External Authentication on Windows

Guys, this is driving me crazy.
I had an external user configured on my Oracle 9.2.0.5 database on a Windows 2003 Server.
It was working, I use it to make dump backups.
Now, without any change on any oracle param or bounce it just stoped working.
I have two instances, for one it's working, for the other it's not.
Both instances are on the same server (so I'm using the same sqlnet.ora file with NTS authentication).
Today I removed and recreate the user on both instances, but I keep getting the same problem.
create user "OPS$DOMAIN\ORABACKUP" identified externally
default tablespace users
temporary tablespace temp
The parameters are the same on both instances:
os_authent_prefix string OPS$
os_roles boolean FALSE
remote_login_passwordfile string EXCLUSIVE
remote_os_authent boolean FALSE
remote_os_roles boolean FALSE
Do you have any ideas of why this could happen??
Is there another parameter related to external authentication that I don't know?
Thanks!

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