Accounts

I'm trying to share on wifi with xp/2k/98se computers. I
have several accounts on each. Everyone says to have the
same account name and passwords on each. My dumb question:

To access one computer from another do both computers need
to be logged on to the same account at the same time?

If you want to access a shared resource on a Win2000/XP
PC from some other machine then there is no need for
anyone to be logged on at the Win2000/XP PC. You can
find this out by yourself with a quick test.


"Jim Slager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:03c001c3dc80$d6b533f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm trying to share on wifi with xp/2k/98se computers. I
> have several accounts on each. Everyone says to have the
> same account name and passwords on each. My dumb question:
>
> To access one computer from another do both computers need
> to be logged on to the same account at the same time?

In article <bua0tt$2u40$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Pegasus \(MVP\)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>"Jim Slager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:03c001c3dc80$d6b533f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm trying to share on wifi with xp/2k/98se computers. I
>> have several accounts on each. Everyone says to have the
>> same account name and passwords on each. My dumb question:
>>
>> To access one computer from another do both computers need
>> to be logged on to the same account at the same time?
>If you want to access a shared resource on a Win2000/XP
>PC from some other machine then there is no need for
>anyone to be logged on at the Win2000/XP PC. You can
>find this out by yourself with a quick test.

That's true forWindows 2000. It's true for Windows XP Professional if
and only if you have explicitly disabled simple file sharing.

Windows XP Home Edition never requires the same account and password.
Neither does Windows XP Professional, by default.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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I now see that you guys, Pegasus and Steve, are right. My
wireless sharing is now working after fixing up some other
things. I have 98, 2k, and xp machines and each has an
Administrator account. I logon as Administrator on 98 and
xp and logon as another user on 2k since I've been using
it for a long time and don't want to try to move settings,
etc to Administrator. I'm seeing files on each machine
from each machine and I'm prompted for name/password when
I first try to see xp from 2k after logon.

I did switch to logging on as Administrator on 98. It was
easy since 98 supports copying settings, etc to a new user.


>-----Original Message-----
>In article <bua0tt$2u40
$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Pegasus \(MVP\)"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>"Jim Slager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
in message
>>news:03c001c3dc80$d6b533f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I'm trying to share on wifi with xp/2k/98se
computers. I
>>> have several accounts on each. Everyone says to have
the
>>> same account name and passwords on each. My dumb
question:
>>>
>>> To access one computer from another do both computers
need
>>> to be logged on to the same account at the same time?
>>If you want to access a shared resource on a Win2000/XP
>>PC from some other machine then there is no need for
>>anyone to be logged on at the Win2000/XP PC. You can
>>find this out by yourself with a quick test.
>
>That's true forWindows 2000. It's true for Windows XP
Professional if
>and only if you have explicitly disabled simple file
sharing.
>
>Windows XP Home Edition never requires the same account
and password.
>Neither does Windows XP Professional, by default.
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
>Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news
group
>for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer
questions
>addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
>Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
>http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
>.
>