- "My Network Places" - How do I define a password

[Don J]

I'm running Win'XP Home on two machines. I have the firewalls diabled on
both machines.

I'm successfully pinging each PC from the other.

I'm starting in "My Network Places" on the second PC. When I try to access
the first PC from the second I get a dialog box that asks for a password. I
don't have any passwords set on either machine. Heavily grayed out is the
statement "<Name of first machine>\Guest". The "Guest" account on the first
machine was inactive. I turned it on and tried to set a password. There
wasn't an entry for a password. The Guest account wouldn't accept a
password.

What do I do? What password do I use? How do I set a password?

Don J

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[DL]

Its the administrator loggin name & password, which may be blank

 

[Don J]

I've tried a blank passsword. How do I set the Administrator's password?

Don J

 

[Guest]

sorry for bugging in, but i have a similar problem. i cant access my laptop
from this PC (through my network places) because of the password.
it could work before, but i formatted by laptop so now it asks me for a
password. i never set any password. there is username but i cant change it
and i have tried blank password as well.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

sorry for bugging in, but i have a similar problem. i cant access my
laptop
from this PC (through my network places) because of the password.
it could work before, but i formatted by laptop so now it asks me for a
password. i never set any password. there is username but i cant change it
and i have tried blank password as well.

Try creating a user account on the laptop that matches the one from your
other PC.

HTH
-pk