Password required to access files on network - but passwords never set?

HI,

Have a laptop with ME and a desktop with XP Pro.

Network is set up properly, pings are all fine etc, each machine can see
the other.

From the XP desktop I can access fiels on the laptop, but from the laptop
trying to access the desktop I get prompted for a password. I have never
set passwords, and right-clicking teh drive and looking at 'sharing and
security' there is no space to input a password, and teh 'allow network
users to change my files' box is ticked.

Any ideas?
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Webmaster <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>HI,
>
>Have a laptop with ME and a desktop with XP Pro.
>
>Network is set up properly, pings are all fine etc, each machine can see
>the other.
>
>From the XP desktop I can access fiels on the laptop, but from the laptop
>trying to access the desktop I get prompted for a password. I have never
>set passwords, and right-clicking teh drive and looking at 'sharing and
>security' there is no space to input a password, and teh 'allow network
>users to change my files' box is ticked.

You need to set up the user name (and NO password) on the laptop to be the same as on
the XP box, then you'll be able to get access without the password prompt.


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Andrew Sayers reckoned that:
> >From the XP desktop I can access fiels on the laptop, but from the laptop
> >trying to access the desktop I get prompted for a password. I have never
> >set passwords, and right-clicking teh drive and looking at 'sharing and
> >security' there is no space to input a password, and teh 'allow network
> >users to change my files' box is ticked.

> You need to set up the user name (and NO password) on the laptop to be the same as on
> the XP box, then you'll be able to get access without the password prompt.

Hi, to which usernam do you refer? If you refer to the windows username
they are the same.
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Webmaster wrote:
> HI,
>
> Have a laptop with ME and a desktop with XP Pro.
>
> Network is set up properly, pings are all fine etc, each machine can
> see the other.
>
> From the XP desktop I can access fiels on the laptop, but from the
> laptop trying to access the desktop I get prompted for a password. I
> have never set passwords, and right-clicking teh drive and looking at
> 'sharing and security' there is no space to input a password, and teh
> 'allow network users to change my files' box is ticked.
>
> Any ideas?

You have to create a user account (with or without password) on the XP
machine - XP and 2K insist on authentication for sharing... this is a
usefull security feature....
Goto Control Panel, Computer management, Users and Groups, Users - create a
new user....

Guy

"Webmaster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> HI,
>
> Have a laptop with ME and a desktop with XP Pro.
>
> Network is set up properly, pings are all fine etc, each machine can see
> the other.
>
> From the XP desktop I can access fiels on the laptop, but from the laptop
> trying to access the desktop I get prompted for a password. I have never
> set passwords, and right-clicking teh drive and looking at 'sharing and
> security' there is no space to input a password, and teh 'allow network
> users to change my files' box is ticked.
>
> Any ideas?

It's basically the XP box asking the laptop "who are you?". Is the guest
account enabled or disabled?

Marcus

Marcus Fox reckoned that:
> It's basically the XP box asking the laptop "who are you?". Is the guest
> account enabled or disabled?

I'm not sure. Where on the XP machine would I check or set this up? It may
be something I have done a long time ago which has come back to haunt me!
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"Webmaster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Marcus Fox reckoned that:
> > It's basically the XP box asking the laptop "who are you?". Is the guest
> > account enabled or disabled?
>
> I'm not sure. Where on the XP machine would I check or set this up? It may
> be something I have done a long time ago which has come back to haunt me!

Control Panel > User Accounts...

Don't know if this would work, it's only a hunch.

Marcus

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 22:14:13 +0100, Webmaster
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Marcus Fox reckoned that:
>> It's basically the XP box asking the laptop "who are you?". Is the guest
>> account enabled or disabled?
>
>I'm not sure. Where on the XP machine would I check or set this up? It may
>be something I have done a long time ago which has come back to haunt me!


I seem to recall that the password CANNOT be blank, you need to put in
a password to access network shares running on a NT box

(Something like expected error 31 I think)

Try

In the "Local Security Settings" console in XP, under the settings
group of "Security Options", that there is a setting called "Network
access: Sharing and security model for local accounts". By default
this is set to "Guest only", and my guest account is disabled. I
changed the setting to "Classic" and sharing started to work as
desired, using the accounts that I had already created.