Did something change in "connect to server" process this week? March 13-16,2022

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Did something change in "connect to server" process this week? March 13-16,2022

For several years I have been able to connect to my Windows 2000 PC (yes, its old but I have a special piece of equipment connected to it) from my Macs on my network. I can still see the share coming from it, it shows in "connect to server" dialog box. But when trying to enter user name and password it rejects it. I have tried many other ways to access it, smb://****, etc. I can ping it from the Macs so I know it sees it. I can even connect into it (the Windows 2000PC) remotely using VNC server, proving the network card is working

Did Apple send some security update when I was not looking to my Macs?

I am 100% certain of user name and password is correct. Suggestions?

Mac Pro, macOS 12.3

Posted on Mar 16, 2022 7:31 AM

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ctphoto1 Author

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Mar 16, 2022 12:56 PM in response to ctphoto1

Might have found a temp solution that might help somebody else out there. I installed Xlight FTP server app on the Windows 2000 PC. Then using Cyberduck (or any FTP program) on the Mac was able to connect to the shared folder on the Windows 2000 PC. Can read, write, or delete files now.

But would still like the old way to work and not have to go through two programs.

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ku4hx

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Mar 16, 2022 11:27 AM in response to ctphoto1

It worked for a while for us but for the last few years it hasn't. I got tired of fiddling with it; my personal opinion is Windows is the culprit.

To get around that we have Windows installed on our Macs via VMWare Fusion. That works perfectly to run Windows jobs . Of course we have Intel Macs ... planned it that as a matter of fact.

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ctphoto1 Author

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Mar 16, 2022 11:32 AM in response to ku4hx

Not a good option here, Windows 2000 PC has special interface card in it that drives equipment. I would love to just run a VM on a Mac, believe me.

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Did something change in "connect to server" process this week? March 13-16,2022

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