Re: 3 WinXP Home Computers Can't Share Files

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From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:40:09 -0600

Greetings --

    If there are no user accounts for the users of other PCs to use,
they will _not_ be able to access the WinXP machine. WinXP, even the
Home edition, is a descendent of the WinNT family of operating
systems. Don't make the mistake of expecting it to be as completely
unsecure as a Win98 machine.

Bruce Chambers 

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"Karl Burrows" <kfb1@spambellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:gjgDc.424$hd1.40@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> I don't think Windows XP Home requires that user accounts be setup
for
> peer-to-peer shares since the default is all have access.  Adding
users just
> creates a bunch of logon accounts they don't need on each computer.
>
> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message
> news:eqfvbu4WEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Greetings --
> >
> >     Have you created all of the user accounts on each PC, and
granted
> > them access to the shares?
> >
> > Bruce Chambers
> > -- 
> > Help us help you:
> > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
> > You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> > having both at once. - RAH
> >
> >
> > "Karl Burrows" <kfb1@spambellsouth.net> wrote in message
> > news:RY4Dc.3522$TS.1790@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
> > > I have tried everything I can think of to get 3 WinXP Home
Edition
> > computers
> > > to see each other to share files.  They can ping each other,
they
> > can access
> > > the router (a simple D-Link) and all can access the Internet.  I
> > have
> > > confirmed they are all in the same workgroup and I have checked
> > NetBIOS and
> > > Computer Browser service is running.  I setup networks all the
time
> > > (fortunately not XP Home!!!) and am stuck.  No firewalls are
> > running, no
> > > Internet Security software and nothing in the router is setup
other
> > than
> > > DHCP.
> > >
> > > If you browse the network on any of the computers, they only see
> > their
> > > computer and no others are shown.  I can not map a drive even
using
> > UNC to
> > > map the path.  I have virus scan and spyware checks and
everything
> > is clean.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts????  Thanks!!!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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