Gordon,
I have no username or password setup on either machine.
Just for your info: We have a small family business and at work we have 3
machines, 2 x Laptops and one PC.
None of them has a username and password and we can access on another's
shared docs folder.
I am trying to do this at home as well, ons wireless.
Regards,
Deon H
This is what it says in XP's help and support:
"A guest account provides access to the computer for any user who does
not have a user account on the computer"
"You must have a computer administrator account on the computer to
turn on and turn off the guest account on the computer.
Open User Accounts in Control Panel.
Click Guest.
Do one of the following:
To turn on the guest account, click Turn On the Guest Account.
The guest account will be activated. Now, a user without a user
account on the computer can log on to the computer at the Welcome
screen.
To turn off the guest account, click Turn off the guest account.
The guest account will be deactivated. Now, users without a user
account on the computer will not be able to log on to the computer.
Notes
To open User Accounts, click Start, click Control Panel, and then
double-click User Accounts.
Users who log on to the computer using the guest account do not have
access to password-protected files, folders, and settings. "
This kind of implies that the active guest account is necessary unless
you want to provide a user/password each time you access the
machine.
Dave
