Re: Accessing Services Remotely in Windows XP

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From: Roland Hall (nobody_at_nowhere)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 02:36:43 -0600

"Imran Sadat" wrote in message
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:I have windows XP SP 1 installed on systems on my network. They are using
: simple file sharing and are not connected to any domain. I would like to
: know how can I administer them remotely because connecting to them fails
: even though I have the administrator account and password for each
computer.
: Thanks in advance.

"Fails" is not much help on this end. What is the specific error you're
receiving?
XP Pro or Home?
Is the firewall enabled?

Perhaps you should read up on simple file sharing.
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm 

-- 
Roland Hall
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