Vista - Re: Strange XP-Vista network problem

07-05-2008

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 17:47:54 +0100, Gordon wrote:

Quote:

>I have a desktop running XP Pro SP3 and a laptop running Vista Home Premium.
>I have the same User account set up on both machines with the same password,
>the only difference is that on the Vista machine this user is a Standard
>User while on the XP machine, the User is an administrator. I also have
>another User set up on the Vista machine, again passworded, but a different
>password to the other two user accounts, which is an Administrator. (I use
>the Standard Account for daily operation).
>The strange thing is this: from the XP machine I can see SOME of the folders
>in the Standard Account, and ALL the folders in the Admin Account, even
>though the User name and password is NOT replicated on the XP machine! Can
>anyone explain why I can't see all the Standard User account folders, (which
>does have the same password) but I can see all the Admin account folders?
>The only difference between the two accounts is that I have moved the
>Standard User account's Documents folders to another drive using the
>Properties-Location function.

Gordon,

if you have the rights to see them, you'll see them. It doesn't
matter where they are.

Even guests, anonymous users, or everybody can have such rights.

You need both of two different sets of rights, one for the share
and one for each object (file, folder, printer).

In fact, I don't understand what you mean by folders in
accounts. Folders aren't in accounts, they are on the hard disk.
Probably a misunderstanding somewhere.

Hans-Georg
--
No mail, please.

07-05-2008	#1 (permalink)
Hans-Georg Michna n/a posts	Re: Strange XP-Vista network problem On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 17:47:54 +0100, Gordon wrote: Quote: >I have a desktop running XP Pro SP3 and a laptop running Vista Home Premium. >I have the same User account set up on both machines with the same password, >the only difference is that on the Vista machine this user is a Standard >User while on the XP machine, the User is an administrator. I also have >another User set up on the Vista machine, again passworded, but a different >password to the other two user accounts, which is an Administrator. (I use >the Standard Account for daily operation). >The strange thing is this: from the XP machine I can see SOME of the folders >in the Standard Account, and ALL the folders in the Admin Account, even >though the User name and password is NOT replicated on the XP machine! Can >anyone explain why I can't see all the Standard User account folders, (which >does have the same password) but I can see all the Admin account folders? >The only difference between the two accounts is that I have moved the >Standard User account's Documents folders to another drive using the >Properties-Location function. Gordon, if you have the rights to see them, you'll see them. It doesn't matter where they are. Even guests, anonymous users, or everybody can have such rights. You need both of two different sets of rights, one for the share and one for each object (file, folder, printer). In fact, I don't understand what you mean by folders in accounts. Folders aren't in accounts, they are on the hard disk. Probably a misunderstanding somewhere. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please.
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