Re: Windows XP Home Accessing Shared Folders on SBS

There has to be a way. After all I can access c$ from Home. Why can't I
access other shared folders that way?

"Steve" <bards@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e6xvhOIGGHA.344@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Why doesn't everyone in the company use XP Pro? Home means what it says
> and even though there may be some authentication workarounds you may grow
> old faster than you want trying to keep those boxes happy in a domain
> environment.
>
> <setnaffa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1137178917.029961.284750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Congratulations. You have discovered the difference between XP Pro and
>> XP Home. The only supported way to fix this is to upgrade the XP Home
>> systems. Period.
>>
>>
>> User16/6/81 wrote:
>>> I am having problems accessing shared folders on a Windows SBS 2003 from
>>> a
>>> Windows XP Home box. A particular folder when shared with "Everyone"
>>> permission is accessibe without authentication from a Windows XP Home
>>> machine--even with the GUest account disabled on the server. But when
>>> that
>>> folder is later shared with "Domain User" permission it becomes
>>> inaccessible--without an authentication prompt. Why is not the
>>> authentication prompt appearing to access this particular shared folder?
>>> All
>>> I get is: Access denied, with a bang. But the prompt appears when
>>> accessing
>>> c$ on the server from the Windows XP Home Machine.
>>>
>>> I want to ensure that only users that have domain user accounts on the
>>> domain can access folders on the server. But not everyone in the company
>>> uses Windows XP Pro workstation. Some, who also have domain user
>>> accounts,
>>> use XP Home, which is unable to log on to a domain.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>
>


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