solution: XP file sharing, networking

[Brendan]

In case anyone else out there has the same problem, I have
found the solution:

If you want to enable advanced file-system and sharing
security, you must disable the ForceGuest registry setting
by performing the following steps:

Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
registry subkey.
Double-click forceguest, set it to 0, then click OK.
Restart the computer for the change to take effect.

If you disable the Guest account but enable the ForceGuest
setting, remote connections will fail, regardless of what
username and password the user passes in--even if these
credentials are valid.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

In case anyone else out there has the same problem, I have
found the solution:

If you want to enable advanced file-system and sharing
security, you must disable the ForceGuest registry setting
by performing the following steps:

Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
registry subkey.
Double-click forceguest, set it to 0, then click OK.
Restart the computer for the change to take effect.

If you disable the Guest account but enable the ForceGuest
setting, remote connections will fail, regardless of what
username and password the user passes in--even if these
credentials are valid.

Brendan,

thanks for the info. But isn't that setting automatically
changed accordingly when you disable Simple File Sharing?

You certainly don't always have to change that setting after
installing Windows XP Professional. How did yours get changed?

Hans-Georg