Comment 6 for bug 510059

I'm having the same sort of problem. I'm relatively new to Linux; I just downloaded Ubuntu 9.10 about a week ago and moved from Windows XP.

I have a wireless network I was able to connect to just fine elsewhere; I just went into the file manager; clicked Network; Windows Network; and was able to access the files. However, on my home network, I am trying to connect to my old XP computer (file sharing is already enabled on it), and Ubuntu is able to find the Windows Network. When I open it and see "DarkShadow1215" (the name of the computer), clicking on it gives me the password prompt, and everytime I type in my Ubuntu password, it goes away and returns a few seconds later. I've tried everything, from ubuntu-username/ubuntu-password, windows-username/windows-password, ubuntu-computer-name/ubuntu-username/ubuntu-password, windows-computer-name/windows-username/windows-password, and then just the passwords by themselves. There is no error message, no anything. Just the prompt constantly returning as if I haven't entered in the correct password. The windows computers are able to share with each other, it just seems that my ubuntu netbook does not want to connect.