Accessing a peer's user desktop

[jdc]

I have several XP Pro SP3 computers in a peer to peer environment (no
server). I have created a share on the peers local disk from the root (my f
drive = the peers c:\), but no matter what I do with security I can not
access the peers user profile desktop unders Documents and Settings\(User
profile)\Desktop. In fact, when I click on a user profile, it just tells me
that I do not have access. Is there anything I can do to remedy this? I am
able to connect via RDP, but I would like to be able to use a share. Pelase
advise.

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

I have several XP Pro SP3 computers in a peer to peer environment (no
server). I have created a share on the peers local disk from the root (my
f
drive = the peers c:\), but no matter what I do with security I can not
access the peers user profile desktop unders Documents and Settings\(User
profile)\Desktop. In fact, when I click on a user profile, it just tells
me
that I do not have access. Is there anything I can do to remedy this? I
am
able to connect via RDP, but I would like to be able to use a share.
Pelase
advise.

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

I have several XP Pro SP3 computers in a peer to peer environment (no
server). I have created a share on the peers local disk from the root (my
f
drive = the peers c:\), but no matter what I do with security I can not
access the peers user profile desktop unders Documents and Settings\(User
profile)\Desktop. In fact, when I click on a user profile, it just tells
me
that I do not have access. Is there anything I can do to remedy this? I
am
able to connect via RDP, but I would like to be able to use a share.
Pelase
advise.

You need to specify suitable credentials when connecting to this share,
either within Windows Explorer or else from the Command Prompt:

net use Q: \\OtherComputer\NameOfShare /user:colleague ppp

where ppp is the password your colleague uses. Alternatively, you could
create an account on the other PC that matches your own logon
account/password. If so then you must set your colleague's desktop folder
permissions so that you get access too.

 

[John Wunderlich]

You need to specify suitable credentials when connecting to this
share, either within Windows Explorer or else from the Command
Prompt:

net use Q: \\OtherComputer\NameOfShare /user:colleague ppp

where ppp is the password your colleague uses. Alternatively, you
could create an account on the other PC that matches your own
logon account/password. If so then you must set your colleague's
desktop folder permissions so that you get access too.

In addition to Pegasus' suggestion, you must also ensure that
"Simple File Sharing" is disabled. Otherwise you will always
authenticate as the "Guest" user no matter what user/password you
supply.

"How to disable simple file sharing and how to set permissions on a
shared folder in Windows XP"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874>

HTH,
John

 

[jdc]

John - Thank you. I had already added a user account for myself on each
computer that I wanted to access and granted permissioons accordingly. It
was the Simple File Sharing mode that was causing the proiblem.