Re: Authentication problem...

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that sucks...the user is here in the office :-(

Guess it will have to wait until they are home again.

"Mike Brearley" <Mike_BrearleyDONTDOIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:u0yPtPVFGHA.2204@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Simple file sharing needs to be turned off. You'll need to walk your home
> user through these steps:
>
> Go to Start --> My Computer
> Tools --> Folder Options
> Click on the view tab and scroll all the way to the bottom.
>
> You should see the option checked for 'Use simple file sharing
> (Recommended)'
>
> Uncheck that and click OK.
>
>
> --
> Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
> were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
> lack of caffeine.
>
>
> "Scott McDonald" <sdgmcdon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23JDl%23HVFGHA.2444@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I have a windows XP sp2 remote computer that's not part of our domain (a
>>users home system) connected through our VPN that I need to connect to to
>>start a service on. I know the authentication information (adminitrator
>>password) however when I enter \\ipaddress into run and click ok I get a
>>response for authentication that has the guest account already selected
>>with no way for me to change that (greyed out) and of course the guest
>>account A) is disabled by default and B) does not have a password set for
>>it.
>>
>> How can I get this system to allow me to authenticate with the
>> administrator useraname and password?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Scott
>>
>
>


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