Networking Windows XP Pro and Windows XP Home Edition

[Guest]

I have two XP Pro machines and one XP Home edition machine. I can access
files as follows:

---From the XP Home machine, I can access files from the XP Pro machines
---From the XP Pro machines, I can only access files from the other XP Pro
machine
---From the XP Pro machines, I get "access denied" when trying to access
files from the XP Home machine

I have enabled the guest account on the XP Home machine. What am I missing?
Also, can I only access the guest account on an XP Home machine if I do get
it working properly?

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Did you enable Basic File Sharing on the XP Home machine?

 

[Guest]

Yes, via the Network Wizard.

 

[Guest]

Did you give Folder Share and NTFS permission to the guest account to access
the folder?

 

[Guest]

Probably not. Please instruct. I did activate the Guest account on the XP
Home machine.

 

[Chuck]

I have two XP Pro machines and one XP Home edition machine. I can access
files as follows:

---From the XP Home machine, I can access files from the XP Pro machines
---From the XP Pro machines, I can only access files from the other XP Pro
machine
---From the XP Pro machines, I get "access denied" when trying to access
files from the XP Home machine

I have enabled the guest account on the XP Home machine. What am I missing?
Also, can I only access the guest account on an XP Home machine if I do get
it working properly?

Thanks.

Are the files you're trying to access in "C:\Program Files", "C:\Windows", or
"My Documents"? You can't do that easily under Simple File Sharing, because
those folders require administrative access.

If that's not the case, then I'll bet you have a firewall causing problems.

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Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.

 

[Guest]

I am trying to access the Guest's "my documents". I have no problem doing
this between XP Pro machines even tho' I'm using simple file sharing.

RE: firewalls - I did disable the Windows firewall and put the McAfee
firewall at the no security level.

 

[Guest]

-Right click on the shared folder
-Select properties
-Under Sharing tab, click on Permission and make sure your guest account is
allowed
-Then under Security tab, make sure your guest account is allowed
The effective permission will be whatever the least permission between the
two (Sharing tab and Security tab)

 

[Chuck]

I am trying to access the Guest's "my documents". I have no problem doing
this between XP Pro machines even tho' I'm using simple file sharing.

RE: firewalls - I did disable the Windows firewall and put the McAfee
firewall at the no security level.

How are you authenticating between the XP Pro computers? With XP Pro, you can
have Simple File Sharing, but setup a Local Security Policy that allows for
non-Guest authentication. You can't do that with XP Home.

If you're using Guest authentication between the XP Pro computers, do you have a
password setup for the Guest accounts?

--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.

 

[Chuck]

-Right click on the shared folder
-Select properties
-Under Sharing tab, click on Permission and make sure your guest account is
allowed
-Then under Security tab, make sure your guest account is allowed
The effective permission will be whatever the least permission between the
two (Sharing tab and Security tab)

I think you're mentioning settings found in Advanced File Sharing.

Simple File Sharing
Windows XP Home Edition supports a file sharing mode known as simple file
sharing for folders other than the Shared Documents folder. A computer running
Windows XP Professional when it is a member of a workgroup also supports simple
file sharing. With simple file sharing, the act of enabling file sharing on a
folder and specifying the type of access is simplified to the following choices:
" Whether to enable sharing for the folder
" The name of the share
" Whether to allow network users to change files in the folder

Advanced File Sharing
For a computer running Windows XP Professional (when it is a member of a
workgroup), you can optionally disable simple file sharing and enable advanced
file sharing, also known as classic file sharing. Advanced file sharing is the
file sharing mode used by Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0. With advanced file
sharing you can specify:
" Whether to enable sharing for the folder
" The share name
" A comment or description for the share
" The maximum number of computers that can connect to the share
" Permissions on the share, which include the list of user or group
accounts and their level of access
" Offline folder settings
" If modifying the settings of an existing shared folder, whether to
create a new share

<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.

 

[Guest]

I need to ask a question on the same topic as you guys are talking about.
Basically, I have 2 PCs, one WinXp Pro and the WinXP home, I'm trying to map
(using net use command) a drive to a shared folder on the XP Home PC. The
drive gets mapped but it maps using the guest account, is there anyway that I
can use one of the other accounts that I've created ? I assume the answer is
no because XP home only allows simple file sharing but I had to ask.

Thanks in advance,

 

[Chuck]

I need to ask a question on the same topic as you guys are talking about.
Basically, I have 2 PCs, one WinXp Pro and the WinXP home, I'm trying to map
(using net use command) a drive to a shared folder on the XP Home PC. The
drive gets mapped but it maps using the guest account, is there anyway that I
can use one of the other accounts that I've created ? I assume the answer is
no because XP home only allows simple file sharing but I had to ask.

With XO Home, you're stuck with Simple File Sharing and Guest authorisation.