Re: Windows XP Home Edition all versions netbios sessions bug

NetBios is not a problem - it is provided in Vista only to "work" with older
Windows version e.g. 95, ME, 98, NT and 2000.

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"Rafel Ivgi" <Rafel Ivgi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A6D17928-6C32-47CF-8DC3-DD5A91236283@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi!

I am a security researcher and a software developer and this bug has been
disturbing me for years!!!

I have a home network, no domain, all computers have same workgroup name:
"WORKGROUP".

All my computers are default installation Windows XP SP3 Professional
English except one Windows Home Edition (its an OEM version coming with
Sony
VIAO laptop, also updated to XP SP3, but the service pack is not the cause
of
the problem)

In all my computers, I enabled file sharing in the windows firewall and
all
the share settings are standard and enabled.

No security software or any hooking possible driver is installed on any of
my computers.

The problem is i cannot connect to any netbios share/rpc service in the
Home
Edition computer.

Now the weird part, the only way which i am able to connect to the home
edition computer is if i am connecting from it to another computer on my
network using ONLY THE ADMINISTRATOR account and no other account even
accounts with full administrator privilleges. Once i connected to another
computer using the administrator accountm then he can connect back to me.

I know the administrator account comes with a blank password at all xp
home
edition or just in OEM versions and it may not work because of

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
limitblankpassworduse=dword:1

anyway in this case i changed the administrator password in my windows
home.
I know that windows xp home edition supports only simple file shating and
that the design of simple file sharing is to share file access only using
the
GUEST account
BUT this still doesn't explain why if the ADMINISTRATOR account CAN FULLY
share files with a windows xp pro(with simoke file sharing turned off) but
ONLY AFTER A "NET USE" WAS INITIATED FROM THE XP HOME EDITION MACHINE and
ANY
other attempt to connect to the xp home from remote using the
administrator
account is denied.

Fix this bug, thank you.

b.t.w
Where is the "windows xp home edition bug report" area on microsoft
website?

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Aspect9 Founder & Senior Software Developer


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