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Old 02-09-2008   #1 (permalink)
Hitesh


 
 

Maping Network Drive in Vista

I have PC1 (running Win XP) and PC2 (running Vista Home Basic).

In PC2, I only have one user account (the administrator), with no password.
I shared my C: drive to all.

Now, in PC1, when I try to Map Network Drive to the C: drive in PC2, it
keeps saying Access Denied.
Then I clicked on "Connect using a different name", and keyed in PC2's User
account, leaving password blank (since there is no password).
Same response.

Then, on PC2, I created the passwrd for the user account, went back to PC1,
and this time keyed in the password. I got connected.

My question is - I do not want PC2 to be password controlled. Pls tell me
how I can still get PC1 to map the drive to PC2's C: drive without the
password control.

Hitesh


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Old 02-11-2008   #2 (permalink)
Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]


 
 

Re: Maping Network Drive in Vista

The only way you can do that is to enable the Guest account. This is a
built-in account for guest users that is normally disabled for security
purposes. More info is here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300489/en-us
Description of the Guest account in Windows XP

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"Hitesh" <Hitesh@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9E04752D-2865-47BE-BD62-8D8D099525A2@xxxxxx
Quote:

> I have PC1 (running Win XP) and PC2 (running Vista Home Basic).
>
> In PC2, I only have one user account (the administrator), with no
password.
Quote:

> I shared my C: drive to all.
>
> Now, in PC1, when I try to Map Network Drive to the C: drive in PC2, it
> keeps saying Access Denied.
> Then I clicked on "Connect using a different name", and keyed in PC2's
User
Quote:

> account, leaving password blank (since there is no password).
> Same response.
>
> Then, on PC2, I created the passwrd for the user account, went back to
PC1,
Quote:

> and this time keyed in the password. I got connected.
>
> My question is - I do not want PC2 to be password controlled. Pls tell me
> how I can still get PC1 to map the drive to PC2's C: drive without the
> password control.
>
> Hitesh
>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
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