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Steve Smith
I need to access a shared folder that is on a Windows XP Pro computer from a Windows XP Home computer. Both computers are on a peer to peer network. I have no problem accessing the folder with Simple Networking turned on, on the XP Pro computer. But, for security reasons I want to turn off Simple Networking and disable the Guest account on the XP Pro computer. I've added the XP Home user account to the XP Pro computer and I've given that user permission to access the shared folder.
The problem is everytime I try to access the XP Pro's shared folder, XP Home defaults to try to log in as Guest and not as the user name. The user name field is dimmed out, so I can't change this. Does XP Home only authenticate as Guest when accessing shares on an XP Pro computer? Can I get around this?
Everything I've read on the net has to do with the limitations of XP Home shares, but I haven't found information that describes limitations XP Home has when accessing shares on an XP Pro computer. Can someone here enlighten me?
If the XP Home computer can only log on to the XP Pro as Guest, I have found a way to create a password for the XP Pro's Guest account. But, I'm wondering if there is another way.
Thanks in advance.
Steve Smith
The problem is everytime I try to access the XP Pro's shared folder, XP Home defaults to try to log in as Guest and not as the user name. The user name field is dimmed out, so I can't change this. Does XP Home only authenticate as Guest when accessing shares on an XP Pro computer? Can I get around this?
Everything I've read on the net has to do with the limitations of XP Home shares, but I haven't found information that describes limitations XP Home has when accessing shares on an XP Pro computer. Can someone here enlighten me?
If the XP Home computer can only log on to the XP Pro as Guest, I have found a way to create a password for the XP Pro's Guest account. But, I'm wondering if there is another way.
Thanks in advance.
Steve Smith