Help - No connection to a single PC our of 4

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I have 4 pc's where I carried out a network wizard setup all went well - When
I use pc 4 to connect to pc 1 it wont, I can connect with the others just
this single one.

Both PC 1 and 4 run proffesional, have the same firewall setting etc - but
its one way traffic. If I look at the workgroup I set up I can see the pc1
but when I double click it a box appears asking for

user name : MOBILE\Guest
Password :

Mobile is the name of pc4 - there are no passwords on any pc whatsover - I
have no idea where to go from here?
 
CP said:
I have 4 pc's where I carried out a network wizard setup all went well - When
I use pc 4 to connect to pc 1 it wont, I can connect with the others just
this single one.

Both PC 1 and 4 run proffesional, have the same firewall setting etc - but
its one way traffic. If I look at the workgroup I set up I can see the pc1
but when I double click it a box appears asking for

user name : MOBILE\Guest
Password :

Mobile is the name of pc4 - there are no passwords on any pc whatsover - I
have no idea where to go from here?
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Look at the settings for "Use simple file sharing" under Folder Options
on each computer. They all need to be set the same. If you are not using
passwords and don't have identical user accounts on all 4 machines, make
sure you are using the simple sharing on all the computers.


Malke
 
I have 4 pc's where I carried out a network wizard setup all went well - When
I use pc 4 to connect to pc 1 it wont, I can connect with the others just
this single one.

Both PC 1 and 4 run proffesional, have the same firewall setting etc - but
its one way traffic. If I look at the workgroup I set up I can see the pc1
but when I double click it a box appears asking for

user name : MOBILE\Guest
Password :

Mobile is the name of pc4 - there are no passwords on any pc whatsover - I
have no idea where to go from here?
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Besides what Malke advises, if you're going to use Guest authentication (which
you can do, under Advanced File Sharing or Simple File Sharing), make sure that
Guest is activated for network access, on each computer. And make sure that the
password on each Guest is blank, or is the same on each computer.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate.>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate

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Malke said:
Look at the settings for "Use simple file sharing" under Folder Options
on each computer. They all need to be set the same. If you are not using
passwords and don't have identical user accounts on all 4 machines, make
sure you are using the simple sharing on all the computers.


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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thanks for the reply - but I am using Windows XP and I dont see Simple
Folder Options under the Folder options section from My Computer
 
Ignore my last I found it - :)

CP said:
thanks for the reply - but I am using Windows XP and I dont see Simple
Folder Options under the Folder options section from My Computer
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