network login name disabled

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Clint

I've got XP running on two computers. They both can see
the Shared folder on the opposite machine, and can access
anything in those folders. Problem is, I can't access
any other folders on the system, unless I share them.
Something I don't want to do if I can avoid it.

In Win2000, when I tried to access the networked
machine's harddrive \\system\d$\ I would get a login
prompt, which I then entered my username and password.
No problem. But in XP, I get the login prompt, but the
user name is locked (greyed out) on Guest and I can't
change it. To make matters worse, the Guest account has
no password that I can find, and no matter what I put in
the password box, I can't access the other system's
folders.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanx.
 
goto user accounts in the control panel and select your username, click
manage network passwords, and fill in your admin un and pw for the other pc.
 
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