password please???

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my home network started to work so thanks for ur help. but now i have another
problem. when i try to click on my laptop it is asking me for a passwod.
which i never set up for it.

just wanted to know how to remove it so tht i can access it from my desktop
computer. thanx
 
Kyf said:
my home network started to work so thanks for ur help. but now i have
another problem. when i try to click on my laptop it is asking me for
a passwod. which i never set up for it.

just wanted to know how to remove it so tht i can access it from my
desktop computer. thanx
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Your post is pretty light on details. We don't even know what version of
XP you are running. However, Crystal Ball sez that something you
installed also installed .Net 1.1. Go to Windows Updates and install
the patch for .Net 1.1 and that will remove the password request.

If that doesn't solve your issue, please go to this site to see what
details you need to include in your next newsgroup post:

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Malke
 
hi,
thanks for listening. i am running xp home on the laptop and xp pro on my
destop computer.
 
Kyf said:
hi,
thanks for listening. i am running xp home on the laptop and xp pro on
my destop computer.
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Try this:

This is most commonly caused by a misconfigured firewall. Run the
Network Setup Wizard on both computers, making sure to enable File &
Printer Sharing, and reboot. The only "gotcha" is that this will turn
on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party
firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like
Norton 2005/06) which acts as a firewall, then you're fine. If you have
third-party firewall software, configure it to allow the Local Area
Network traffic as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an
IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would
substitute your correct subnet.

If one or more of the computers is XP Pro:

a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
accounts/passwords on all computers.

b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
Simple File Sharing enabled.

Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means
that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its
resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it
matters in your situation.

Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
Shared Documents folder.

If that doesn't work for you, here is an excellent network
troubleshooter by MVP Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it
and it will usually pinpoint the problem area(s) -
http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm

Malke
 
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