When I want to view the other computer on the same
workgroup, it prompts me to logon. The username is set
for Guest and is greyed out. It's also asking for a
password too. I never put a password on it. I can go to
the second computer and view the shared drives without
any problems.
In Group Policy, reading the other posts here, I noticed
that the Network Access: Sharing and Security Model is
set to classic - Local user authenticate as themselves.
Any ideas?
Sam,
You need file sharing authentication / authorisation on all computers setup the
same. What setup you use depends upon what OS each computer is running, but be
consistent across the LAN.
On each XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled.
With XP Pro, and SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policy (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".
With XP Pro, and SFS disabled, if you set the above Local Security Policy to
"Guest only", enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net
user guest /active:yes" in the command window. If "Classic", setup and use a
common non-Guest account on all computers. Whichever account is used, give it
an identical, non-blank password on all computers.
For XP Home, and for XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest with Start - Run -
"cmd" - type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window.
More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
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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.
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