Windows XP: Administrator account login failure
Today, a remote installation test of Symantec Antivirus 10.2 server failed at the Administrator login on a Windows XP workgroup client. It is a problem I keep encountering because I forget to change the simple file sharing setting.
Most of my enterprise clients are in a domain, but some use workgroups. Production and process-control networks commonly have a workgroup setup.
At first, I thought the password was wrong. I tried again, then used computer\administrator, but still could not log in to the remote machine.
Logon failure: unknown name or bad password.
I returned to the Windows XP VM and opened Windows Explorer / Tools / Folder Options / View. I cleared “Use simple file sharing (recommended)”.
I tried connecting to the ADMIN$ share again, and this time it worked.