Guest account

"George" <air1@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> When setting up file shares in In WinXP-pro, whether simple file sharing

or

> non-simple (unchecked) file sharing, does it matter if and is it relevant
> whether the Guest Account is set to on or off?
>
>
>

If simple file sharing is in use, the Guest account must be enabled.

If using non-simple file sharing, we would normally disable the
guest account, and grant share permissions to named users / groups.

Note that the control panel user account applet _appears_
to let you disable the guest account, but it doesn't.

All that does is 'deny local logon' to the Guest account.
( in otherwords, you can't sit down at the machine and log on as Guest. )

The Guest account is still actually enabled, and needs to
remain so for Simple File Sharing to work.

To _actually_ disable the guest account, you need to go to:
Start | Run | lusrmgr.msc
Look in Users folder,
Dbl-click Guest,
Check 'Account is Disabled'.

Only do this of you are not using simple file sharing,
and have set up share permissions.

This is discussed in this article:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm

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Best Regards
Ron Lowe
MVP - Windows Networking

Hi

I have currently networked 4 PC's in my house, and I can 4
of them in MY network places, i can connect to one of them
fine, and veiw her shared documents and also access her
through workgroup computers. But when i click the other
persons compuyer it brings up a windows log in box, that
says her name, and then guest and is asking me for a
password. She says that she doesnt know about a password,
although she didnt put the machine together, and i thought
the guest account comes without a password.

Also the other persons PC wont let me access their PC at
all, it tells me that Im not allowed. Can anybody throw
some ideas at my problems please

Thanks

"Russell Fujak" <russell_fujak@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I have currently networked 4 PC's in my house, and I can 4
>of them in MY network places, i can connect to one of them
>fine, and veiw her shared documents and also access her
>through workgroup computers. But when i click the other
>persons compuyer it brings up a windows log in box, that
>says her name, and then guest and is asking me for a
>password. She says that she doesnt know about a password,
>although she didnt put the machine together, and i thought
>the guest account comes without a password.
>
>Also the other persons PC wont let me access their PC at
>all, it tells me that Im not allowed. Can anybody throw
>some ideas at my problems please

Russell,

have you read Ron's reply
Message-ID: <OiuvpS1WDHA.2056@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>
to the original message
Message-ID: <eShoz10WDHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>
?

Some more information can be found at
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm, particularly in the
chapters that refer to Guest account problems.

Hans-Georg

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i've created a guest account but cannot get accessto the
internet fom it. What do i have to do?

I have exactly the same problem starting about 2 weeks
ago on my main network PC. I have checked everything I
know, which is quite a lot (clearly not enough).
I wonder if there is a M$ update with a bug?

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>I have currently networked 4 PC's in my house, and I can

4

>of them in MY network places, i can connect to one of

them

>fine, and veiw her shared documents and also access her
>through workgroup computers. But when i click the other
>persons compuyer it brings up a windows log in box, that
>says her name, and then guest and is asking me for a
>password. She says that she doesnt know about a

password,

>although she didnt put the machine together, and i

thought

>the guest account comes without a password.
>
>Also the other persons PC wont let me access their PC at
>all, it tells me that Im not allowed. Can anybody throw
>some ideas at my problems please
>
>Thanks
>.
>

"anon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have exactly the same problem starting about 2 weeks
>ago on my main network PC. I have checked everything I
>know, which is quite a lot (clearly not enough).
>I wonder if there is a M$ update with a bug?

Anon,

have you read the previous 4 messages in this thread? Can you
read this message?

I am asking because there appears to be a widespread problem in
this newsgroup. People write, but do not read.

Please reply first to establish a functioning discussion.

Hans-Georg

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