUE Registered BEAR <1E> GROUP Registered BEAR <1D> UNIQUE Registered ..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered SonicWALL Virtual Adapter - Jib & Riley: Node IpAddress: [223.1.1.128] Scope Id: [] NetBIOS Local Name Table Name Type Status --------------------------------------------- PAPA <00> UNIQUE Registered BEAR <00> GROUP Registered PAPA <20> UNIQUE Registered BEAR <1E> GROUP Registered BEAR <1D> UNIQUE Registered ..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8734249C-D0F5-4823-B63F-7321B93EA2CC}: Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: [] No names in cache C:\Documents and Settings\Betty>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PAPA Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection - Internet: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82562V-2 10/100 Network Con nection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-24-E8-16-FE-E8 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.100 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::224:e8ff:fe16:fee8%4 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.229.54.212 207.44.96.129 24.229.54.220 fec0:0:0:ffff::1%3 fec0:0:0:ffff::2%3 fec0:0:0:ffff::3%3 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 03, 2009 9:09:48 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:09:48 AM Ethernet adapter SonicWALL Virtual Adapter - Jib & Riley: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SonicWALL VPN Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-60-73-EB-04-B9 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 223.1.1.128 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::260:73ff:feeb:4b9%5 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 223.1.1.2 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%2 fec0:0:0:ffff::2%2 fec0:0:0:ffff::3%2 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 03, 2009 9:09:45 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 03, 2010 9:09:45 AM Ethernet adapter {8734249C-D0F5-4823-B63F-7321B93EA2CC}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Check Point Virtual Network Adapter For SSL Network Extender - Packet Scheduler Miniport Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 54-25-E5-E5-21-12 Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%7 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled Tunnel adapter 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : DF-01-01-80 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:df01:180::df01:180 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%2 fec0:0:0:ffff::2%2 fec0:0:0:ffff::3%2 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-96-64 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.150.100%2 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%3 fec0:0:0:ffff::2%3 fec0:0:0:ffff::3%3 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : DF-01-01-80 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:223.1.1.128%2 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%2 fec0:0:0:ffff::2%2 fec0:0:0:ffff::3%2 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled C:\Documents and Settings\Betty> Last edited by Book Worm; 07-03-2009 at 09:34 AM.

07-03-2009, 09:15 AM	#14 (permalink)
Book Worm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North East U.S. Posts: 14 OS: win xp pro	Re: Non-existant password Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\Betty>nbtstat -n Local Area Connection: Node IpAddress: [192.168.150.102] Scope Id: [] NetBIOS Local Name Table Name Type Status --------------------------------------------- MAMA <00> UNIQUE Registered BEAR <00> GROUP Registered MAMA <20> UNIQUE Registered BEAR <1E> GROUP Registered C:\Documents and Settings\Betty>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MAMA Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti on Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-20-9A-84-21 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.102 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.229.54.212 207.44.96.129 24.229.54.220 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 03, 2009 10:58:59 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 04, 2009 10:58:59 AM C:\Documents and Settings\Betty> Last edited by Book Worm; 07-03-2009 at 09:38 AM.

07-03-2009, 11:23 AM	#15 (permalink)
Book Worm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North East U.S. Posts: 14 OS: win xp pro	Re: Non-existant password Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\Ann>nbtstat -n Local Area Connection: Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: [] No names in cache SonicWALL Virtual Adapter: Node IpAddress: [223.1.1.128] Scope Id: [] NetBIOS Local Name Table Name Type Status --------------------------------------------- BABY <00> UNIQUE Registered BEAR <00> GROUP Registered BABY <20> UNIQUE Registered BEAR <1E> GROUP Registered BEAR <1D> UNIQUE Registered ..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered Wireless Network Connection: Node IpAddress: [192.168.150.101] Scope Id: [] NetBIOS Local Name Table Name Type Status --------------------------------------------- BABY <00> UNIQUE Registered BEAR <00> GROUP Registered BABY <20> UNIQUE Registered BEAR <1E> GROUP Registered \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{3CE4F95E-EB74-44EA-B067-41C8D9BBBF0F}: Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: [] No names in cache C:\Documents and Settings\Ann>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BABY Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated Con troller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-BC-0F-3D Ethernet adapter SonicWALL Virtual Adapter: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SonicWALL VPN Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-60-73-E0-23-06 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 223.1.1.128 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 223.1.1.2 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 03, 2009 1:12:19 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 03, 2010 1:12:19 PM Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-51-C0-93 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.101 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.229.54.212 207.44.96.129 24.229.54.220 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 03, 2009 1:12:31 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 04, 2009 1:12:31 PM Ethernet adapter {3CE4F95E-EB74-44EA-B067-41C8D9BBBF0F}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Check Point Virtual Network Adapter For SSL Network Extender - Packet Scheduler Miniport Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 54-01-84-E5-2A-17 C:\Documents and Settings\Ann>

07-03-2009, 06:56 PM	#16 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,580 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Non-existant password Well, I see a lot of extra stuff that may be stepping on things, specifically the Sonicwall VPN. I've seen a number of cases where even having a VPN client installed will block network access. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

07-04-2009, 08:15 AM	#17 (permalink)
Book Worm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North East U.S. Posts: 14 OS: win xp pro	Re: Non-existant password I know that sonic wall seems to casue various problems but unfortunately, I need it on both Papa and Baby. If you think thats the problem then I will just have to live with things the way they are now. Odd that Sonic is on both machines and its just Papa that can't read Baby. I am still stumped by the system is asking for a password. This does not ring any chimes with me with regard to Sonic Wall.

07-04-2009, 01:31 PM	#18 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,580 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Non-existant password Well, I'd try booting in Safe Mode with Networking to see if that changes things to start. I'd like to see if that allows the full networking. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

07-07-2009, 11:31 AM	#19 (permalink)
Book Worm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North East U.S. Posts: 14 OS: win xp pro	Re: Non-existant password I tryed booting in safe mode with networking on both papa and baby. Same old thing. Papa still looking for the non existant password when looking to connect to baby. Baby can read papa and mama. Mama has no problem reading both of the others.

07-07-2009, 11:38 AM	#20 (permalink)
Book Worm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North East U.S. Posts: 14 OS: win xp pro	Re: Non-existant password I tryed something else. As the laptop was used, and I suspected that at one time was password protected, I logged on as the administrator and added a new user as an administrator. I deleted the original user. I logged in as the new user and ran the network wizzard again. What a surprise, papa could read baby and vice versa. Then I re-booted both machines. Back to square one. Papa won't read baby, asks for the password. Mama and Baby still read both papa and the other.