Re: I'm halfway there

See below.

"Ray K" <raykosXXX@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:r8Zag.4$bE5.1@xxxxxxxxxxx
Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
"Ray K" <raykosXXX@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:aGmag.29$Uv.25@xxxxxxxxxxx

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:


"Ray K" <raykosXXX@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:a4mag.27$Uv.5@xxxxxxxxxxx


My network consists of a desktop computer (W2k, SP4) cabled to a
linksys
router, and two wireless laptops (a Toshiba and an Acer), both running
Win XP, SP2.

From either laptop, if I try connecting with the desktop, I get a
prompt for a user name and password. I'd like to eliminate this prompt
completely. (Only I use the computers.) If that's not possible, how do
I
find the name and password that the laptops are expecting?

Thanks,

Ray





Win2000 is a secure operating system. If you try to access its
shares under an unknown account then you get challenged. It
is as simple as this.

The answer is equally simple: Make sure that the Win2000 PC
has the same accounts / passwords that you use when logging
on to your laptops. If they don't exist, create them!



Thanks for the prompt reply. At present, I don't have any accounts or
passwords on the laptops. This stuff is simple to you, but not to me.
Besides, I don't like making things more complicated when starting up
the laptops. But I'll give it a try.

Ray


I'm afraid this is not correct. Just because you do not enter
an account/password on the laptop does not mean you do
not have one. You do! It is likely that your password is
blank and you must now change it. Here is what you can
do.

General instructions:
- To start a Command Prompt, click Start / Run / cmd {OK}.
- xxxyyy is a password of your choice.

1. On Laptop 1: Set a password for your logon account.
- Start a Command Prompt.
- Type this command: set username
- Make a note of the user name. I assume it's AAAA.
- Type this command: net user %UserName% xxxyyy
- Do not forget this password!
- Close the Command Prompt.

2. On Laptop 2: Same as for Laptop 1.
I assume the user name is BBBB.

3. On the desktop: Create accounts AAAA BBBB.
- Open a Command Prompt.
- Type these commands:
net user AAAA xxxyyy /add
net user BBBB xxxyyy /add
- Close the Command Prompt.

You now have synchronised accounts on your desktop PC.

These are an administrator's shortcuts to create accounts and
set passwords. There are, of course, GUI methods to achieve
the same. Click Start / Help on each machine and type in
the appropriate terms (account, password) to find out how
it's done.

Pegasus,

Your procedure worked perfectly on Laptop 1, an Acer. When I tried it on
Laptop 2, a Toshiba, the net command resulted in the following:
The syntax of this command is:

I then tried:
net user %UserName% toshiba /add
Again, the same "syntax of the command" response.

You cannot have user names surrounded by % characters.
This command would work:

net user Ray toshiba /add


Finally I tried:
net user %UserName% <toshiba> /add
The response was "Access is denied."

You cannot have passwords surrounded by arrow heads.

So now I'm stuck.

Additional questions:

1. How do I change the username on the Toshiba (DJ Ray)to match that on
the Acer (Ray), assuming it's okay on a wireless network to have them
match? I tried changing it through Control Panel/User accounts/Change
the way users log on or off. That changed the name from DJ Ray to simply
Ray, but when I issue the command set username, the old DJ Ray still
appears on the Toshiba.

You would have to do this:
1. Create an account for Ray.
2. Log on under Ray..
3. Reboot, then log on as administrator.
4. Copy the "DJ Ray" profile to the "Ray" profile via the Control Panel /
System / User Profiles.
When you now log on as "Ray" then you will get much the same
environment as under "DJ Ray".

2. Can both laptops have the same username and password? At my desktop,
if I double-click on My Network Places and then on Computers Near Me,
all three computers have unique names, with the laptops showing the full
model numbers. So even if the usernames and passwords are the same, the
desktop still has a way of distinguishing them.

This is the normal way:
- Identify each machine with an meaningful name. Don't bother with
model numbers etc - they are hard to remember.
- Create and use the same account names/passwords
on each machine.

Thanks for your help and patience.

You're welcome.


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Desktop doesnt show off
    ... command works from a command ... prompt. ... > Thanks, but I can't open anything in my PC (laptop), the posts I have made ... >>> it won't let me open the task manager. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: Access denied to laptop from main PC?
    ... No, access denied from Explorer with same error message, or command prompt.. ... Kenny Cargill ... share on the laptop. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • prompt criteria in find command
    ... Is there a way to prompt a user by using the find command? ... something similar to what User "Wolfman" posted on 11/25/2004, ... manually type the account #. ...
    (microsoft.public.access.formscoding)
  • Re: Start Menu MRU changes not saving
    ... >> on this laptop. ... I'm doing that goes away every time I boot. ... > That is because when you added your new account and didn't select/use ... >> Make sense about the first time booters - and it even mentioned it ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Which local user accounts?
    ... Tim ... > Set up the laptop for the domain. ... > Now do what Susan suggested and create a local account for her on the ... > assuming you have 2 NICs in your SBS so the router is outside your SBS ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)