Having strange difficulty sharing hard drive on Windows network

[denodave]

My brother-in-law and I managed to set up sharing on the HD of my powermacG3 so I could browse the drive from one of my networked PCs. Once we had been thorough in the sharing setup on the mac we had no problem at all. I tried to connect to mac this week and I get a login dialog box. I have entered the owner name and password but it will not accept it no matter what I do. I have tried changing the owner name and password, having no password, adding a new network user and trying login that way, but none has worked since that initial success. The login box always stymies me.

Am I missing something simple in the windows IE setup, or in the mac setup? I swear I have double-checked all the steps on the mac end, but as I am a mac newbie I just don't know for sure. HELLLLLLP!

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[sebjenkins]

the username and passwor dyou are using to log onto the PC, is this one you created or is it the one set in the File Sharing Control Panel ?

If it is different to the Owner name and password specified in the File Sharing Control Panel then try this one to see what results you get./

 

[denodave]

I am not sure what you are asking. I have tried using the same user name and password as on the PC, having changed the owner name and password in the Mac to match. I have tried accessing the Mac with several different owner names and passwords that I have set up in the file sharing on the Mac, and none have worked. I don't know the original owner name and password as I bought this Mac at a garage sale.

As I said previously we were able to get this working once, and nothing was changed at the next attempt, but the access ceased to work.

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