Guest vs Admin account

[Guest]

Folks:


I would like to gain administrative access to an XP machine on my home
network.

So from within windows explorer, I type \\MachineName\c$. The dialog box
that shows up has the user name "Guest" ;all grayed out anyhow. Now I know
that Guest is disabled by default.


* But what about the admin account that I created when I first
installed the (XP) Operating system ?
* How can I get the dialog box to ask for the admin account rather
than the disabled guest account ?



Thanks,
Jo.

 

[Nepatsfan]

(e-mail address removed),

Folks:


I would like to gain administrative access to an XP machine
on my home network.

So from within windows explorer, I type \\MachineName\c$.
The dialog box that shows up has the user name "Guest" ;all
grayed out anyhow. Now I know that Guest is disabled by
default.

* But what about the admin account that I created when I
first installed the (XP) Operating system ?
* How can I get the dialog box to ask for the admin
account rather than the disabled guest account ?



Thanks,
Jo.

Try disabling Simple File Sharing on the computer you're trying
to access.

Go to Control Panel -> Folder Options and click on the View
tab.
Remove the check mark from the box next to "Use Simple File
Sharing (recommended)".
Click OK.
Back on your computer enter \\MachineName\c$ in the Run box.
You should now see a box where you can enter both the User Name
and Password.

Also, you might want to take a look at this article:

Why and how to crosspost
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html#why

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Tim Judd]

Folks:


I would like to gain administrative access to an XP machine on my home
network.

So from within windows explorer, I type \\MachineName\c$. The dialog box
that shows up has the user name "Guest" ;all grayed out anyhow. Now I know
that Guest is disabled by default.


* But what about the admin account that I created when I first
installed the (XP) Operating system ?
* How can I get the dialog box to ask for the admin account rather
than the disabled guest account ?



Thanks,
Jo.

if you are using XP Home, it may be a limitation of the Operating
System. I don't use XP Home in any way, in fact, I don't even use
Windows here.

If you ARE using XP Home, and the simple file sharing trick posted by
the other user doesn't work, I'm afraid you're SOL.