Re: Home Networking XP & Win2000

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: 23 May 2004 20:15:09 -0500

On Sun, 23 May 2004 19:18:39 +0100, "pobrien32" <pat@patobrien'YoUrPaNtS'.co.uk>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have 3 PC's, x2 running win2000 and x1 running XP Home.
>
>All 3 are connected via a Linksys befsr41 broadband router.
>
>Everything is working fine, however I can access the XP PC from both win200
>PC's, however I cannot access either win2000 PC's from the XP PC.
>
>Can anyone please let me know what I have to do on the 2 win2000 PC's in
>order to resolve this.
>
>Thanx in advance.

Pat,

On any XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro,
you need to have the SFS settings properly set on each computer.

If SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

If you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure that the Guest
account is enabled, and has an identical, non-blank, password on all computers.
If "Classic", setup and use a common account with identical, non-blank, password
on all computers.

For XP Home, or for XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled, with identical, non-blank passwords, on each computer.

So, the question is what version is your XP computer - Home or Pro? Since Win2K
uses Advanced File Sharing, you're best off disabling SFS if it's Pro. If it's
XP Home, you'll need to use the Guest account on the Win2K computers. Either
way you go, remember to synchronise passwords for whatever account you use.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

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