wilfried Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 I have set up a small home network (2 computers.) I did this before and, at the time Windows asked me for a password everytime I wanted to access a shared folder/files. Now on that network I have it just opens the folder/files without asking for a password... Is that normal? Safe? (WindowsXP) Thanks W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr3w2k3 Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 are you using the same username and password to log on to both systems? If so, that is why you dont get the prompt. WinXP will try to use the same credentials you use to log on to your system and if those don't work you get prompted for a username and password. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilfried Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 Yes! Thanks for the quick reply :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Quick Reply Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Yes!Thanks for the quick reply :) Your Welcome, before I even gave a solution :happy: ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilfried Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 Hummm.. I take it back... I am not using the same password/usernames on both computer. One user name is my last name and on the other computer it's my full name. I got mixed up. Soooo shouldn't it be asking me for a password when browsing the network? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpoinacan Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 RU using simple file sharing? Are you logging on at both computers, or do you have it so you log on automatically on both computers. Tools, folder options, view, simple file sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilfried Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 Yes I am using simple sharing. And I do not have auto login enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpoinacan Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 1. Disable simple file sharing. 2. Once you log on to both computers, you should be able to click on a share on either computer and it should ask you for a usename and password. 3. Type in the user name and password for the other computer and you share should show up in explorer. 4. If you are using a firewall, then additonal configuration for the firewall may be requried. If you are let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilfried Posted March 24, 2003 Author Share Posted March 24, 2003 Thanks.! So I did all that and the laptop is on Windows XP Home. It seems that XP Home only support Simple Sharing (it's not an option in Folders/Options). I tried to set the permission on my desktop (XP Pro) but XP Home won't prompt me. It just says access denied. Is that a limitation of XP Home? If it is it sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpoinacan Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Yep, That is a limitation of XP Home. Uses the guest account to log in and uses the everyone group. I should have asked it if was XP Home. You can read about it here. Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 304040 Some of the wierd stuff: When Simple File Sharing is enabled, remote administration and remote registry editing does not work as expected from a remote computer because all remote users authenticate as Guest, which has no administrative privileges. When Simple File Sharing is enabled, if you configure specific user ACEs, remote users are not affected when Simple File Sharing is enabled because all remote users authenticate as Guest when Simple File Sharing is enabled. Remote users may receive an "Access Denied" message on a share to which they have previously connected to successfully after the hard disk is converted to NTFS. This behavior occurs on Windows XP-based computers that have Simple File Sharing enabled that were upgraded from Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows Me, and occurs because the default permissions of a hard disk that is converted to NTFS does not contain the Everyone group, which is required for remote users that are using the Guest account to access the files. To correct this behavior, unshare and reshare the affected folders. The permissions are reset and users can connect again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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