2 basic questions...

I have setup a workgroup w/ a 2003 SBS and 6 PCs running XP Home. The PCs
and server all have the same local accounts/passwords set up, and the PCs can
connect to the server fine. But when I try to connect from the server to any
one of the PCs, a Connect To box opens with the remote PC's guest account
selected and grayed out. I don't want to connect as Guest, but as another
account. The guest account isn't even enabled on the PCs anyway. Why is it
doing this? I've run into the same problem before doing simple filesharing
on two PCs.

Also, what is the best way to transfer/migrate local user profiles after the
upgrade to a domain?. The Home PCs will be upgraded to Pro and then added to
a domain, and I want the new domain profiles to be identical to the old local
ones.

Thanks in advance.

Matt
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