Greetings: I have file server installed on a win 2003 server. I need to let users to connect to a share folder (I have set the share folders and the permissions). but when I try to connect as a user (as mapping to a network drive) the window keeps prompting me for user name and password even the user name and the password are correct? Do I have to install active directory in order for this to work? or How can I solve the problem! any help is highly appreciated! F. J.

IS this a Memeber server or a DC? you might need to do a DCPROMO and setup this Box as a DC with a AD installed..

thanks for the reply, ok, I have installed Active Directory. and it works, but I have one of the driver shared with $. when I try to access a shared folder inside it, it does not work. when I click on the share properties, I get: this has been shared for administrative purposes. the share permissions and the security cannot be set. when I stop this share "in order for the inside folder share to work I get: this share was created for administrative purposes only. the share will reapear when the server service is stopped and restarted or the computer is restarted. How can I aviod this? many thanks

you can access this share only if you are loged whit domain_admin account and you must type \\computername\drive$ ... and you have full access on curent drive ...