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01-02-2008
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| | Xp to Vista sharing problem I have read through all the items I could find on here, but none of the items worked or were applicable. I have 2 computers networked that can see each other. One is Vista the other XP. I have no problem accessing XP shares from the Vista machine. When I try to access shares on the Vista machine from XP, I can't. When I click on the workgroup, I see the machine. When I double click it, it asks for a username and password. If I type the the only username on the Vista machine (which has no password set), it fails. It seems with having password protected sharing OFF, I shouldn't get a prompt. My setup: On Vista -Network discovery ON -File sharing ON -Password protected sharing OFF -Public sharing OFF -C drive is shared to Everyone Thanks |
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01-02-2008
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| | Re: Xp to Vista sharing problem On Jan 2, 7:15 am, Malke <notrea...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Mike C wrote: Quote: > > I have read through all the items I could find on here, but none of > > the items worked or were applicable. Quote: > > I have 2 computers networked that can see each other. One is Vista the > > other XP. I have no problem accessing XP shares from the Vista > > machine. When I try to access shares on the Vista machine from XP, I > > can't. When I click on the workgroup, I see the machine. When I > > double click it, it asks for a username and password. If I type the > > the only username on the Vista machine (which has no password set), it > > fails. It seems with having password protected sharing OFF, I > > shouldn't get a prompt. Quote: > > My setup: Quote: > > On Vista > > -Network discovery ON > > -File sharing ON > > -Password protected sharing OFF > > -Public sharing OFF > > -C drive is shared to Everyone > Turn the password-protected sharing ON and create a user > account/password on the Vista machine that matches the one on the XP box. > > If you wish the 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 > -- > Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User create the same account/pwd on all of them. I mean, if you select No password sharing it is supposed to eliminate that! Why doesn't it? Does it only work between Vista machines? |
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01-02-2008
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| | Re: Xp to Vista sharing problem Mike C wrote: Quote: > Thanks-that works. It is a hassle. I have 3 computers and had to > create the same account/pwd on all of them. I mean, if you select No > password sharing it is supposed to eliminate that! Why doesn't it? > Does it only work between Vista machines? three computers is an onerous task. If you had 10 of them it might be, but at that point you should be considering a server anyway. When you use the "password off" feature, you're connecting as Guest (which has its own security risks and limitations so isn't recommended). I note that you didn't mention the version of XP you're using. If it is XP Pro, enable Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and then you can connect as Guest. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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01-02-2008
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| | Re: Xp to Vista sharing problem But it was quite obvious as noted in my post, just turn 'Password Protected Sharing On'. -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry "Mike C" <michaeljc70@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:0b102626-0b64-4e32-a742-1e9159c06406@xxxxxx Quote: > On Jan 2, 12:00 pm, Malke <notrea...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >> Mike C wrote: Quote: >> > Thanks-that works. It is a hassle. I have 3 computers and had to >> > create the same account/pwd on all of them. I mean, if you select No >> > password sharing it is supposed to eliminate that! Why doesn't it? >> > Does it only work between Vista machines? >> I really don't think creating matching user accounts/passwords on only >> three computers is an onerous task. If you had 10 of them it might be, >> but at that point you should be considering a server anyway. >> >> When you use the "password off" feature, you're connecting as Guest >> (which has its own security risks and limitations so isn't recommended). >> I note that you didn't mention the version of XP you're using. If it is >> XP Pro, enable Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and then >> you can connect as Guest. >> >> Malke >> -- >> Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com >> "Don't Panic!" >> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User > I guess you are right creating 3 accounts isn't that hard, but the > hours I spent trying to figure it out was. My point is it shouldn't > be that hard to share files on a home version of a product......I am a > developer and not a computer novice. |
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01-03-2008
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| | Re: Xp to Vista sharing problem On Jan 2, 1:19 pm, "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andre...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > But it was quite obvious as noted in my post, just turn 'Password Protected > Sharing On'. > -- > Andre > Blog:http://adacosta.spaces.live.com > My Vista Quickstart Guide:http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry"Mike C" <michaelj...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:0b102626-0b64-4e32-a742-1e9159c06406@xxxxxx > Quote: > > On Jan 2, 12:00 pm, Malke <notrea...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > >> Mike C wrote: > >> > Thanks-that works. It is a hassle. I have 3 computers and had to > >> > create the same account/pwd on all of them. I mean, if you select No > >> > password sharing it is supposed to eliminate that! Why doesn't it? > >> > Does it only work between Vista machines? Quote: Quote: > >> I really don't think creating matching user accounts/passwords on only > >> three computers is an onerous task. If you had 10 of them it might be, > >> but at that point you should be considering a server anyway. Quote: Quote: > >> When you use the "password off" feature, you're connecting as Guest > >> (which has its own security risks and limitations so isn't recommended). > >> I note that you didn't mention the version of XP you're using. If it is > >> XP Pro, enable Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and then > >> you can connect as Guest. Quote: Quote: > >> Malke > >> -- > >> Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com > >> "Don't Panic!" > >> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User Quote: > > I guess you are right creating 3 accounts isn't that hard, but the > > hours I spent trying to figure it out was. My point is it shouldn't > > be that hard to share files on a home version of a product......I am a > > developer and not a computer novice don't need accounts right there in the control panel! Clearly that isn't the case. |
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