Re: Need help closing security holes in my Windows XP home system!

From: E. (loony_at_aliensmoke.org)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:53:54 +1100

Leythos wrote:
> Do you have SIMPLE FILE/PRINT SHARING enabled? If so, disable it. This
> will give you normal network sharing ability.

Just one problem: One of his PC's is XP Home. You cannot disable simple
file sharing under XP home. For a lot of passthrough stuff like printing
and share access the Guest account does need to be enabled.
This doesn't apply to XP Pro, W2K or NT4 - Just Home.
E.