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Louis Sorbera
There is a distinction made that has no difference to enabling the Guest
account, a security huge hole.
From the following link.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...8d-6b4a-448e-a632-076f98a351a2&displaylang=en
How do you connect to a printer on an XP PC that is a member of a domain
from a PC that is not a member of the domain?
In the document:
Troubleshooting File and Printer Sharing in Microsoft® Windows® XP
There is a reference to making the Guest account active for printer/file
sharing without making the account active for logon.
"In User Accounts (available from Control Panel-User Accounts) the Guest
account is off by default. However this setting only applies to the ability
to log on the local computer using the Guest account. Simple file sharing
relies on guest access to shared folders and printers. To verify that the
Guest account is active for network access, do the following:"
1. Log on to Windows XP with an administrator account.
2. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER.
3. In the Command Prompt window, type net user guest, and then press ENTER.
4. If the account is active, a line appears in the output of the command
that states Account active Yes.
5. If the account is not active, type net user guest /active:yes and then
press ENTER.
6. Type exit and press ENTER to close the Command Prompt window.
I've experimented with this, and it seems to be making a distinction which
is not different from simply clicking off the disabled check in Users.
We do not want to make the Guest account active, so I didn't even bother
trying connecting to the printer.
Is this really the only way to make this work?
account, a security huge hole.
From the following link.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...8d-6b4a-448e-a632-076f98a351a2&displaylang=en
How do you connect to a printer on an XP PC that is a member of a domain
from a PC that is not a member of the domain?
In the document:
Troubleshooting File and Printer Sharing in Microsoft® Windows® XP
There is a reference to making the Guest account active for printer/file
sharing without making the account active for logon.
"In User Accounts (available from Control Panel-User Accounts) the Guest
account is off by default. However this setting only applies to the ability
to log on the local computer using the Guest account. Simple file sharing
relies on guest access to shared folders and printers. To verify that the
Guest account is active for network access, do the following:"
1. Log on to Windows XP with an administrator account.
2. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER.
3. In the Command Prompt window, type net user guest, and then press ENTER.
4. If the account is active, a line appears in the output of the command
that states Account active Yes.
5. If the account is not active, type net user guest /active:yes and then
press ENTER.
6. Type exit and press ENTER to close the Command Prompt window.
I've experimented with this, and it seems to be making a distinction which
is not different from simply clicking off the disabled check in Users.
We do not want to make the Guest account active, so I didn't even bother
trying connecting to the printer.
Is this really the only way to make this work?