XP Pro simple file sharing vs. standard

[Guest]

I have a simple peer to peer network. One XP pro machine and one XP home
machine. With simple file sharing turned on the pro machine, the home machine
can access shares with out entering any credentials---just how I want it.
When I turn simple file sharing off on the pro machine the home machine needs
to enter credentials regardless of the permissions set on the pro machine. It
does work but I have to enter info after every login. The guest account is
enabled in both instances. What changes when simple file sharing is enabled
and how can I do it manually? Another odd thing is when I have identical
users set up on both machines including passwords I have to re-enter info
when accessing a share on the pro machine(when simple sharing is off). I have
done this on other networks as long as I am logged in as a common user I can
browse without entering anything. I am not really in a bind but I would like
to understand how this works. Thanks in advance for any help.

Jarrett

 

[Ron Lowe]

I have a simple peer to peer network. One XP pro machine and one XP home
machine. With simple file sharing turned on the pro machine, the home
machine
can access shares with out entering any credentials---just how I want it.
When I turn simple file sharing off on the pro machine the home machine
needs
to enter credentials regardless of the permissions set on the pro machine.
It
does work but I have to enter info after every login. The guest account is
enabled in both instances. What changes when simple file sharing is
enabled
and how can I do it manually? Another odd thing is when I have identical
users set up on both machines including passwords I have to re-enter info
when accessing a share on the pro machine(when simple sharing is off). I
have
done this on other networks as long as I am logged in as a common user I
can
browse without entering anything. I am not really in a bind but I would
like
to understand how this works. Thanks in advance for any help.

Jarrett

That's just the way it is.

The problem is that XP Home does not cache credentials for LAN connections.

When using Simple File Sharing on the Pro box, this does not matter.
All connections are treated as Guest anyway.

But when you disable SFS, you need to supply credentials.
If you set up XP Home with a username and password that matches a user
account on the Pro machine, you will get straight in.
Otherwise, you will need to supply the credentials each time.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply ....nice to clear that up!!

Jarrett