Re: can't access other PCs on the LAN, get user and password prompt

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"Ian" <Ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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There are a number of factors here:


2. Win2000/XP machines have user-level security. This means that to access
a
share, a valid user/password combination must be supplied. This same user
and
password must exist on the host-computer sharing the folder, and must be
granted rights to the share. Thus, different usernames will require
distinct
passwords. So, the ability to access shares may differ depending on the
username you log-on to your own computer with.

not a factor in this case. logging onto a differentt machine using the same
user/password
allowed me to access the various other PCs on the LAN


3. XP may have Guest networking enabled (sometimes called Simple Sharing)
In this case, typically no password is required to access shares and there
is
no actual security. This may be the case on your computer. if everyone can
access it.

yes, it is like that. it is the same with the other machines.

4. A further consideration is that the other computers may be members of a
domain, and perhaps yours is not. In this case you cannot access the
shares
on the domain-member computers unless you authenticate to the domain (as
opposed to authenticating to the host computer) To do so you supply a
username of the form 'domainname\username'

that is not happpening here.

Hope this helps, it's a fairly complex subject which can even have the
gurus
scratching their heads occasionally!

thanks for trying.

An alternative approach to XP network logon - http://mylogon.net




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