networking xp home and xp pro

[David]

I seem to be having a common problem encountered by the
newsgroup.

I have a desktop running xp home and am trying to get
onto a network run from a xp pro machine. I can view all
the computers on the network, however, when I try to
access files I need from the main computer I get the
error, that access is denied and and I need to contact
the administrator. I never had this problem before with
my laptop which ran xp pro.

It seems that xp home does not remember the user logon
and password. I use the network mainly to print, and what
I do is add the printer, type in the location, and then
after being prompted for the user name and password and
entering it, I then can access all files from that
computer. But I have to do this every time I turn on the
my machine.

am I missing something obvious?

thanks.

 

[Jerry]

Did you turn off ICF?

 

[GTS]

This is normal behavior for XP Home. It will not automatically reconnect to
shares. (This is often confused with the inability of XP Home to connect to
a domain. This limitation is true even in a workgroup setting).

One work around is to create a batch file which you can run from the Startup
group or manually. The content needed is

net use "\\COMPUTERNAME\SHARENAME" /USER:Username Password
net use "\\PRINTERNAME\SHARENAME" /USER:Username Password

This leaves your password readily visible in the file, so is not secure.

GTS