Re: Local Security Policy in Windows XP Home

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/27/03 

Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:22:38 -0700

Check C's network connection for proper activation of file and printer
sharing. It's a network component that should be checked in the box on
the General tab. Then click the Advanced tab and make sure the firewall
isn't active. There is no security policy tool on XP Home.

Check sharing permissions on C at C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Documents which is the Shared Documents folder that is the default
folder shared. However, I think your problem is with the logon.

Even if Guest account is disabled, Guest is still used to authenticate
remote users. If something is wrong with the Guest account or if Guest
permissions have been removed or denied, that could cause a logon
failure. However, this is pretty rare, so I don't have any more specific
suggestions. 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
"JW" <jcwatson@bellsouth.net> wrote in
message news:00c201c33c61$edc34ec0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I have a home network, via HPNA, using 3 Windows XP Home
> machines and a 2Wire router.  I'm trying to set the
> network up so that all 3 machines can access the shared
> folders on each of the machines.  The three machines are
> Alpha,Bingo,and Charlie if I go to "View workgroup
> computers" I can see all three machines.
>
> I can access shared files from Alpha to Bingo and Bingo to
> Alpha. I can access shared files from Charlie to Alpha and
> Charlie to Bingo. (A to B and B to A)(C to A and C to B)
>
> I cannot access shared files from Alpha to Charlie or from
> Bingo to Charlie. (A to C and B to C)
>
> If I am on either computer "Alpha" or "Bingo" and I go to
> Start/Run and type either of the following:
> \\Charlie
> \\10.x.x.x
> or if I click on the computer named "Charlie" on the "View
> workgroup computers" screen, or even attempting to map a
> network drive to "Charlie" from the other two, I get the
> following error:
>
> \\Charlie or "Charlie" is not accessible. You might not
> have permission to use this network resource.  Contact the
> administrator of this server to find out if you have
> access permissions.
>
> Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested
> logon type at this computer.
>
> I can ping all three machines from each other and I'm not
> using any firewalls.  The netbios setting have been left
> at the default option on all 3 machines(via Network
> Connections/ TCP/IP Properties/Advanced Settins/WINS).
> For what it's worth I think the basics are covered or else
> I wouldn't have been 1)Ping all machines or 2) View all
> three computers in the "View workgroup computers" window.
>
> With that being said, I have been trying to check the
> local security policies on each of the machines to find
> out if there are any restrictions.  However, when I go to
> Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools I don't see
> anything regarding "Local Security Policy". So my
> questions are:
> 1) Should I see this option (I'm not at home this moment,
> and don't recall ever seeing this option)
> 2) If I should be able to see it and I do not, what can I
> do to view/change the local restrictions and/or
> permissions.
> 3) Is there anything I could have missed?
>
> I appreciate any and all replies. Thank you,
> J.W.
>

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