XP Home connections to XP Pro

[John]

Hi,
I have 4 XP Home pcs and 1 XP Pro pc conected to a Broadband Router for
internet access.
The XP Pro system has a folder called "Office Shares" and a printer
connected to the XP Pro system is also shared.
The question is simply this: Before anyone can access the folder or printer
they have to log on to the xp pro, at the moment they are all typing in the
username and password of the XP Pro system and this gives them access.
This process has to be carried out daily and after PC reboots etc.
How do I set the accounts on the xp home systems to be allowed access and to
use there own logins and passwords?
Simple file sharing on the xp pro system is disabled.

Regards

John

 

[Chuck]

Hi,
I have 4 XP Home pcs and 1 XP Pro pc conected to a Broadband Router for
internet access.
The XP Pro system has a folder called "Office Shares" and a printer
connected to the XP Pro system is also shared.
The question is simply this: Before anyone can access the folder or printer
they have to log on to the xp pro, at the moment they are all typing in the
username and password of the XP Pro system and this gives them access.
This process has to be carried out daily and after PC reboots etc.
How do I set the accounts on the xp home systems to be allowed access and to
use there own logins and passwords?
Simple file sharing on the xp pro system is disabled.

Regards

John

John,

If you setup identical accounts on the XP Pro (server?) and the XP Home clients,
with identical, non-blank passwords on each, and the users of those computers
login using those accounts / passwords, the persistent connections between the
clients and the server will be restored without additional login required.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Advanced>