XP Home Guest user

[johnsuth]

Are Guest users always denied access to peer network shares?

Is there a way to allow them access?

 

[Will Robinson]

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|>Are Guest users always denied access to peer network shares?
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|>Is there a way to allow them access?

There's a bucket of stuff on this via the net or MS's sight.
Long to short, create another account (I call mine 'guestuser') and
set the permissions as you see fit.

 

[Chuck]

Are Guest users always denied access to peer network shares?

Is there a way to allow them access?

John,

Try enabling the Guest account on both the client and server computers - and
setting each account with identical, non-blank passwords.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[johnsuth]

Are Guest users always denied access to peer network shares?

Is there a way to allow them access?

Thanks both for your responses. You are confirming what I had suspected
after days of experimenting; the default guest user without password is
denied access to peer network shares.

My guests are rude and change passwords thus locking out the next guest.

 

[Chuck]

Thanks both for your responses. You are confirming what I had suspected
after days of experimenting; the default guest user without password is
denied access to peer network shares.

My guests are rude and change passwords thus locking out the next guest.

In which case YOU, as LAN administrator, disable the Guest account ability to
change the password. Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management
- Local Users and Groups - Users - Guest account.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Alan White]

I am running XP Pro and I can't see where one can assign a password to a
Guest account let alone preclude anyone from changing it.

 

[Will Robinson]

On 24 May 2004 11:40:07 -0500, Chuck <[email protected]> hurled the
following missive:

|>On Mon, 24 May 2004 07:35:26 GMT, (e-mail address removed) wrote:
|>
|>>>
|>>>Are Guest users always denied access to peer network shares?
|>>>
|>>>Is there a way to allow them access?
|>>>
|>>>
|>>
|>>Thanks both for your responses. You are confirming what I had suspected
|>>after days of experimenting; the default guest user without password is
|>>denied access to peer network shares.
|>>
|>>My guests are rude and change passwords thus locking out the next guest.
|>
|>In which case YOU, as LAN administrator, disable the Guest account ability to
|>change the password. Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management
|>- Local Users and Groups - Users - Guest account.
|>
|>Cheers,
|>Chuck
|>Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

He's running the home edition — security is a joke.

Quickest way to accounts is if in 'eye candy' mode to click the
picture at the top of the xp-style start menu which will takes one to
his own account. Click the 'Home' icon at the top of that window and
you're at the User Accounts page (if you want to call it that!).

From there you can disable the Guest account.
There's no setting to restrict the 'limited account' user from
changing their password on Home that I'm aware of ... but there may be
a reg hack on the net? I'm not aware of one.

Home is pro aborted half way through~

I beta tested whistler and when I chose my 'free' copies I checked the
wrong box and ended up with 4 licenses for xphome ... was I ever
elated to find that out when the boxed kit arrived!

 

[Chuck]

I am running XP Pro and I can't see where one can assign a password to a
Guest account let alone preclude anyone from changing it.

Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management
- Local Users and Groups - Users - (account of your choice) - right click -
Properties gives you the user accounts wizard, where you select "User cannot
change password". And ... - right click - Set Password lets you assign a
password.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.