Re: Printing to XP from Win98

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On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:56:02 -0700, "Zach" <Zach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>- In original msg., "attached locally to a Win98 PC" should have been
>"attached locally to a Win/XP PC"...sorry
>- Running XP/Pro
>- Using simple file sharing
>- The guest account is enabled, i.e., "Account Disabled" is not checked
>under security options for Guest but I don't see a way for specifying a
>password specific to the Guest account. Still getting request for password
>for Resource "\\IBMT42\IPC$". The IBMT42 is the "Computer Name" of the XP PC.
>
>Thanks

If you're in Computer Management, and right click on an account, one of the
options should be "Set Password". If you set the password to null (put the
cursor in the box and hit the backspace to clear it), then when you try to
connect thru the network, the Guest account should be used and no password
requested. If the account is enabled.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Synchronise>

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