Re: Networking with XP Pro

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From: Hans-Georg Michna (hans-georgNoEmailPlease_at_michna.com)
Date: 10/01/04


Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 00:12:51 +0200

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 06:34:15 -0700, "Sam"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>When I want to view the other computer on the same
>workgroup, it prompts me to logon. The username is set
>for Guest and is greyed out. It's also asking for a
>password too. I never put a password on it. I can go to
>the second computer and view the shared drives without
>any problems.
>
>In Group Policy, reading the other posts here, I noticed
>that the Network Access: Sharing and Security Model is
>set to classic - Local user authenticate as themselves.
>
>Any ideas?

Sam,

let me guess. I think the other computer is a Windows 98 or ME
machine. (You should have told us.) I also guess that it has a
computer name with a space in it. That needs to be changed.

Did I guess right? (:-)

Hans-Georg

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