Re: Unable to browse MCE PC?

Thanks again for the reply Steve,

I have checked two other XP SP2 PC's on my network and the Guest Account is
definitely off and Simple File Sharing is enabled.

They all have matching Username/Password setups also.

I could as you suggest alter the settings on the MCE PC but in fact as far
as I can see the MCE PC has exactly the same settings as the other two XP
machines on my network which can browse each others resources without
problems.

Sorry to string this one out but I would prefer to know why I am unable to
browse the MCE PC from any other PC on my network but not the other way
around?

Thanks & kind regards,
-=pp=-


"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bc070521m@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:bb0m73tm7mtmetrj269iqdt2ju0goosaon@xxxxxxxxxx
Why not enable the Guest account for network access? That's the
default behavior of all versions of Windows XP in a workgroup. The
messages that you see when trying to access the MCE box over the
network indicate that something has gone wrong with the default
settings. The commands that I gave should fix the problem.

Enabling the Guest account for network access has nothing to do with
enabling someone to log onto the computer as "Guest" at the keyboard.
That's controlled by the Guest account setting in Control Panel >
Network.

If you don't want to enable the Guest account for network access, then
you need to:

1. Disable simple file sharing. Go to My Computer > Tools > Folder
Options > View, scroll to the end of the list of advanced settings,
and un-check the "Use simple file sharing" box.

2. Create matching user accounts (same user name and non-blank
password) on the MCE box and on all of the computers that want to
access the MCE box over the network.
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