MMC snap-ins for remote machines send the wrong username

[Amy]

I've got an office full of XP machines, and I'm trying to
set up one to manage the others remotely via MMC snap-ins.

All the machines have the same Administrator password.
The network is setup as a workgroup only, not as a domain.

I added the Computer Management snap-in for each machine,
and all but 3 machines fail with "Access denied" messages.
Auditing reveals those that are failing think I am
connecting as Guest, and those 3 that work correctly show
I'm connecting as Administrator.

Each machine should be identical, with the same services
running. I double checked one successful machine and one
failing machine and verified the same services are running
and the Administrator is in the Administrators group. I am
able to login via Remote Desktop and run the snap-in
locally as Administrator.

What am I missing? Any help is appreciated.

Amy

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I've got an office full of XP machines, and I'm trying to
set up one to manage the others remotely via MMC snap-ins.

All the machines have the same Administrator password.
The network is setup as a workgroup only, not as a domain.

I added the Computer Management snap-in for each machine,
and all but 3 machines fail with "Access denied" messages.
Auditing reveals those that are failing think I am
connecting as Guest, and those 3 that work correctly show
I'm connecting as Administrator.

Hi

As the computers are in a workgroup and not a domain, it could be a ForceGuest
(registry value) issue:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...8&oe=UTF-8&selm=3F969B5B.BBD342AD%40hydro.com