Eddie B wrote:
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> i have 1 vista and 1 xp sp2 machine in a workgroup environment. how do i set
> the vista machine to let the public folder and printer be shared thru the
> guest user (no user/pword required, restricted by firewall to subnet only)
> AND allow manually created shares to be accessed by thru a login/pword?
>
> in other words, do i have to turn on "password protected sharing" to let
> users access shares that require a login? i'm under the impression that i
> have to do so, hence my question.
You are correct in that you can't have it both ways. Create matching
user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be
logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned
to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need
to exist and match on all machines. If you wish a machine to boot
directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for
convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for
both XP and Vista:
Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
Malke
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