Network passwords

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owkmann

Hey,

I just got a laptop with Win2000 on it, for use at home. My home network has
several WinXP machines, a Win98SE machine and a Linux box. When trying to
access a shared folder on the laptop via a different machine on the network,
I get a User name and Password prompt. Is there a way to shut this off on
the laptop? I'm really not worried about security for sharing Temp folders
openly on my network.

Thanks for your help,

owkmann
 
owkmann said:
Hey,

I just got a laptop with Win2000 on it, for use at home. My home network has
several WinXP machines, a Win98SE machine and a Linux box. When trying to
access a shared folder on the laptop via a different machine on the network,
I get a User name and Password prompt. Is there a way to shut this off on
the laptop? I'm really not worried about security for sharing Temp folders
openly on my network.

Thanks for your help,

owkmann
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On the laptop you must create the account/password that you use
when logging on to the other machines. If you don't then the laptop
will consider those other machines as strangers and it will challenge
them.
 
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