Re: remote system information, Win2000 from WinXP

From: Steven Umbach (n9rou_at_n0spam-comcast.net)
Date: 08/18/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 06:36:08 GMT

You need to logon to your XP Home computer with a logon and password that is an
administrator on the "W2K" computer. When you access shares on the W2K computer
you can go to Computer Management/shared folders/sessions to see the user
account that you are authenticating as on the W2K computer and when you run [
net user username ] for that username it must show that it is a member of the
administrators group on the W2K computer. -- Steve

"Dennis Calhoun" <dcalhoun@blomand.net> wrote in message
news:7b63i01vsi3i4bbr14stap3jta3npggnt7@4ax.com...
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've found it impossible, despite my best efforts, to "view system
> information" of a networked Win2000 system from an XP Home system. I
> *can* access any shared directory on the Win200 box from the WinXP box
> though.
>
> I've checked and found that Windows Management Instrumentation is
> installed and started, my login is administrator, my firewall/s have
> been set to allow (and even disabled), my... geesh, EVERYthing seems
> as it should be, but I still can not connect to the Win2000 machine
> via the XP System Information | View | Remote Computer... menu option.
>
> I get the same error, no matter what I try. That being....
> The connection to <whatever name> could not be established.
>
> Any help will surely be appreciated, since I've spent countless hours
> searching the MS knowledge base with no success.
> --
> Dennis C.

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