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When setting up WINDOWS 2K for the first time does therre need to be someone
assigned to be the administrator or can it just be a benign thing?
 
Windows 2000 will ALWAYS create an Administrator account when installed.
This account is intended for use when you need to ... well, administer ...
the computer. Other users you create will be in the more limited "User"
class.

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Windows 2000 will ALWAYS create an Administrator account when
installed. This account is intended for use when you need to ... well,
administer ... the computer. Other users you create will be in the
more limited "User" class.
Click to expand...

on that note...

if i have two computers, A and B

how would i give access to computer A from B or vice versa if they both
have admin as the user acct?
 
: :
: > Windows 2000 will ALWAYS create an Administrator account when
: > installed. This account is intended for use when you need to ... well,
: > administer ... the computer. Other users you create will be in the
: > more limited "User" class.
: >
:
: on that note...
:
: if i have two computers, A and B
:
: how would i give access to computer A from B or vice versa if they both
: have admin as the user acct?

They are not both administrator. They are computera\administrator and
computerb\administrator.

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If both computers have the same user name and password for the Administrator
account and both are in the same workgroup you should pretty much be able to
access anything from one PC to the other. Are you having a specific problem
we can help you with?

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: :
: > Windows 2000 will ALWAYS create an Administrator account when
: > installed. This account is intended for use when you need to ... well,
: > administer ... the computer. Other users you create will be in the
: > more limited "User" class.
: >
:
: on that note...
:
: if i have two computers, A and B
:
: how would i give access to computer A from B or vice versa if they both
: have admin as the user acct?

They are not both administrator. They are computera\administrator and
computerb\administrator.
Click to expand...

but when i try to add user computerb\administrator, it says I can't have
those kinds of characters "\" in a name...any suggestions
 
I'm about to replace WIN 98 with WIN 2K on one of my home networked PC's and
don't want to have to worry about passwords or "administering" one by the
other. I would like them both to be able to have access to the permitted
folders on the other. Also, the 98 PC will access the printer thru the 2K
PC. I want the network connection to be as uncomplicated and error-prone
free as possible.

What should I do or NOT do?
 
in message
: @tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:
:
: > : >: : >:
: >: > Windows 2000 will ALWAYS create an Administrator account when
: >: > installed. This account is intended for use when you need to ...
well,
: >: > administer ... the computer. Other users you create will be in the
: >: > more limited "User" class.
: >: >
: >:
: >: on that note...
: >:
: >: if i have two computers, A and B
: >:
: >: how would i give access to computer A from B or vice versa if they both
: >: have admin as the user acct?
: >
: > They are not both administrator. They are computera\administrator and
: > computerb\administrator.
: >
:
: but when i try to add user computerb\administrator, it says I can't have
: those kinds of characters "\" in a name...any suggestions

How are you trying to add it?
 
in message : I'm about to replace WIN 98 with WIN 2K on one of my home networked PC's
and
: don't want to have to worry about passwords or "administering" one by the
: other. I would like them both to be able to have access to the permitted
: folders on the other. Also, the 98 PC will access the printer thru the
2K
: PC. I want the network connection to be as uncomplicated and error-prone
: free as possible.
:
: What should I do or NOT do?

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/net.asp

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in message
: @tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:
:
: > : >: : >:
: >: > Windows 2000 will ALWAYS create an Administrator account when
: >: > installed. This account is intended for use when you need to ...
well,
: >: > administer ... the computer. Other users you create will be in
: >: > the more limited "User" class.
: >: >
: >:
: >: on that note...
: >:
: >: if i have two computers, A and B
: >:
: >: how would i give access to computer A from B or vice versa if they
: >: both have admin as the user acct?
: >
: > They are not both administrator. They are computera\administrator
: > and computerb\administrator.
: >
:
: but when i try to add user computerb\administrator, it says I can't
: have those kinds of characters "\" in a name...any suggestions

How are you trying to add it?
Click to expand...

both trying to add the user "computera/user" to "local users and groups"
and also trying to add "computera/user" to the permissions in the fild
folder
 
Yep - don't do that! You can't add "computer-a\username" to Computer B, and
you don't need to. Just add "username" (whatever user name you desire) to
both computers with the same password. That should do the trick nicely.

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Boy is that an open ended question. :-)

What should you do? Have common users and passwords on both computers and
put them both in the same workgroup.

What should you not do? Anything to screw things up.

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Yep - don't do that! You can't add "computer-a\username" to Computer
B, and you don't need to. Just add "username" (whatever user name you
desire) to both computers with the same password. That should do the
trick nicely.
Click to expand...

i can't have 2 administrator accounts though, thats the problem in the
beginning

how can i give another administrator permissions?
 
in message
: :
: > "Smowk" wrote in message
: > : >: @tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:
: >:
: >: > : >: >: : >: >:
: >: >: > Windows 2000 will ALWAYS create an Administrator account when
: >: >: > installed. This account is intended for use when you need to ...
: > well,
: >: >: > administer ... the computer. Other users you create will be in
: >: >: > the more limited "User" class.
: >: >: >
: >: >:
: >: >: on that note...
: >: >:
: >: >: if i have two computers, A and B
: >: >:
: >: >: how would i give access to computer A from B or vice versa if they
: >: >: both have admin as the user acct?
: >: >
: >: > They are not both administrator. They are computera\administrator
: >: > and computerb\administrator.
: >: >
: >:
: >: but when i try to add user computerb\administrator, it says I can't
: >: have those kinds of characters "\" in a name...any suggestions
: >
: > How are you trying to add it?
: >
: >
: >
:
: both trying to add the user "computera/user" to "local users and groups"
: and also trying to add "computera/user" to the permissions in the fild
: folder

I'm only talking about the 'net use' command at the command prompt.

You already have an admin account on both systems. You just need to map a
drive.

net use * \\computera\c$

If issued on computerb, this maps a drive to computera's administrative
share in the root of c: aka c:\
You will have to pass credentials also, so you need to tell it the password
domain\username. If the passwords are the same you may not have to pass
that. This first one will work but the 2nd might be all you need. However,
you only need to do this once.

From a command prompt at computerb:

net use * \\computera\c$ password /u:computerb\administrator /persistent:yes

computera and computerb are example names. Use the actual names of the
computers.
/persistent:yes means make this persistent across logons so you don't lose
mappings and have to do this again, for example, after a reboot.

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Roland Hall
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in message
: Boy is that an open ended question. :-)
:
: What should you do? Have common users and passwords on both computers and
: put them both in the same workgroup.
:
: What should you not do? Anything to screw things up.

(O:=
 
: From a command prompt at computerb:
:
: net use * \\computera\c$ password /u:computerb\administrator
/persistent:yes

Sorry...
The second one would be to leave out the password. It will attempt with the
one you're using and if the same, it should accept it.

net use * \\computera\c$ /u:computerb\administrator /persistent:yes

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Roland Hall
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Either I'm misunderstanding you, or you're misunderstanding me.

What I'm saying is that if you want "Administrator" to be able to access
information and shares on both Computer A and Computer B then you need to go
to each computer and make sure that there's a user "Administrator" with the
same password on both computers. If both are in the same workgroup that
should fix the problem.

You can have as many administrators on a computer as you want by assigning
any user that you want to be an administrator as a member of the
Administrators group on that computer.

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Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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Either I'm misunderstanding you, or you're misunderstanding me.

What I'm saying is that if you want "Administrator" to be able to
access information and shares on both Computer A and Computer B then
you need to go to each computer and make sure that there's a user
"Administrator" with the same password on both computers. If both are
in the same workgroup that should fix the problem.

You can have as many administrators on a computer as you want by
assigning any user that you want to be an administrator as a member of
the Administrators group on that computer.
Click to expand...

but the account on both computers is "administrator" and i can't have 2
accounts named administrator
 
in message
: :
: > Either I'm misunderstanding you, or you're misunderstanding me.
: >
: > What I'm saying is that if you want "Administrator" to be able to
: > access information and shares on both Computer A and Computer B then
: > you need to go to each computer and make sure that there's a user
: > "Administrator" with the same password on both computers. If both are
: > in the same workgroup that should fix the problem.
: >
: > You can have as many administrators on a computer as you want by
: > assigning any user that you want to be an administrator as a member of
: > the Administrators group on that computer.
: >
:
: but the account on both computers is "administrator" and i can't have 2
: accounts named administrator

ComputerA
AdministratorA

ComputerB
AdminstratorB

You already have Administrator accounts. He's not saying create any, just
make the passwords the same, workgroup the same, windows networking, map a
drive in both directions and bingo, you're cooking over an open fire.

--
Roland Hall
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