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Winxp/Win2k Help
Name: nadeem Date: August 28, 2002 at 05:27:58 Pacific
Comment:
HI GUYS I HAVE A NETWORK OF 2 PCs one is runing win2k and other is running winxp.i through a router i tried to setup the file sharing i can view my winxp pc through win2k but with winxp i only see the name of win2k pc when i try to connect it shows login/password screen how do i access my win2k pc without loggin in thanks
Name: dude Date: August 28, 2002 at 05:57:28 Pacific
Reply:
Create an user on the w2k machine that is the the name which you use on the xp machine. To do that, right click on My Computer/Manage/Local Users and Groups/Users/ Right Click and click New User...
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Response Number 2
Name: ThunderChicken Date: August 28, 2002 at 10:19:39 Pacific
Reply:
Your on a peer to peer network, which will always require a username/password for the PC your trying to access.
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Response Number 3
Name: Paul H Date: August 28, 2002 at 15:21:07 Pacific
Reply:
You're right ThunderChicken....unless you do as "dude" has suggested and setup common users on each machine. Usernames AND passwords must match EXACTLY.
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