One thing that might help. Vista requires a password on an account with
enough privilege to access the share (such as an administrator), unlike XP
which does not require passwords for shares. If you don't have a password on
an account it will still ask for a password but not accept anything you put
in. This is the case even with an XP machine trying to access a Vista machine
(unless both have an account with the same username/pass that has priveledges
on the Vista machine or connected to the same domain server.)

Hope that helps.

"royschestowitz******.com" wrote:
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> Here we go again :(
> So much for Linux *killing* Microsoft Vista.
>
> What a joke.
> So how long has Linux been around? Maybe 12 years or more?
> So why is Linux still as user unfriendly and hostile as it was 12
> years ago?
>
> When tech journalists can't even get Linux, in this case Ubuntu, to
> work there is something seriously wrong with Linux.
>
> Of course we all know the Linux cultists will blame the user, call him
> an idiot etc.
>
> With Linux, it always seems to be the users fault.
>
> [url]http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37742[/url]
>
> "Quite an impressive start for a piece of free software, I think
> you'll agree. But (and you just knew there was a 'but' coming, didn't
> you?) then the wheels started to come off. Despite it being the latest
> ISO image I could find, the first thing the system did when it saw the
> Web was to download 104 updates - roughly 60 per cent more than a new
> install of Windows XP SP2 asks for."
>
> "Well, I've only been playing with computers since 1972 and I couldn't
> make it work. Linux can see the Windows boxes and vice versa, but any
> attempt to access files is met with a login dialogue box that refuses
> any username and password I enter. Now my learned friends tell me I
> should be using something called Wine. I've been a heavy user of wine
> for many years and it certainly helped relax me but did absolutely
> nothing for my connectivity dilemma."
>
> "So I've done what any normal person would do in the circumstances -
> give up. If the awfully-clever people who write bits of open source
> code can't make it work automatically, I stand absolutely no chance of
> fixing it. It looks very much to me as if people clever enough to
> write an entire operating system can't make a simple bit of networking
> work, it has to be a deliberate marketing decision rather than a lack
> of ability."
>
> "The Ubuntu box now awaits rebirth as another Windows XP machine. I
> have neither the time nor the inclination to persevere with its
> perversity. Maybe I'll try Linux again in another ten years. Maybe by
> then it will have grown up. µ
> "
>
>
> And another Linux Distribution ends up as a coaster.
> This seems to be all to common an experience and it might account for
> the fact that Linux still hovers around less than 1 percent of the
> desktop market share.
>
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