Re: Home Network and Passwords

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 08/09/04 

Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 13:42:15 -0700

Thanks for the reply, Steve. I have enabled the guest
account on the XP Pro machine and have run the Network
Setup Wizard. Also, I've executed "net user
guest /active:yes" from the command prompt. Now when I
try to access the XP Pro machine from the XP Home machine,
I get the following message:

\\Laptop is not accessible. You may not have permission
to use this network resource. Contact the administrator
of this server to find out if you have access permission.

Logon failure: the user has not been granted the
requested logon type at this computer.

What does this message mean and how can I change the
relevant permissions? I have the the guest accounts
enabled (without the requirement for a password) on both
the XP Pro and Home machines.

Any further thought?? I'll check out the reference you
provided.

Thanks,
Craig
>-----Original Message-----
>In article <2d5401c47e31$845114a0
$a401280a@phx.gbl>, "CRAIG"
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>I have a problem and hope someone can offer advice. I
>>would really appreciate the help.
>>
>>I have a home network with a desktop running XP Home and
a
>>laptop running XP Pro. Each machine is connected to a
>>rounter which in turn is connected to a DSL modem. From
>>the XP Pro machine, I can see and access the files on
the
>>XP Home machine with no apparent problem. No passwords
>>are required (and since it's a home network, I would
>>prefer no passwords.)
>>
>>However, when I try to see the XP Pro files from the XP
>>Home machine, the XP Home machine asks for a user name
and
>>a password. I don't think I've set up any passwords.
The
>>XP Home machine has two users, each with admin
>>permissions, and each having no password. The XP Pro
>>machine has one user with no password.
>>
>>I have tried different user names and passwords that are
>>used for other purposes, but none have worked. As it
>>stands now, I cannot access the XP Pro machine from the
XP
>>Home machine unless I can figure out what the user name
>>and password is -- AND DISABLE IT!!
>>
>>Can anyone help??
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Craig
>
>Run the Network Setup Wizard on XP Pro, which will fully
enable file
>sharing. In most cases, that's all that's needed. Tell
the Wizard
>that the computer connects to the Internet through a
residential
>gateway (router).
>
>By default, XP Pro uses "simple file sharing", which uses
the Guest
>account for all access by other computers. If you
haven't disabled
>simple file sharing, then:
>
>1. Make sure that the Guest account is enabled for
network access by
>typing this line at the command prompt:
>
> net user guest /active:yes
>
>2. If you've defined a network password for the Guest
account, enter
>that password at the prompt. To define or remove the
network
>password, type this line at the command prompt:
>
> control userpasswords2
>
>If you've disabled simple file sharing, the most likely
solution is to
>create a user account on XP Pro with the same user name
and password
>that you use to log onto XP Home. If that doesn't solve
the problem,
>see the full details here:
>
>Windows XP Professional File Sharing
>http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing
/index.htm
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
>Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news
group
>for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer
questions
>addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
>Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>.
>

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