this seems like a step back from the flexibility available in XP. i have a
hard time believing it can be true. am i using vista's version of XP's
"simple file sharing" w/o knowing so? is there a way to make it work like it
should (c'mon don't you agree this limitation is ridiculous?)
less important question, but i'm curious as to why you thought it was
relevant to add info on enabling autologon? i dont see the connection.
thanks
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Eddie B
"Malke" wrote:
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> Eddie B wrote: Quote:
> > 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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