How to share user folder without password?

S

SirThanxalot

Hi,
I'm trying to share the C:\user\{account-name} folder.
When trying to access the folder on my laptop i get the following error
message:

You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
have access permissions. Multiple connections to a server or shared resource
by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect
all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again.

File sharing is turned on password protection turned off.

I've read in various threads that it's not possible to share the user folder
without the same account names and password protewction.
Is that really true? What was MS thinking?
 
G

Gordon

SirThanxalot said:
Hi,
I'm trying to share the C:\user\{account-name} folder.
Why?



When trying to access the folder on my laptop i get the following error
message:

You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you
have access permissions. Multiple connections to a server or shared
resource
by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed.
Disconnect
all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again.

File sharing is turned on password protection turned off.

I've read in various threads that it's not possible to share the user
folder
without the same account names and password protewction.
Is that really true? What was MS thinking?
 
R

Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)

Create the same username with the same password in other computer. or this
post may help.
Vista file sharing problem without ...
Vista file sharing problem without password ... Vista may not allow
you access remotely without a password. Assign the same password to the
username and try ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=3229&sid=a1ae0c44f722f8b04afb58ef0105cb42


--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
 
M

Malke

SirThanxalot said:
Hi,
I'm trying to share the C:\user\{account-name} folder.
When trying to access the folder on my laptop i get the following error
message:

You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions. Multiple connections to a server or shared
resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed.
Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and
try again.

File sharing is turned on password protection turned off.

I've read in various threads that it's not possible to share the user
folder without the same account names and password protewction.
Is that really true? What was MS thinking?

"What was MS thinking?"??!! They were thinking that this is the correct way
to share resources! It is *you* who does not understand networking, not
Microsoft.

As you've been told, create matching user accounts and passwords on all
machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all
machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different;
the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT
NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a
machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's
account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link
work for both XP and Vista:

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

Malke
 

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