Thanks!!!

This not only enabled me to see the other XP machine but it also allowed

me to access my printer on the other XP machine.

The trick is "machinename\<user name>". Wow...who would'a guessed it?

Chris Davis wrote:

>When the logon screen pops up makes the username

>

>Machinename\administrator

>

>Password

>

>What ever the administrator password is on the xp machine

>

>Machinename above is the name of the xp machine

>

>Or from the cmd prompt

>

>Again is the admin password is letmein on the new machine and the new

>machine is called xphome

>

>Net use * \\xphome\c$ letmein /user:xphome\administrator

>

>Hope this helps.

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: prolinux-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:prolinux-bounces@leafe.com] On

>Behalf Of Chet Gardiner

>Sent: 15 January 2005 22:55

>To: profox@leafe.com; "vfuglist@vfug.org"@leafe.com; VFPSIG@yahoogroups.com;

>ProLinux Email List

>Subject: [ProLinux] XP Hell again

>

>HELP!!!

>

>My main (Win2K) machine started the disk-click-of-death.

>

>I quickly ran out and bought a brand new computer with a 3 year complete

>hardware warantee. I will never build another computer again.

>

>The BAD news, the new computer has XP Home on it!!! SHIT.

>

>I'm trying to copy everything off of my old computer and make the new

>one visible to the other 2 computers on the network. I can't figure out

>how to make XP allow other computers (Especially Win2K computers) to

>access it.

>

>I've opened up EVERYTING. Turned off the firewall. Set the root of the

>C: drive to share with everybody but when I try to connect from my other

>computers (One Win2K the other WinXP Pro) I get the stupid log on window

>on the XP Pro and no matter what I try, I can't get onto the new XP

>machine.

>

>Any ideas?

>

>TIA

>

>

>(my first and best idea is to BLAST away WinXP and install Win2k Pro)

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