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Arthur

I ran into this file-sharing dilemma, if you are on XP
Home, your Guest account [not the one you use in
the 'users' control pannel -- this one is for network
Guests] may not be on, or permissions might not be set up
correctly.

Right click 'My Computer', go to 'manage', then click
on 'Local Users and Groups'. Click the sub-tree 'Users'
and see if there is a red X on 'Guest'. If there is,
right click 'Guest', click 'Properties', and un-
check 'Account is disabled'. Click 'Apply', 'OK', then
close the menus and try again.

If that does not fix the problem, your 'Security
Policies' need to be fixed. Don't worry, what you did did
NOT enable the local user 'Guest' with the suitcase icon
[that can do stuff on your computer]. It is merely
a 'Guest' user for the network to access your shares,
which all users [usually] default to if they don't have a
username/password that matches on the computer with the
shares.
 
"Arthur" said:
I ran into this file-sharing dilemma, if you are on XP
Home, your Guest account [not the one you use in
the 'users' control pannel -- this one is for network
Guests] may not be on, or permissions might not be set up
correctly.

Right click 'My Computer', go to 'manage', then click
on 'Local Users and Groups'. Click the sub-tree 'Users'
and see if there is a red X on 'Guest'. If there is,
right click 'Guest', click 'Properties', and un-
check 'Account is disabled'. Click 'Apply', 'OK', then
close the menus and try again.

If that does not fix the problem, your 'Security
Policies' need to be fixed. Don't worry, what you did did
NOT enable the local user 'Guest' with the suitcase icon
[that can do stuff on your computer]. It is merely
a 'Guest' user for the network to access your shares,
which all users [usually] default to if they don't have a
username/password that matches on the computer with the
shares.
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You've given great information for XP Professional, Arthur. However,
XP Home Edition doesn't have the settings for 'Local Users and Groups'
or 'Security Policies' that you describe.

Here's how to make sure that Guest account access is enabled in XP
Home Edition:

1. Run the Network Setup Wizard.

2. Go to Start | Run, type "control userpasswords2" in the box
(without quotes) and click OK. Click Guest, click Reset Password, and
click OK without entering a new password.

3. Enter this line at the command prompt:

net user guest /active:yes
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