By Philip Churchill on June 19th, 2009
WHS Password Mismatch with Windows 7
The Home Server Show website is reporting that users of the 64 bit version of the Windows 7 Release Candidate (Build 7100) are having a problem connecting their machine to their Windows Home Server.
Although the connector software installs correctly the client then alerts you that your Windows 7 machine and WHS passwords are not the same, although they are. When trying to enter the passwords in the prompt to fix the problem, the WHS password is not accepted.
A solution was posted in Microsoft’s WHS Software forum by user "Dan" which corrects the problem and is duplicated on The Home Server Show website here for you.
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If this fixes what I think it should, I will be so grateful. Thanks!
The same password problem exsists on my 32bit version of Windows 7. Will try the solution.
Got the same problem with the 32bits 7100 Version.
However, this fix DIDN’T work on my system. The problem is still present.
I have the same problem, its driving me crazy
I tried several times following what was posted above but DID NOT WORK. any other options here?
Thank you! This did solve my Windows 7 64-bit/WHS password problem. Appreciate the tip.
Thanks! Worked for me too. (Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, Home Server SP2)
Hi There,
This fixes a w7 32bit issue to – read on
thanks you saved my hours of troubleshooting. For some unknown reason this happen to me after the nag screen (pw sync) came up. I did as described, but choose “send Lm& NTLM – use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated” in the policy – volia problem solved.
thanks again!
Thankyou this has been bugging me on my 32 bit computer all day
“send Lm& NTLM – use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated”
Worked for me, the other did not.
Thanks
Tried
“send Lm& NTLM – use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated”
Start run – rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr
This got the stored credentials dialog. Found WHS name, highlight it and removed it. Logout of the client machine and then log back in.
Log on to the Windows Home Server Console
Click User Accounts
Right click the user and click change password
Type your password twice, even if its the same one!
Click ok
This fixed the issue