Networking issues

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We are a small company with two computers connected to a router, configured
as a small "workgroup network" where thay can access allowed files on each
others computers and such.

We recently installed BCM and want to use it to handle our business info,
but I can't get the "Share database" function to work. We have computer one
(C1) where "the boss" works and it is the computer where the database will
be. There are two assistants sharing computer two (C2), taking turns you
could say. Each one has separate accounts and no one uses passwords (although
I've tried giving everyone passwords and such, just to get it working).

On C1 I set up the database and start sharing it. The list only shows local
accounts so I add the account name for the two assistants on C2. Then on C2 I
start setting up the database according to instructions, enter the name of C1
and press "connect" (or whatever the english version says). It then asks me
to verify password - I give it the temporary one plus the local one of the
assistant currently logged in (blank when the assistant hasn't had a
password, but also tried giving one out and entering that one). I just get
the message that C1 "can't change the password" and I get nowhere! I've tried
to work around it in all ways imaginable to me, but no progress whatsoever.
Very frustrating!

Any suggestions?

/Robert Lindblad
 
We are a small company with two computers connected to a router, configured
as a small "workgroup network" where thay can access allowed files on each
others computers and such.

We recently installed BCM and want to use it to handle our business info,
but I can't get the "Share database" function to work. We have computer one
(C1) where "the boss" works and it is the computer where the database will
be. There are two assistants sharing computer two (C2), taking turns you
could say. Each one has separate accounts and no one uses passwords (although
I've tried giving everyone passwords and such, just to get it working).

On C1 I set up the database and start sharing it. The list only shows local
accounts so I add the account name for the two assistants on C2. Then on C2 I
start setting up the database according to instructions, enter the name of C1
and press "connect" (or whatever the english version says). It then asks me
to verify password - I give it the temporary one plus the local one of the
assistant currently logged in (blank when the assistant hasn't had a
password, but also tried giving one out and entering that one). I just get
the message that C1 "can't change the password" and I get nowhere! I've tried
to work around it in all ways imaginable to me, but no progress whatsoever.
Very frustrating!

Any suggestions?

/Robert Lindblad
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The C1 machine must at least have Windows Pro; Home won't work.

Logins must have passwords for BCM to allow them to be shared users.

Add User1 and User2 as Windows users to the boss machine. They must
have the same logins and passwords on both machines.

Run the sharing wizard in BCM on the C1 machine. Select User1 and
User2 as shared users to the database.

On C2, login as User1, run BCM and attempt to connect to the shared
database on C2. Since User1 already has the same password on both
machines, you'll avoid the changing passwords fandango.
 
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