Re: Simplest fully open LAN configuration for XP Pro SP2

Hi Steve and Mark,

Thanks for your helpful replies. Ssince all these computers were NOT using
Simple File Sharing I did not enable this. Instead, here's what I did so far
on all 8 computers on the LAN:

1- deleted all accounts but one.

2- renamed this one account the same name on all computers

3- reset the passwords to make them the same on all computers

4- Used Mark's suggestion to enable AutoLogon

5- restarted all the computers

Windows networking has so far worked properly after this change, but IIS
served error 401.1 until I used IIS Manager to change the password in the
Enable Anonymous Access property of my root iis folder to the new password I
set in #3 above.

So far, so good. However, I have another question that maybe you (or
others) can help me with:

When I was using RegEdit to enable AutoLogon I noticed that the
DefaultUserName value was still set to the ORIGINAL username for this account
-- not the new name gave it in step #2 above. So naturally I changed this
value to match the new username, and this new name remained intact after a
restart.

Then later I noticed that the AltDefaultUserName was still set to the
ORIGINAL account name as well, so I changed this to the new username, just
like I did for DefaultUserName above. But after a restart the
AltDefaultUserName value was NOT saved, instead it reverted back to the
ORIGINAL username again -- as if I never changed it in RegEdit.

To me this suggests that the original account username is stored somewhere
else on the operating system. So my question is ...

How can I "get rid of" the original name in all the places where it is
stored or used by the OS and/or any other programs?
.

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