cant access network on guest account

[Guest]

When i sign into the guest account and try to access the network, i cant do
it. It does not allow me to connect to the network. Anyway of enabling it?

 

[Chuck]

When i sign into the guest account and try to access the network, i cant do
it. It does not allow me to connect to the network. Anyway of enabling it?

You can enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net user
guest /active:yes" in the command window. But you'll have to login as a Full /
Administrator user to run the "net user". You can't do this as a Limited /
Guest user. Remember to enable Guest on the other computers, too, if you want
to do anything when you do access the network.

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

 

[Guest]

When i sign as administrator and type net user guest/active:yes in the
command prompt, this is wat it says

The syntax of this command line is:

NET USER
[username [password : *] [options]] /DOMAIN]
username <password : *> /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]

That is exactly wat it says and the network still does not work through the
guest account. Any idea wat im missing out, or wats wrong?

 

[Chuck]

When i sign as administrator and type net user guest/active:yes in the
command prompt, this is wat it says

The syntax of this command line is:

NET USER
[username [password : *] [options]] /DOMAIN]
username <password : *> /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]

That is exactly wat it says and the network still does not work through the
guest account. Any idea wat im missing out, or wats wrong?

You can enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net user
guest /active:yes" in the command window. But you'll have to login as a Full /
Administrator user to run the "net user". You can't do this as a Limited /
Guest user. Remember to enable Guest on the other computers, too, if you want
to do anything when you do access the network.

Is this XP Home or Pro?

Do these from command window:
"net user >c:\user.txt"
"net user guest >>c:\user.txt"
Observe the ">>" in the second command!!
Open Notepad, open c:\user.txt, copy and paste into your next post.

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

 

[Chuck]

When i sign as administrator and type net user guest/active:yes in the
command prompt, this is wat it says

The syntax of this command line is:

NET USER
[username [password : *] [options]] /DOMAIN]
username <password : *> /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]

That is exactly wat it says and the network still does not work through the
guest account. Any idea wat im missing out, or wats wrong?

You can enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net user
guest /active:yes" in the command window. But you'll have to login as a Full /
Administrator user to run the "net user". You can't do this as a Limited /
Guest user. Remember to enable Guest on the other computers, too, if you want
to do anything when you do access the network.

Did you enter "net user guest/active:yes" or "net user guest /active:yes"??

From my command window:

###
C:\>net user guest/active:yes
The syntax of this command is:


NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]


C:\>net user guest /active:yes
The command completed successfully.
###

Is this XP Home or Pro?

Do these from command window:
"net user >c:\user.txt"
"net user guest >>c:\user.txt"
Observe the ">>" in the second command!!
Open Notepad, open c:\user.txt, copy and paste into your next post.

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

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

By design, someone who sits down at the keyboard and signs into the
Guest account isn't allowed to browse the network to find other
computers.

If you know another computer's name, you can access that computer via
the Guest account by typing its name in the Start | Run box in this
format:

\\computer

You can enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net user
guest /active:yes" in the command window. But you'll have to login as a Full /
Administrator user to run the "net user". You can't do this as a Limited /
Guest user.

The "net user guest" command has no effect on someone who sits down at
the keyboard and signs in as Guest.

Remember to enable Guest on the other computers, too, if you want
to do anything when you do access the network.

That's right. The "net user guest" command applies to users on other
computers who try to access this computer over the network when the
security model validates all networked access through the Guest
account.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

[Guest]

This is what is in the text file

User accounts for \\ALIENWARE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrator ASPNET Guest
HelpAssistant Manu SUPPORT_388945a0
The command completed successfully.

User name Guest
Full Name
Comment Built-in account for guest access to the
computer/domain
User's comment
Country code 000 (System Default)
Account active Yes
Account expires Never

Password last set 9/21/2004 7:56 PM
Password expires Never
Password changeable 9/21/2004 7:56 PM
Password required No
User may change password No

Workstations allowed All
Logon script
User profile
Home directory
Last logon 10/9/2004 2:28 PM

Logon hours allowed All

Local Group Memberships *Guests
Global Group memberships *None
The command completed successfully.

and this is XP Home and i entered net user guest/active:yes
any suggestions..or like steve said its not possible to do wat im trying to
do?

When i sign as administrator and type net user guest/active:yes in the
command prompt, this is wat it says

The syntax of this command line is:

NET USER
[username [password : *] [options]] /DOMAIN]
username <password : *> /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]

That is exactly wat it says and the network still does not work through the
guest account. Any idea wat im missing out, or wats wrong?

When i sign into the guest account and try to access the network, i cant do
it. It does not allow me to connect to the network. Anyway of enabling it?

You can enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net user
guest /active:yes" in the command window. But you'll have to login as a Full /
Administrator user to run the "net user". You can't do this as a Limited /
Guest user. Remember to enable Guest on the other computers, too, if you want
to do anything when you do access the network.

Is this XP Home or Pro?

Do these from command window:
"net user >c:\user.txt"
"net user guest >>c:\user.txt"
Observe the ">>" in the second command!!
Open Notepad, open c:\user.txt, copy and paste into your next post.

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

 

[Chuck]

This is what is in the text file

and this is XP Home and i entered net user guest/active:yes
any suggestions..or like steve said its not possible to do wat im trying to
do?

Now that I see what you are trying to do, simply list shares in the workgroup,
Steve is right in that the Guest simply can't do that by default. You use the
net user command to enable Simple File Sharing access to that computer.

By default, the Guest account is restricted from enumerating network resources.
You'll need to change the restrictanonymous setting on the other computers, if
you're going to use the Guest account to list shares on those computers.
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46688.asp>

The above article mentions Windows 2000 explicitly. Remember WinXP is NT V5.1,
and Win2K is NT V5.0.

Have you used the Registry Editor before? If not, it's a scary tool, but it's
pretty simple once you get used to it. Here are a couple articles that might
help:
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp>
<http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry>

Just remember to backup the key (create a registry patch) for
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] before making any changes, if
appropriate.

From the Annoyances article:
You can create a Registry patch by opening the Registry Editor, selecting a
branch, and choosing Export from the File menu. Then, specify a filename, and
press OK. You can then view the Registry patch file by opening it in Notepad
(right-click on it and select Edit). Again, just double-click on a Registry
patch file (or use Import in the Registry Editor's File menu) to apply it to the
registry.

I guess the appropriate question here is Why are you using the Guest account for
logging on locally? If you wish to list shares on the network, you probably
should be using a Full (administrative) account.

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

 

[Guest]

I tried all of that and nothing worked. I just cannot access the network at
all from the guest account. Well, i have two computer's at home and only one
has a burner. One computer is mine (having the burner) and the other my
brothers, he has a lot of songs on his computer which i don't want on mine
and he requires to burn cd's which he has to do through my computer so he
needs to network with his computer so he can select the songs from his
computer to burn and i will not let him login through my account
(administrator) as i don't want him seeing my files. So let me know if there
is another way of enabling network sharing through the guest account.

This is what is in the text file

and this is XP Home and i entered net user guest/active:yes
any suggestions..or like steve said its not possible to do wat im trying to
do?

Now that I see what you are trying to do, simply list shares in the workgroup,
Steve is right in that the Guest simply can't do that by default. You use the
net user command to enable Simple File Sharing access to that computer.

By default, the Guest account is restricted from enumerating network resources.
You'll need to change the restrictanonymous setting on the other computers, if
you're going to use the Guest account to list shares on those computers.
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46688.asp>

The above article mentions Windows 2000 explicitly. Remember WinXP is NT V5.1,
and Win2K is NT V5.0.

Have you used the Registry Editor before? If not, it's a scary tool, but it's
pretty simple once you get used to it. Here are a couple articles that might
help:
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp>
<http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry>

Just remember to backup the key (create a registry patch) for
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] before making any changes, if
appropriate.

From the Annoyances article:
You can create a Registry patch by opening the Registry Editor, selecting a
branch, and choosing Export from the File menu. Then, specify a filename, and
press OK. You can then view the Registry patch file by opening it in Notepad
(right-click on it and select Edit). Again, just double-click on a Registry
patch file (or use Import in the Registry Editor's File menu) to apply it to the
registry.

I guess the appropriate question here is Why are you using the Guest account for
logging on locally? If you wish to list shares on the network, you probably
should be using a Full (administrative) account.

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