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From: "Bob Meyers" <oregonbob2000@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: VisionFS and Windows XP Home
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 08:43:44 -0800 References: <as09i1$83f$2@newsreader1.mclink.it> <as0dst$n3grb$1@ID-59665.news.dfncis.de> <2913e155.0211270911.4e944e78@posting.google.com> <as3t3p$9jr$1@perki.connect.com.au>

"Stuart J. Browne" <stuart@promed.com.au> wrote in message
news:as3t3p$9jr$1@perki.connect.com.au...
> > > >They added a laptop with Windows XP Home edition, and I couldn't have
it
> log
> > > >to the SCO server. I use VisionFS password (encrypted for Windows)
and
> the
> > > >user is the same as before.
> > >
> > > My experience is in a different environment, but cause may be the
same.
> > > I had problems with winxp->samba/linux because winxp would use as
login
> > > for the network access something other that the login used to log on
to
> > > the winxp box.
> > > So user logged in as "user1", "user1" was ok for samba, but samba logs
> > > showed that winxp was trying logging in as
> > > "user.internet_email.address.com" or some other name related to the
> > > user.
> > > So try forcing winxp to use a known good login name using the "map
share
> > > as drive" dialog which allows you to specify "connect as..." and see
> > > what happens.
> >
> > I've seen the same sort of problem - but I think it is something to do
> > with changing the username in XP - so if the username starts at
> > johnsmith and then you chage it to be jsmith, from what i can tell XP
> > will still try to login to vision as johnsmith even though it says
> > jsmith on the xp screen.
>
> XP-Home (unless explicitly told otherwise) has a rather strange (almost
> non-existant) concept of usernames.
>
> both Home and Professional will try to use the 'username' that they are
> installed with, and take quite a bit of convincing to use another one.
>

From Google, Stuart  J. Browne wrote back in August:

"That could be because XP is a bit too intelligent for it's own good.  Using
the basic interface to change usernames doesn't actually change the
username.  You need to go in through "Administrative Tools/Computer
Management", into the "Local Users and Groups".  This is the same Interface
that Windows 2000 uses.  It's just hidden.  You should be able to properly
re-name the user there."

This solved the problem for my customers.

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