Re: Networking Windows 2000 and XP

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Ian D Samson wrote:

On Dec 7 2007, 8:48 pm, Steve Winograd <bc0705...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 03:39:30 -0800 (PST), Ian D Samson



<iansams...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip] I have another question, though, how do I
find out who is logged in? When I connect from my W2K machine to the
XP machine, it logs me in as someone although the XP machine doesn't
tell me who I am logged in as nor does it ask me for a password. When
I connect from the XP Laptop, the XP Laptop asks me who I want to log
in as and it asks for a password. However, I cannot administer the XP-
Desktop from my XP-Laptop like I need to do. It keeps on telling me I
do not have the correct rights, even though I am supposedly logged in
as the XP Administrator (Desktop).

Is there a command line command that will show me who is logged in and

from which machine? NET USER does not show me sufficient information.


Thanks.
Ian

What version of XP does the laptop have: Home Edition, or
Professional?

XP Home Edition automatically logs in all network users as "Guest",
without prompting for a user name and password. By default, XP
Professional acts the same as Home Edition.

If you disable simple file sharing on XP Professional, it acts the
same as Windows 2000, prompting for a user name and password if it
doesn't recognize the networked user who requests access.

Use "net sessions" to see who's logged in over the network.


Hi Steve, sorry to take this long to reply - bandwidth restrictions
you know. 2GB per month is simply insufficient but I cannot afford any
more than this. The laptop has XP Pro, the desktop has XP Home. I
don't want to connect to the XP Home machine as "guest" because that's
too restrictive for my purposes as "home network administrator". I
need to be logged in to all machines as "supervisor equivalent"
irrespective of the operating system's preferences. How do I achieve
this?

Thanks.

Simply create identical (username/password combo) admin level accounts on all PC's and login using that account on the PC you want to use at the time.

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