Re: Filesharing Problem - Connect password.

Since the last post I renamed the only user on the laptop to match one of the
users on the source computer from where I'm attempting to share. That did not
help.

I did notice that after changing the user name the folder under Documents
and Settings is named "Owner" -- so maybe that has no impact. Maybe I should
change the name back and then create a new user to match. (I'd then delete
the old user.)

It's odd that I can do this on one network fine but not the other....

"Richard (TMTS)" wrote:

Hi Steve,

I followed your instructions with no effect. I also tried changing Guest to
be in the Administrators group, and that did not help either.

What I have not tried is any reboot. But I did close the Windows Explorer on
the computer from which I'm trying to access the shared drive.

What should I try next? (Odd that I had no problem doing this at the office.
There one computer is XP Home and the other XP Pro. At home all 3 computers
are XP Home.)

Thanks, Richard


"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

In article <EDE9ECA7-ECA9-4D2E-B1F0-C315035D905A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Richard (TMTS) <Richard (TMTS)@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I'm running a small network at home and another one at the office. In both
places I use TrueCrypt to encrypt information. That utility mounts an
encrypted file as a drive. I then share that drive w/ write access so that
all computers can use the data equally. At the office it works fine.

At home when I try to mount a shared drive from a different computer I am
prompted with the pop-up window for a password. The user name supplied is
\\computername\Guest which I don't use. I do not have passwords on any
accounts on the home computers.

I am able to mount other shared folders, and I'm able to access info in
those folders. But I cannot even map a new drive on the same computer. (Don't
know if that ever worked.)

Only recent change was my ISP moved to Norton suite so I uninstalled
ZoneAlarm. But again I can see/access plenty of shared folders from one
computer to another, but just not these mounted drives.

Suggestions? And thanks!!!!

On the computer that owns the shared drive that you can't access:

1. Open a command prompt window (Start > Run > cmd).

2. Enter this command to enable the Guest account for access via the
network:

net user guest /active:yes

3. Remove any network password from the Guest account:

a. Enter the command "control userpasswords2".
b. Click Guest.
c. Click Reset Password.
d. Click OK without entering a new password.
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