Re: Lockout on LAN with XP

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:46:38 -0700

Doug, that fixed the problem. Works perfectly now.
Thanks very much for your help.

Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>Try:
>
>1. On the Win2k machine, enable the Guest account -
Right click My Computer
>and select Manage - go to Local Users and Groups.
>
>2. Go to Administrative Tools/Local Security Policy.
Expand Local Policies
>and click on User Rights Assignment. Double click on
Access this computer
>from the network, and add the Guest account.
>
>Doug Sherman
>MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
>
>"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:499b01c48005$c3e91240$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> I had two computers networked, one with 98 and the other
>> with XP Home Edition. They were working fine. I
>> upgrdaded the 98 computer to Win 2000. After a
struggle I
>> got the network functioning. The next time I turned the
>> computers on the network was not working. I've been
>> struggling with it for 2 days with no result. I can
ping
>> both computers OK. I can access the shared drives on
the
>> XP computer from the 2000 computer. I can see the 2000
>> computer from the XP machine, but none of the shared
>> drives. On the XP machine, when I click on the 2000
>> computer name in "My Network Places" I get a "log in"
>> window (with some keys at the top) requesting a log in
>> name and a password. I don't know how this window came
to
>> be, and I certainly don't know how to get rid of it. I
>> believe it is the reason I can't access the shared
drives
>> on the 2000 computer. There are two printers connected
to
>> the 2000 computer that I'm also being denied access to.
>>
>> Any help would be sincerly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>
>
>.
>

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