Author: Nicholas Geti
Posted: 2005-01-15 at 22:15:55
In order to see all of your machines, you must set up the same user account
with the same password on each PC. You should also clear the check box, "Use
Simple File Sharing", in Start/ControlPanel/FolderOptions/View.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chet Gardiner" <chetdude@pacbell.net>
To: "ProLinux Email List" <prolinux@leafe.com>; <profox@leafe.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [ProLinux] XP Hell again
> 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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