XP pro stopped sharing

My network consists of my PC and my daughters PC connected via a Router.
Both running XP Pro.

Everything was fine sharing wise until my daughter created a couple of
accounts on her PC which requires a password when logging in.

Now I can't see her in "My Network Places" although I can still see her in
"View workgroup computers"

She can still access my folders / printers etc.

Obviously the problem is because she has activated a login account when
windows starts.

Is there a way round this even if it meant having to input her password when
accessing her files?

Incidentally, she didn't want to have to put a password in but when she
created a couple of accounts for her sister / brother it seemed there was no
other option but to have it this way.

Steven.

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:53:17 +0100, "Steven Campbell"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Is there a way round this even if it meant having to input her password when
>accessing her files?

have the same user / password combos on all machines or Enable guest
access on all machines.

>Incidentally, she didn't want to have to put a password in but when she
>created a couple of accounts for her sister / brother it seemed there was no
>other option but to have it this way.

leaving them blank fixes it I believe. If its Pro there may be a
security policy to set to allow blank passwords.

Phil
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"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:53:17 +0100, "Steven Campbell"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Is there a way round this even if it meant having to input her password
>>when
>>accessing her files?
>
> have the same user / password combos on all machines or Enable guest
> access on all machines.
>
>>Incidentally, she didn't want to have to put a password in but when she
>>created a couple of accounts for her sister / brother it seemed there was
>>no
>>other option but to have it this way.
>
> leaving them blank fixes it I believe. If its Pro there may be a
> security policy to set to allow blank passwords.
>

If it's XP Pro, enable 'Simple File Sharing' (see Google).

Ian

Phil Thompson wrote:
>
> leaving them blank fixes it I believe. If its Pro there may be a
> security policy to set to allow blank passwords.
>

No, blanks work in Pro too.

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Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:35:07 +0100, Tony Raven <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>No, blanks work in Pro too.

doesn't it depend on security policy settings ? no anonymous logins
etc.

Phil
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Phil Thompson wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:35:07 +0100, Tony Raven <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>
>>No, blanks work in Pro too.
>
>
> doesn't it depend on security policy settings ? no anonymous logins
> etc.
>

Dunno. I just found as the default that if you didn't give it a
password at initial setup it didn't ask for one and if you did it did
but I am sure you can force it to need a password if you want.


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Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

"Tony Raven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Phil Thompson wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:35:07 +0100, Tony Raven <(E-Mail Removed)>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>No, blanks work in Pro too.
> >
> >
> > doesn't it depend on security policy settings ? no anonymous logins
> > etc.
> >
>
> Dunno. I just found as the default that if you didn't give it a
> password at initial setup it didn't ask for one and if you did it did
> but I am sure you can force it to need a password if you want.

Correct, it didn't need a password at initial start up but since setting up
accounts it has to have them. I can't see any way round this.

Steven.

Steven Campbell wrote:
>
> Correct, it didn't need a password at initial start up but since setting up
> accounts it has to have them. I can't see any way round this.
>

I have a family machine with four user accounts on it and none of them
with passwords. Just left the password box blank when I set them up and
ever since it has never asked. Running on XP Pro.



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"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

"Tony Raven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Steven Campbell wrote:
> >
> > Correct, it didn't need a password at initial start up but since setting
up
> > accounts it has to have them. I can't see any way round this.
> >
>
> I have a family machine with four user accounts on it and none of them
> with passwords. Just left the password box blank when I set them up and
> ever since it has never asked. Running on XP Pro.

Thanks I'll have a look. It was my daughter than done it and she reckoned it
had to have a password.

Since this will probably be at the root of my problem, does anyone know if
the password fields can be removed while still keeping different log in
accounts?

Steven.