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WingsOfLead

May 16 2009, 04:47 AM

I'm using a soft-modded Xbox and I can't get it to authenticate to a share on my PC. The share is "\\192.168.1.2\Videos". I accessed it in the past with XP and Vista in XBMC by going to My Videos > Workgroup (SMB) Network > Workgroup (name of my workgroup) > MeinKampf-puter (name of my computer) > Videos. The problem is that when I put in my username and password at the point where I choose my computer, it just prompts me again and again because it's not authenticating. The username is xbox and the password is xbox. Both my PC and Xbox are connected to a Linksys router and the Xbox has a static IP of 192.168.1.3. Here is what I've tried:
xbox account has read NTFS and share permissions
Restarted Server service
Turned off Windows Firewall
Tried connecting Xbox directly to computer with ICS
Changed Network to a "Home" network in Network and Sharing Center
Turned on network discovery, file and printer sharing, sharing so everyone with network access can read and write files in Public folders
Allow media streaming to all networks
Enable file sharing for devices that use 40 or 56-bit encryption
Turned off password protected sharing
Change Local Security Settings as follows:
Network access: do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts: Disabled
Network access: do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares: Disabled
Network access: let everyone permissions apply to anonymous users: Enabled
Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares: Disabled
Network access: Shares that can be access anonymously: F:\Videos
Network security: Allow Local System to use computer identity for NTLM: Enabled
Network security: LAN Manager authentication level: send LM & NTLMv2 session security if negotiated
Network security: Restict NTLM: NTLM authentication in this domain: Disable
Also installed XP in a virtual machine and it's able to connect to it.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

WingsOfLead

May 16 2009, 07:49 AM

Nevermind, fixed it by editing the smb share locations to "smb://workgroup;xbox:xbox@192.168.1.2/videos"

keypox

May 20 2009, 08:45 PM

yeah i had issues with win7 sharing too, but got mine to work. Just had to turn off password sharing.

Anyways do you know how to save the login info so i dont have to enter it everytime in xbmc?

WingsOfLead

May 31 2009, 05:39 AM

just changing that share fixed every problem for me

weta

Nov 2 2009, 04:31 PM

QUOTE(WingsOfLead @ May 16 2009, 06:49 AM)

Nevermind, fixed it by editing the smb share locations to "smb://workgroup;xbox:xbox@192.168.1.2/videos"

I have the same problem.
Did you make the change above in the xbmc/userdata/sources.xml file?

I have shared the entire drive (D:) on Win7 and have made all the changes as you did in post#1, plus I added <path> tags in the sources.xml file, including the username/password - but it still comes up with the Lock screen asking for un/pw, and which then doesn't let me in anyway.

I can access a Vista laptop and a XP desktop without problem from the xbox, just not the Win7 box, even with everything opened up (firewall off, password protection off, anti-virus off (uninstalled!), folders shared with Everyone Read access)

Any ideas?

PoGo_PeRv

Nov 3 2009, 05:27 PM

Having Same Problem Here I Upgraded From Vista To 7 last Week And Everything was running fine Up Until This Morning When I tried To Get on my Media Drive On My Pc From XBMC And Now Its Asking For UN/PW Like Everyone else I have Done all the above things and had no luck So Ya WTF I Really Don't Want To Go Back TO Vista The Resource Hog but I Like Being Able To Watch My Movies N Shit On My Tv

The_Dogg

Dec 15 2009, 03:53 AM

Anyone fixed that problem?

I'm having it too, can't connect to 1 windows 7 pc.

but I can connect fine to my windows 7 laptop.

here is the debug log:

CODE

21:47:31 M: 42971136   DEBUG: DIRECTORY::CSMBDirectory::OpenDir - Using authentication url smb://thomas:12345@pc
21:47:31 M: 42971136    INFO: Loading skin file: LockSettings.xml
21:47:31 M: 42971136   DEBUG: Load LockSettings.xml: 10.07ms
21:47:31 M: 42864640   DEBUG: Alloc resources: 15.69ms (10.53 ms skin load, 0.79 ms preload)
21:47:33 M: 42037248   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 273 pressed, action is 2
21:47:33 M: 42029056   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 273 pressed, action is 2
21:48:58 M: 42029056   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 256 pressed, action is 7
21:48:58 M: 42971136   ERROR: SMBDirectory->GetDirectory: Unable to open directory : 'smb://thomas:12345@pc'
                             unix_err:'2' nt_err : 'c0000022' error : 'Access denied'
21:48:58 M: 42971136   ERROR: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(smb://user:12345@pc/) failed
21:48:58 M: 42971136   DEBUG: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory ()
21:48:58 M: 42971136   DEBUG:   ParentPath = []
21:48:58 M: 42446848    INFO: Loading skin file: DialogOK.xml
21:48:58 M: 42971136   DEBUG: Load DialogOK.xml: 3.67ms
21:48:58 M: 42954752   DEBUG: Alloc resources: 0.74ms (0.00 ms skin load, 0.16 ms preload)
21:48:59 M: 42430464   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 256 pressed, action is 7
21:49:00 M: 42795008   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 256 pressed, action is 7
21:49:00 M: 42782720   DEBUG: Clearing cached fileitems [smb://user:12345@pc/]
21:49:00 M: 42958848   DEBUG: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (smb://user:12345@pc/)
21:49:00 M: 42958848   DEBUG:   ParentPath = []
21:49:00 M: 42958848   DEBUG: DIRECTORY::CSMBDirectory::OpenDir - Using authentication url smb://thomas:12345@pc
21:49:00 M: 42958848    INFO: Loading skin file: LockSettings.xml
21:49:00 M: 42958848   DEBUG: Load LockSettings.xml: 10.09ms
21:49:00 M: 42852352   DEBUG: Alloc resources: 15.79ms (10.61 ms skin load, 0.81 ms preload)
21:49:06 M: 42037248   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 271 pressed, action is 4
21:49:06 M: 42037248   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: 256 pressed, action is 7
21:49:06 M: 42024960    INFO: Loading skin file: DialogKeyboard.xml
21:49:06 M: 41578496   DEBUG: Load DialogKeyboard.xml: 97.36ms
21:49:06 M: 41447424   DEBUG: Alloc resources: 14.71ms (0.00 ms skin load, 3.99 ms preload)

I tried everything, I'm sure the problem on that pc, just cant find the source

qtip82

Feb 2 2010, 08:22 AM

An out of work MCSE like myself is good for something at least

I was having this same issue and found a fix that has worked for a lot of people so far. Let me know if it works for any of you.

My original post below:

I have been having the exact same problem. And like many here, I tried everything listed and none of it worked.

But I DID find a solution without changing ANY settings whatsoever on my machine.

I know for a fact it had been working earlier this morning. The only change I had made was installing the new Windows Live Sign-In Assistant ver6.5 i think it was and linking my live ID to my windows user account (im using win7 ultimate 64bit btw).

After trying everything listed and several reboots, I uninstalled the sign-in assistant and it immediately began to work again.

So guys, give this a try and let me know if it helps anyone else. Leave it to microsoft to make security changes to your system with an unrelated install.

- qtip

edit: of course you also have to make sure you have enabled file sharing for devices that use 40 or 56-bit encryption in the network settings but other than that you dont have to change anything else other than uninstalling the sign in assistant.

JoshStouffer

May 9 2010, 04:21 AM

QUOTE(qtip82 @ Feb 2 2010, 12:22 AM)

The only change I had made was installing the new Windows Live Sign-In Assistant ver6.5 i think it was and linking my live ID to my windows user account (im using win7 ultimate 64bit btw).

After trying everything listed and several reboots, I uninstalled the sign-in assistant and it immediately began to work again.

I'd just like to say that I had this problem and the above post was exactly the solution. I was on Win7 x64 and I had installed the LiveID thing (I don't even really know what that did, I never even noticed what it changed) and had some network trouble with XBMC for a while. Well, I finally got time to troubleshoot and found this post which fixed everything perfectly. I would have never thought of it either. Thanks Mr. Unemployed MCSE

QUOTE(qtip82 @ Feb 2 2010, 12:22 AM)

Leave it to microsoft to make security changes to your system with an unrelated install.

P.S. Yeah, no kidding. What good did that Sign-In assistant actually DO anyway...?

buzzrick

May 26 2010, 10:26 AM

Hey guys. I've figured out a fix for this. Because you are using a computer specific user account you need to use the computer name in the smb address, like this:

CODE

smb://[computername]\[username]:[password]@[computername]/[sharename]

for example

CODE

smb://mypc\xbox:xbox@mypc/movies

hope that helps

Cheers
Buzzrick
http://buzzrick.true.geek.nz

antknee869

Sep 12 2010, 04:10 PM

Where exactly do you enter that SMB address string? In the Add Sources section? Or do you have to edit an xml file?
Thanks

Bomb Bloke

Sep 12 2010, 11:07 PM

When adding an SMB source via the GUI, you'd enter the "[computername]\[username]" bit into the "Server name" field - though I gather this shouldn't be required with later versions of XBMC.

antknee869

Sep 13 2010, 01:48 AM

Thanks but I actually got it to work by editing the sources.xml file.
Oddly enough it would not work by using the Add Source button no matter how I tried...

wilson2010

Nov 1 2010, 04:36 PM

Oh my fu$%&/ GOD

thank you people for mentioning the Windows Live ID thing!!!

So i sat there yesterday bored on halloween fiddeling with Media Extender and the 360 and somehow i installed a codec pack with the bing toolbar bundled. I must have unchecked the wrong box because i didnt want the tool bar in the first place but it got installed anyway. So then i go to my xbox and the smb shares are being rejected by the server.

I was getting more pissed by the minute and then i eventually gave up trying to figure wtf happend. This morning i googled and this was the first post and sure enough its the live id crap. Deinstalled. It works like in the previous 48 months.

THANK YOU. You guys made my day

Pinecones

Nov 13 2010, 12:01 AM

I created an account with the sole purpose of Thanking posters here for identifying MS Sign-in Assistant. Would have taken me hours if not days to attempt removing MSN 2011 update. (installed it yesterday, everything broke

).

Thanks again

Tsuris

Jan 23 2011, 03:31 PM

please ignore, still can't get it to show a list off all my shares, but have managed to manually add folders individually.......

anti-pop

Mar 9 2011, 01:16 AM

Removing Windows Live Sign-In Assistant also did it for me.

Apparently that crap (Sign-In Assistant) is bundled with "Games for Windows Software".

Major thank you to qtip82 for finding out about this and for saving me hours of testing & tinkering.

You rock dude

shoulders

Mar 20 2011, 02:24 AM

it can also be 'Windows Live Essentials'

you can install messenger on its own if you need

mbrenr

Apr 28 2011, 02:36 PM

QUOTE(anti-pop @ Mar 9 2011, 09:46 AM)

Brilliant! Thank You. This worked for me also! Running XBMC on Apple TV.
Thanks Guys

qtip82

Jul 2 2011, 03:07 AM

QUOTE(anti-pop @ Mar 8 2011, 07:16 PM)

shambles1980

Jul 2 2011, 09:12 AM

although this issue seems resolved just thought id add when i had the same issue it was because i was on 2 diferent work groups.
But that did not take long to figure out.

pepper453

Jul 4 2011, 04:02 PM

Just uninstalled WINDOWS LIVE SYNC on windows 7, my ability to browse fore new share has been restored.
I think this was part of a windows 7 update I was holding off on, forgot why, and decided to install last week.

zbuilder

Jul 25 2011, 04:49 AM

None of these worked for me. I don't have Live ID installed anymore. I shared the drive I need. I changed Win7 to 40/56 bit encryption, removed the password from the admin account, added an xbox account, changed sharing so no one needs a password. Tried all kinds of SMB// syntaxes to the XBOX XBMC MediaSources.xml & Sources.xml files. Nothing works. It's a brand new Win7 Home Premium 64b on a new Dell i7-2600. I also have Win7 32b & it works but that's on an old P4 used for testing & going to get rid of soon.

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