Cant get to shares on xp pro without authentication dialog

[James W. Long]

Dear all:





Dell PC running Windows XP Pro service pack two is having a problem giving
access to shared HP8000N printer and

a shared folder. The printer is attached to the parallel port. The printer
is shared so that all users have full control of the printer.

the folder is shared so that all users have full rights.



There are two Dell Dimension Windows XP HOME edition service pack two
computers that have to print to the printer on the

XP PRO system and need access to the shared folder on the XP PRO system.



Neither XP home system will attach to the printer on the XP PRO system
without logging in to it over the network.

By this I mean they have to use "connect to" in my network places for that
printer, and it asks for a username and password.


In addition, in my network places, under workgroup computers, when clicking
the XP PRO station,

it asks them for a username and password there. They are not automatically
authenticated.



why do my users have to log on to the XP pro machine? they should not have
to.



All firewalls, antivirus and antispyware programs were dropped , disabled or
removed. No difference was found.



They are all running tcpip, file and printer sharing, qos and client for
Microsoft networks. Same workgroup name,

same IP subnet.





What am I doing wrong?



Thank you in advance,

James Long

 

[GTS]

Is the XP Pro Machine set for Simple File Sharing? (See Folder Options /
View - last item). XP HOME authenticates as guest only requiring this (or
a workaround I'll explain if necessary) to authenticate. If it is set for
SFS, is the guest account enabled?
Run this command to make sure net user guest /active:yes

 

[James W. Long]

Dear GTS:

I turned the guest account on yesterday
hoping that would help but it did not
at that time.

SFS is not currently enabled so
I will change it tomorrow and see what happens
(I am not there now), and then let you know.

Thank you for your help!

James.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Dear all:





Dell PC running Windows XP Pro service pack two is having a problem giving
access to shared HP8000N printer and
is shared so that all users have full control of the printer.

There are two Dell Dimension Windows XP HOME edition service pack two
computers that have to print to the printer on the>
XP PRO system and need access to the shared folder on the XP PRO system.

Neither XP home system will attach to the printer on the XP PRO system
without logging in to it over the network.

By this I mean they have to use "connect to" in my network places for that
printer, and it asks for a username and password.

In addition, in my network places, under workgroup computers, when clicking
the XP PRO station,

it asks them for a username and password there. They are not automatically
authenticated.

why do my users have to log on to the XP pro machine? they should not have
to.

All firewalls, antivirus and antispyware programs were dropped , disabled or
removed. No difference was found.

They are all running tcpip, file and printer sharing, qos and client for
Microsoft networks. Same workgroup name,>
same IP subnet.

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you in advance,

James Long

You've disabled simple file sharing on XP Pro. That lets you control
which users can access its shared resources and requires that the XP
Pro computer recognize the user accounts on the other computers.

Create user accounts on XP Pro with the same user name and non-blank
passwords that you use to log onto the XP Home computers.
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[James W. Long]

Dear GTS:

Yep that was it, that was all there was to it.
All I had to do was enable SFS.
Thank you very much for your help,
and it was much appreciated!

Have a great weekend!

Thank you,
James W. Long

 

[GTS]

You're welcome. Glad it worked out.
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Dear GTS:

Yep that was it, that was all there was to it.
All I had to do was enable SFS.
Thank you very much for your help,
and it was much appreciated!

Have a great weekend!

Thank you,
James W. Long