Re: Network needs to bypass Password for Printing

On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 20:12:53 -0700, "Michael Mar." <mnmmichael@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"Michael Mar." <mnmmichael@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,

I managed to set up a password on a Windows XP Home Edition network by
adding a password to the guest account on each computer. Now when I try to
connect to another computer, it prompts for a password, unless you're
logged into a user account with a matching password.

Sucess.

However, I want to be able to print to the diffirent computers, without
having to give out this password. Otherwise, there would be no purpose in
giving out the password.

Any ideas?

I was thinking maybe I could delete the guest account on a computer, and
then give permissions to individual user accounts...This might be a risky
thing to do though.

How can I log into another computer using a non-guest account?

In Windows XP Home, this is only doable by using Safe Mode. I'd rather not
have to run safe mode on these computers all the time.

Michael,

You add non-Guest accounts on each computer, for local login, thru the Control
Panel. For accessing other computers on the network, though, you'll end up
using Guest. It's simplest to assign a null password to Guest on each computer.
Non-Guest accounts have no use in network access, in Simple File Sharing.

Michael, I assure you that you can (and should) login locally with non-Guest
accounts. Are you using the Logon Welcome screen? If so, each non-Guest
account will appear (with chosen picture). If you're not using the Welcome
screen, you'll type the account and password to login.

Regardless, when you access any resource thru the network, you'll access as
Guest. And that's after the Guest account has been properly activated, on any
computer providing a resource, such as a shared printer.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate

And please reply to my posts, and type your answers (and questions) after my
posts. This will help both of us.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-to-post-on-usenet-and-encourage.html#TopPosting>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-to-post-on-usenet-and-encourage.html#TopPosting

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
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