Re: Strange Password Problem
- From: John Wunderlich <jwunderlich@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:00:39 -0800
"Don Cohen" <doncohen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:ONAAd5CSJHA.1164@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
I am working on an XP Pro computer at my office. When booting up,
no password is asked for, and no utilities are being used to
automatically input a password.
I want to be able to access that system's hard drive over the
network, but despite having enabled sharing, permission is denied.
We have other computers similarly set up, and can access their
drives, but something is different with this one system.
I believe I recall reading somewhere that not having a Password on
an XP Pro system will prevent access to its drives over the
network (and I believe that all the other computers that we can
access do have Passwords enabled). So I went to the Users applet
in Control Panel, to create Password access for this system.
Here's where things got interesting - it is asking for a Password
there, in order to create a Password. I left the field blank (no
spaces, characters, etc.) but this is not accepted, and a Password
is again asked for. (Perhaps I should have tried a single
"space"?)
I do remember a few months back that someone changed something on
that computer, and it started asking for a Password. Nobody
recalled the original Password, and we couldn't get in. We had a
guy come in, who booted from his own CD, and cleared the Password.
After that, it would boot up as it does now, with no Password
being asked for.
Any idea on what's going on? On the one hand, it seems there is
no Password, while on the other it asks for it anyway. How can I
resolve this situation, and create a known Password, which will
hopefully then allow network access to its drives.
Thank you.
One critical item you omit in your post is whether you are using
Simple File Sharing on not. This makes a big difference in the
accessing of files over the network. The following article might be
helpful:
"How to configure file sharing in Windows XP"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040/en-us>
In Simple File sharing, all users connect through the "Guest"
account. With Simple File Sharing disabled, users authenticate with
a username/password either configured locally on the computer or
through a domain.
Another possibility...
In addition to sharing permissions when you set up file sharing,
there are also permissions set on the folder itself tham should match
(Right-click folder, Properties, Security Tab should match
permissions on the "Sharing" tab.
HTH,
John
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