Re: Want XP Pro file shares accessible on net when computer locked

I thought those who might have followed this thread would find the latest
update of interest. I went back into the office under discussion and set up a
local Guest account on the Windows XP SP2 "server" in order to make network
shares on the machine available to the other office workers before the
computer operator came in to work. However, the network shares were
inaccessible with only a Guest user logged on at that PC. This was surprising
to me--the shared folder was not in the personal folder area of the original
admin account user, but elsewhere on the hard drive. I created another
administrator level account, made the machine's original account user's
folders private so they wouldn't be accesible to the other logon (although an
administrator with knowledge could change her password and gain access, but
that is not going to be a problem), and the network shares were accessible
under the new admin account login.
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"Chuck" wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 18:21:03 -0700, "Wildman" <vision@xxxxxxx(cramyerspam)>
> wrote:
>
> >I called the office today, spoke to the relevant girl, and was told that the
> >problem was actually that before we upgraded the "server" from XP Home to XP
> >Pro they could turn on her computer in the morning before she arrived and
> >logged in and everyone on the network had access to the network shares on her
> >pc anyway. Now it is necessary that she logon first. She told me that when
> >the computer goes into screensaver password resume lock they can still access
> >the network shares (DOH!!). Apparently they don't want her private files
> >available to others locally so they don't want to share her logon. I told her
> >next time I was in I would set up the Guest account so they could logon
> >(locally as Guest) the XP Pro "server" and thereby use the network shares and
> >that I would set it up so her personal files were inaccesible/private to the
> >Guest.
>
> Thanks for the clarification. I shall note the complications possibly caused
> when using a computer a server, and as a personal computer.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.
>
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