Re: Help accessing shared folders on XP Pro
- From: fsda <Sh@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:36:24 GMT
fsda <Sh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:Xns973AB239E9E3DShfdafdfds@
66.75.164.119:
> fsda <Sh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>
>> I am going nuts getting my Sony Vaio XL1 Digital Living System to be
>> able to access my shared folders on my separate Windows XP
>> Professional workstation on the same network. The XL1 can see the XP
>> Pro machine, but I cannot view the list of shares. I receive an
error
>> stating that I do not have permission to view the resource. Note
that
>> I am NOT using "Simple File Sharing" on my XP Pro workstation, as I
>> want to limit access - i.e. I do not want ALL of my shares to be
>> accessable to everybody. (The XL1 is running Windows Media Center
>> 2005 Rollup2, and the workstation is running Windows XP Pro SP2.
Both
>> have all current updates.)
>>
>> I have traced my problem down to the fact that my XP Pro machine will
>> not allow an account that does not have a password to list any of my
>> shares.
>>
>> This creates a problem, as my XL1, by default, loads up with the
>> Administrator account, with no password, and automatically logs on.
I
>> want it to remain this way, as I want the family to be able to simply
>> power on the machine and not have to enter a password. What I have
>> done is to rename the Administrator account on the XL1 with a new
>> Username, but left it without a password. I then created an account
>> on my Windows XP Pro machine with the same Username and no password.
>>
>> However, I am blocked from accessing the shares list on my Windows XP
>> Pro machine since the account on my XL1 does not have a password. If
>> I assign a password to this account on both the XL1 and my XP Pro
>> machine, I can list the shares (and access the shares for which I
have
>> assigned the appropriate permissions). I.e. this works as long as
the
>> account has a password. As soon as I change the password to a blank
>> (i.e. no password) on both machines, I can no longer connect.
>>
>> (I have tried the same from another laptop running Windows XP Pro,
and
>> again found that this issue simply comes down to me ONLY being able
to
>> access if the account has a password).
>>
>> How do I eliminate the requirement that the account have a password
to
>> access the shares list on my Windows XP Pro machine????
>>
>> I have checked my Password Policy on my Windows XP Pro machine, and
>> the Minimum password length is set to 0 characters (which the dialog
>> correctly descibes as "no password required").
>>
>> I can't figure out where else to check...
>>
>> TIA!
>>
>
> As a followup to the above, I have found that if I assign permission
to
> access the shares to "Everyone", then I can list the shares from an
> account that does not have a password.
>
> Isn't there a way to do this without allowing access to "Everyone"? I
> know that my account does not have a password, but at least the
Username
> isn't public knowledge. Does "Everyone" already do this, though -
i.e.
> does the Username account have to exist on my machine for "Everyone"
to
> apply?
>
By trial and error, I just determined that "Everyone" does indeed allow
access to anyone, whether or not they have an account at all on my
Windows XP Pro machine.
Isn't there a way to allow access to a User that does not have a
password, without having to use "Everyone"?
.
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