Shared folder on XP Professional PC but cannot access

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Angus

Hello

I have 2 PC's both running Windows XP Professional SP2.

On one machine I have shared a folder and given the everyone group Full
Control. In the Security tab I have given 'Everyone' Full control too.
Both computers are in same workgroup. I have logged into the other PC as
Angus with no password. On PC with shared folder there is also a user
called 'Angus' with no password.

But I cannot access the shared folder. It keeps throwing up the logon
dialog.

In Windows Explorer if I click on My Network... Entire Network.. Microsoft
Windows Network then click on my workgroup name I see the remote
computername but when I click on it get message:

AngusDesktop is not accessible. you might not have permission to use the
network resource. contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions.

Logon failure: user account restriction. Possible reasons are blank
passwords not allowed, logon hour restrictions, or a policy restriction has
been enforced.

The remote computer has a fresh install of XP so I haven't changed anything
from default.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Puzzled in London
 
Login on via the network with a blank password grants the user 'guest'
rights. Guests are Not in the "Everyone" group.
 
I think you need to enable the Guest account and also remove it from the
"Deny network access" group. That would make the folder public to anyone.
 
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Angus said:
Hello

I have 2 PC's both running Windows XP Professional SP2.

On one machine I have shared a folder and given the everyone
group Full
Control. In the Security tab I have given 'Everyone' Full
control too.
Both computers are in same workgroup. I have logged into the
other PC as
Angus with no password. On PC with shared folder there is
also a user
called 'Angus' with no password.

But I cannot access the shared folder. It keeps throwing up
the logon
dialog.

In Windows Explorer if I click on My Network... Entire
Network.. Microsoft
Windows Network then click on my workgroup name I see the
remote
computername but when I click on it get message:

AngusDesktop is not accessible. you might not have
permission to use the
network resource. contact the administrator of this server
to find out if
you have access permissions.

Logon failure: user account restriction. Possible reasons
are blank
passwords not allowed, logon hour restrictions, or a policy
restriction has
been enforced.

The remote computer has a fresh install of XP so I haven't
changed anything
from default.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Puzzled in London
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I think you'll find that having a blank password for the Angus
account is the problem.

You've got two options to resolve this problem. The first one
is to add the same password to the Angus account on both
systems. The second option is to restore Simple File Sharing in
Folder Options. With Simple File Sharing enabled, users
attempting to access shared resources over the network will be
authenticated using the Guest accounts credentials.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Having access to the Security tab would seem to indicate that
Angus has disabled Simple File Sharing. That alone would take
the Guest account out of the equation. Also, I think if you
double check, you'll find that the Guest account is indeed a
member of the Everyone group. It is not a member of the Users
group or Authenticated Users group.

Nepatsfan

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