Re: Stored User Names and Passwords

No, there's no way around the stored/cached passwords that I know of. And Media Center is an add-on to XP Pro, already.

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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Adam R" <AdamR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:04BEBA8B-1F03-44A9-82C1-7DD493F37A98@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
thans for the information :)

is it possible to get around it? or can you run the media portion on top of
xp pro ?

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:

This is a limitation of the Media Center version of Windows XP Pro. Along with the inability to join a domain, other than at initial installation. MCE costs less than Pro, so some features are missing. These happen to be the only ones.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Adam R" <Adam R@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:73A76885-C235-486E-92EA-3452DA338319@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My user is an administrator, and when I connect to network resources that
require a password (including mapping network drives), it lets me access them
fine until I reboot/log off the computer and then it prompts for the password
again.

I tried going into "Stored User Names and Passwords" to "add" the
server/username/password etc but there is no add button.

Is it me, or is XP MCE limited in this way ?

the only way I can get around it is to re-enable the guest account on the
machine I am trying to access and then (of course) it doesnt prompt for a
password at all. But this is not being security conscious is it?

Adam

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