+.Aaron Subscriber¹ Posted May 22, 2002 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 22, 2002 ok, first of all, i am ****ed off.... second here is the issue: my dad is getting a cable connection, and he got the router today (Linkksys BEFSR41) but we dont have a network connection yet for it. so we connect my comp to port 1 and his to port 2 and i install file sharing on my comp and set the workgroup name to Student and I do the same on my dads comp. Now we both can see each others comps and he can get to mine with no probs (playing winamp mp3s from my hdd right now), so I try to go into his account. a password box pops up the this: househol-######Guest (grayed out) and a password field. NO PASSWORD WILL WORK, we dont know what it is. How can I get into his computer and the folder that he has shared??????? Help tonight would be GREAT THANKS:mad: :mad: :mad: EDIT: BTW, the OS on both comps is XP PRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted May 22, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 22, 2002 Turn on his Guest account. It's probably off.. Oh, and I'm about to change the title. Shouting gets you nowhere.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+.Aaron Subscriber¹ Posted May 22, 2002 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 22, 2002 sorry for the yelling, please change it then it doesnt make a BIT of difference, we tried that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted May 22, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 22, 2002 Stop changing my new title :p :D Have you tried resetting the password on the Guest account? And leave it on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+.Aaron Subscriber¹ Posted May 22, 2002 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 22, 2002 sorry...and no i havent, but when i turn the guest account on, it says that i dont have permisson to access it. Edit: Tried the change password, but cant, there is no option in the XP User accounts for Guest account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathLace Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Right click on his hard drive and go to the sharing tab. Make sure no passwords are required to access the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow771 Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 create an account on his machine with the user name and password you use to log into youre machine. that is the only way i can get file sharing to work on my network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+.Aaron Subscriber¹ Posted May 22, 2002 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 22, 2002 Deathlace - when i click on hdd and go to sharing and sec i get an error about it only to be set for admin probs Shadow771 - the only way i can login to the comp is ths stupid guest account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+.Aaron Subscriber¹ Posted May 22, 2002 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 22, 2002 Anyone else please? One thought I had was if I were to change the name of his computer from househol-###### to something like My Computer or to his first name or something if that would fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Disable Simple File Sharing, open Windows Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, bottom of the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+.Aaron Subscriber¹ Posted May 23, 2002 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 23, 2002 That was the first thing i did to enable sharing a folder. thanks tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 You must create a user account on his machine identical to the one on your machine, there is no more anonymous logging in to XP. Giving permission to the Everyone group no longer works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+.Aaron Subscriber¹ Posted May 23, 2002 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 23, 2002 I did that already and it DID not work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Can you access the administrative shares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+.Aaron Subscriber¹ Posted May 23, 2002 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 23, 2002 Originally posted by silly_walk Can you access the administrative shares? I can right click on his hdd and get to the sharing properties, but for the permmissions, i cant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 Originally posted by azerchXP I can right click on his hdd and get to the sharing properties, but for the permmissions, i cant. Administrative shares are default shares, c$, d$ and so on. There is one per partition. What you need to do to see if they work is be an administrator, go to the computer that cannot connect (yours) and go to Start, Run, type yourdadscomputernamec$ and see if it can connect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+.Aaron Subscriber¹ Posted May 24, 2002 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 24, 2002 Did that and it didnt work, thanks tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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