Guest account on ME for XP Pro Access

I have a XP Pro laptop and win ME Desktop that are
networked wireless, with the ME machine as the ICS.

I can access the internet and the printer on the ME
machine from the XP and I can access shared folders on
the XP laptop from the ME machine.

What I can not do is access a shared folder on the ME
deskfrom the XP laptop. The XP network "place" requires
a "guest" login and password (this can not be changed)
and requires a password.
I have tried creating a guest account on the ME machine
and even logged into it. I have also "turned on" the
guest on the XP laptop. But when I try to access the
folder on the ME machine from the XP laptop, it it
requires that I use an address like "Moore/guest" and a
password. I have tried leaving blank as well as
assigning a pwd on the ME and using this. No luck -

WHat am I missing here?

Thanks for your help!

Paul Moore


paul.j.moore@comcast.net

In article <00fe01c3b838$b4ba8d70$(E-Mail Removed)>,
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wrote:
>I have a XP Pro laptop and win ME Desktop that are
>networked wireless, with the ME machine as the ICS.
>
>I can access the internet and the printer on the ME
>machine from the XP and I can access shared folders on
>the XP laptop from the ME machine.
>
>What I can not do is access a shared folder on the ME
>deskfrom the XP laptop. The XP network "place" requires
>a "guest" login and password (this can not be changed)
>and requires a password.
>I have tried creating a guest account on the ME machine
>and even logged into it. I have also "turned on" the
>guest on the XP laptop. But when I try to access the
>folder on the ME machine from the XP laptop, it it
>requires that I use an address like "Moore/guest" and a
>password. I have tried leaving blank as well as
>assigning a pwd on the ME and using this. No luck -
>
>WHat am I missing here?
>
>Thanks for your help!
>
>Paul Moore

It looks to me like you've defined a password for the shared folder on
the ME computer. If so, enter that password at the prompt. If not,
un-share and re-share the folder without a password.
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