Re: Reinstalling networking
From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 09/12/04
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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 12:30:21 -0600
In article <hhp8k0lbptldeci9aqnnrg2evol90on2d5@4ax.com>, Chuck
<none@example.net> wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 07:19:02 -0700, "david63"
><david63@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I have a set up of a desktop PC with XP Home, a laptop with XP Home and
>>another desktop with Linux installed. These three machines are connected
>>through a router. I have just had problems with my XP desktop and had to
>>reinstall everything.
>>
>>Prior to the reinstall I had networking up and running on the three machines
>>now it is not - I guess that I have missed something but I cannot work out
>>what it is!
>>
>>The machines are all pinging one another, have an internet connection
>>through the router so all boards, cables etc are ok.
>>
>>The problem is that I cannot see any of the other machines when I try to
>>access them via Microsoft Windows Network > Mshome (the workgroup). I am
>>getting the error "Mshome is not accessible. You might not have permission to
>>use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find
>>out if you have access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is
>>currently not available"
>>
>>Does anyone have any clues as to what I may have missed?
>>
>>Many thanks
>
>David,
>
>XP Home uses the Guest account for file sharing. Is Guest activated on the
>computer?
>
>When you re installed XP, might you have installed with SP2?
>
>Cheers,
>Chuck
>Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
Hi, Chuck. In my experience, enabling or disabling the Guest account
has no effect on whether XP Home can access other computers on the
network.
There are two types of settings for the Guest account:
1. Enabling or disabling the Guest account in Control Panel | User
Accounts has nothing to do with networking. It determines whether
someone can log in as Guest at the local computer's keyboard.
2. These commands control access to XP Home from other computers on
the network:
net user guest /active:yes ;enables access from other computers
net user guest /active:no ;disables access from other computers
I just disabled the Guest account on an XP Home computer using both #1
and #2, and it can still access other computers on the network. When
other computers try to access the XP Home computer on the network,
they get a prompt for the Guest account password. Since the Guest
account is disabled for network access, there's no correct reply to
the prompt.
Have you seen different behavior? If so, please give details.
-- 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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