XP and pcAnywhere

[Marc]

Anybody here familiar with pcAnywhere?

I'm using pcAnywhere v.11.5 and have a problem with the Login when
I try to connect to the Host.

In configuring the Caller on the host computer I created a Username
and a Password.

Now I'm at the remote computer and when I try to login I'm being
asked for a Username, a Password AND a Domain. I've got the first
two right but I don't know what the Domain is so I get an "Invalid
Login" error.

The host computer is a home computer running XP Home and the remote
computer is running XP Pro. The Host compute is not a member of a
Domain and its Workgroup is the default XP assigned 'MSHOME'.

I've tried leaving the entry for Domain blank, entering the IP
address of the Host, the name of the Workgroup - MSHOME and even
the Computer's name. None of these work and I keep getting an
"Invalid Login" error.

Does anyone know what pcAnywhere means by 'Domain' and where would
I make those changes on the Host computer?

Thanks!

 

[Ray]

Anybody here familiar with pcAnywhere?

I'm using pcAnywhere v.11.5 and have a problem with the Login when
I try to connect to the Host.

In configuring the Caller on the host computer I created a Username
and a Password.

Now I'm at the remote computer and when I try to login I'm being
asked for a Username, a Password AND a Domain. I've got the first
two right but I don't know what the Domain is so I get an "Invalid
Login" error.

The host computer is a home computer running XP Home and the remote
computer is running XP Pro. The Host compute is not a member of a
Domain and its Workgroup is the default XP assigned 'MSHOME'.

I've tried leaving the entry for Domain blank, entering the IP
address of the Host, the name of the Workgroup - MSHOME and even
the Computer's name. None of these work and I keep getting an
"Invalid Login" error.

Does anyone know what pcAnywhere means by 'Domain' and where would
I make those changes on the Host computer?

Thanks!

Marc:

There are several types of caller authentication available that a host
computer can be set to in pcAnywhere.

Your host computer is probably currently set to use Windows or ADS
(Active Directory Service) authentication which would require a domain
login.

Change this on your host computer to an authentication type of
"pcAnywhere" which will not require a domain name be entered by the
caller. As listed in pcAnywhere's help under "Authentication", do this
as follows:

To configure a caller to use pcAnywhere Authentication
1. In the pcAnywhere Manager window, on the left navigation bar, click
Hosts.
2. In the right pane, under Hosts, right-click the connection item that
you want to configure, and then click Properties.
3. In the Host Properties window, on the Callers tab, under
Authentication type, click pcAnywhere.
4. Under Caller list, click the New Item icon.
5. In the Caller Properties window, on the Identification tab, type a
logon name for the remote user.
6. Type a password.
7. In the Confirm password box, retype the password.
8. Click OK.
9. In the Host Properties window, click OK.

By the way, you got this mistakenly set when you created your host using
pcAnyhwre's wizard, where you were asked the type of authentication
that you wanted to use and mistakenly chose Windows. Next time choose
pcAnywere.

Hope this helps.

Ray Berger
ITNWorks.com

 

[JammerBoy]

I encountered the same problem with the Domain Name being asked by one computer in particular even when the Caller settings showed PCanywhere as the authentication type. I had to re-edit the HOST Properties and re-start PC Anywhere a few times before I got it to work.

See also this posting:
http://forums.techguy.org/all-other...nywhere-11-remote-management.html#post4803981