Re: Home Wireless Networking and File Sharing

thanks for that Chuck. I thought that Guest account was too simple and I
didn't feel that I had done enough when I wasn't asked to provide a password.
I will start again with a proper account as Malke tried to advise me and see
how I get on. I will let you know. Thanks again.
Charlie

"Chuck [MVP]" wrote:

On Fri, 9 May 2008 02:15:01 -0700, Charlie3110
<Charlie3110@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Malke if you are there. This is an ongoing query from our last
communication when you helped me sort out file sharing between my home
network. You recommended and I quote " 1. Create matching user accounts and
passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account
on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be
different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all
machines. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one
particular user's account) for
convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP
and Vista:" I have done that on all of the laptops and main PC and called
them all the same "Guest" I haven't given them a password as it didn't ask
for one but unless you tell me that this is essential I at least have an open
user account of the same name on all of the PCs. However when I try to access
the networking from some of the laptops and from my Desk top to certain
laptops I get the message "\\charlie
(laptop name)\is not accesssible. You might not have permission to use this
network resourse. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
have access permissions." What does this mean please Malke and what do I do
now? Does the fact that I wasn't asked to add a password mean that I haven't
set up a usuable account? Any advice /help would be very welcome. Thanks


Charlie,

The "Guest" account is a special account that's present on all computers, though
not always active, already. Proper security says that it should be disabled
except when absolutely required, as it provides unauthenticated access to all
network users. What you setup is an additional non-Guest account named "Guest".
You need to make sure that your non-Guest account is Activated for network
access, and that all shares are properly permissioned for "Guest".
<http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html>
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html

But my real advice would be for you to remove your "Guest" account, and prevent
confusion between it and the built-in "Guest" account. But DO NOT remove the
actual built-in "Guest" account please. Then, setup a real non-Guest account,
with a non-"Guest" name, activate it properly, and permission the shared
folders.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/

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