new to networking

[Guest]

i am farily new to networking i set up a small buisness network with 3
computers 1 vista the other 2 are xp i can print from all three to the two
printers and i can access the shared folders on the vista from one of the xp
and one xp from the vista however one is prompting for a user name and
passsword and i can not figure out what i use here or how to bypass it any
help would be greatly appreciated thank you.

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

Sound like permission issue. This search result may help,

Vista Permission IssuesVista common issue - can see but access ... So, the common issues sharing are 1) you may be able to see it but access. 2) you may be able to open it but . ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistapermission.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
i am farily new to networking i set up a small buisness network with 3
computers 1 vista the other 2 are xp i can print from all three to the two
printers and i can access the shared folders on the vista from one of the xp
and one xp from the vista however one is prompting for a user name and
passsword and i can not figure out what i use here or how to bypass it any
help would be greatly appreciated thank you.

 

[Guest]

Thank you helped me some. I got access to the xp computer after i took the
password of the guest account i am not sure what this had to do with anything
but i am now abel to access it through the other 2 computers my first
networking experience was a success not sure how though

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

Thank you for the feedback. As the post mentioned, it is not recommended to enable Guest account. it is better to create the same username in both computers.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Thank you helped me some. I got access to the xp computer after i took the
password of the guest account i am not sure what this had to do with anything
but i am now abel to access it through the other 2 computers my first
networking experience was a success not sure how though