In peer-to-peer home workgroup network, to access from one computer a
printer or a file on another computer, do I need to set up a user acount
other then Administrator on each computer?

Depends on what you want to accomplish. If you don't want all users to be
able to have admin rights on folders, etc., on your--or their--computer,
don't give them admin rights and have them use regular user accounts. Create
all accounts on all computers identically.

aa wrote:
> In peer-to-peer home workgroup network, to access from one computer a
> printer or a file on another computer, do I need to set up a user
> acount other then Administrator on each computer?

I have the computers and all peples are supposed to access everything
without restriction.
So there is not security issues and I do not need any other then Admin
accounts.
However I have technical problems in accessing resources and someone heare
implied that I might have to login other then Admin to access the resources.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:OU$N%2376%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Depends on what you want to accomplish. If you don't want all users to be
> able to have admin rights on folders, etc., on your--or their--computer,
> don't give them admin rights and have them use regular user accounts.
Create
> all accounts on all computers identically.
>
> aa wrote:
> > In peer-to-peer home workgroup network, to access from one computer a
> > printer or a file on another computer, do I need to set up a user
> > acount other then Administrator on each computer?
>
>

Make sure that the admin login name and password are identical on all
computers.

aa wrote:
> I have the computers and all peples are supposed to access everything
> without restriction.
> So there is not security issues and I do not need any other then Admin
> accounts.
> However I have technical problems in accessing resources and someone
> heare implied that I might have to login other then Admin to access
> the resources.
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:OU$N%2376%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Depends on what you want to accomplish. If you don't want all users
>> to be able to have admin rights on folders, etc., on your--or
>> their--computer, don't give them admin rights and have them use
>> regular user accounts. Create all accounts on all computers
>> identically.
>>
>> aa wrote:
>>> In peer-to-peer home workgroup network, to access from one computer
>>> a printer or a file on another computer, do I need to set up a user
>>> acount other then Administrator on each computer?

1. They are. BTW, is login name case sensitive?
2. Why should they be identical?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:u8ZJGq7%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Make sure that the admin login name and password are identical on all
> computers.
>
> aa wrote:
> > I have the computers and all peples are supposed to access everything
> > without restriction.
> > So there is not security issues and I do not need any other then Admin
> > accounts.
> > However I have technical problems in accessing resources and someone
> > heare implied that I might have to login other then Admin to access
> > the resources.
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > message news:OU$N%2376%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Depends on what you want to accomplish. If you don't want all users
> >> to be able to have admin rights on folders, etc., on your--or
> >> their--computer, don't give them admin rights and have them use
> >> regular user accounts. Create all accounts on all computers
> >> identically.
> >>
> >> aa wrote:
> >>> In peer-to-peer home workgroup network, to access from one computer
> >>> a printer or a file on another computer, do I need to set up a user
> >>> acount other then Administrator on each computer?
>
>

Logon name is not case sensitive, passwords are.

Generally a good idea to use limited accounts for normal day to day
activities. Use the secondary logon (runas) when you need to do
administrative tasks.

<aa> wrote in message news:#Mrd1u7#(E-Mail Removed)...
> 1. They are. BTW, is login name case sensitive?
> 2. Why should they be identical?
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
> news:u8ZJGq7%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Make sure that the admin login name and password are identical on all
> > computers.
> >
> > aa wrote:
> > > I have the computers and all peples are supposed to access everything
> > > without restriction.
> > > So there is not security issues and I do not need any other then Admin
> > > accounts.
> > > However I have technical problems in accessing resources and someone
> > > heare implied that I might have to login other then Admin to access
> > > the resources.
> > >
> > > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > > message news:OU$N%2376%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >> Depends on what you want to accomplish. If you don't want all users
> > >> to be able to have admin rights on folders, etc., on your--or
> > >> their--computer, don't give them admin rights and have them use
> > >> regular user accounts. Create all accounts on all computers
> > >> identically.
> > >>
> > >> aa wrote:
> > >>> In peer-to-peer home workgroup network, to access from one computer
> > >>> a printer or a file on another computer, do I need to set up a user
> > >>> acount other then Administrator on each computer?
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks, Rob.
I appreciate the advantages of having limited accounts.
But my question was if accounts other then Administrator are necessary for
accessing files and printers.
I.e. could the fact that I have only Administrator account on each w2k, can
this be resonsible for me regularly getting errors like
The specified network name is nolonger available

or "Printer cannot be accessed" or "Unexpected network error" ?

"Rob Elder, MVP-Networking" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:e1DtTb$%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Logon name is not case sensitive, passwords are.
>
> Generally a good idea to use limited accounts for normal day to day
> activities. Use the secondary logon (runas) when you need to do
> administrative tasks.
>
> <aa> wrote in message news:#Mrd1u7#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > 1. They are. BTW, is login name case sensitive?
> > 2. Why should they be identical?
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> > news:u8ZJGq7%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Make sure that the admin login name and password are identical on all
> > > computers.
> > >
> > > aa wrote:
> > > > I have the computers and all peples are supposed to access
everything
> > > > without restriction.
> > > > So there is not security issues and I do not need any other then
Admin
> > > > accounts.
> > > > However I have technical problems in accessing resources and someone
> > > > heare implied that I might have to login other then Admin to access
> > > > the resources.
> > > >
> > > > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > > > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > > > message news:OU$N%2376%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > >> Depends on what you want to accomplish. If you don't want all users
> > > >> to be able to have admin rights on folders, etc., on your--or
> > > >> their--computer, don't give them admin rights and have them use
> > > >> regular user accounts. Create all accounts on all computers
> > > >> identically.
> > > >>
> > > >> aa wrote:
> > > >>> In peer-to-peer home workgroup network, to access from one
computer
> > > >>> a printer or a file on another computer, do I need to set up a
user
> > > >>> acount other then Administrator on each computer?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>