Kemps

On Aug 11, 12:32 am, "Chuck [MVP]" <n...@example.net> wrote:

> Are the XP computers running XP Home, or XP Pro? If Pro, is Simple File Sharing
> Enabled or Disabled?

They're XP Home . . . but since I can't even get the two Vista
computers to share I haven't even started trying to bring these in to
the network.

> Be sure to set the Network Location Type on the Vista computers to Private. And
> set Password Protected Sharing to match the file sharing setup on the XP
> computers.

The Network Location Type has been Private from the start.

I did follow the second link you provided, and got to the point of
"Activating an Account Properly for Network Access" - guessing that
Vista won't care that I have password protection off, I figured I'd
best try setting up the Guest account to handle sharing . . . but when
I run the "net user" command, I get

"System error 5 has occurred."
"Access is denied."

I'm back to exactly where I started. What in the world does this
mean?

Thanks -