Recently reinstalled XP professional on this machine. I can access other
peer to peer machines, but cannot get to this machine from the others. I get
a dialog asking for a user name and a password.
I turned on simple file sharing, but this machine still wants a password.
Any Ideas about how to disable the passwords??
Thanks
With simple file sharing enabled, all networked access uses the Guest
account.
Type this line at a command prompt to enable networked access using
the Guest account:
net user guest /active:yes
Make sure that the Guest account isn't explicitly disabled:
1. Right click My Computer.
2. Click Manage.
3. Click Local Users and Groups.
4. Double click Users.
5. Double click Guests.
6. Un-check "Account is disabled".
Remove the network password from the Guest account:
1. Click Start | Run.
2. Type "control userpasswords2" in the box and click OK:
3. Click Guest.
4. Click Reset Password.
5. Click OK without entering a new password.
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