Re: Win XP Home Security

From: Elijah (pitpawten_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/28/03 

Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:11:59 -0400

You can change the password on your Guest account.

In XP Home this is what other computers "Log-On" to your computer with for
shared files and such.

Only by adding a password on the Guest account can you make someone enter a
password.

This will not work if the computer that is trying to gain access to your
computer has the same password on their guest account : )

Here is how to add a password to your guest account:

a.. Log on as Administrator.
a.. Go to Settings | Control Panel | User Accounts, and click on Guest
Account to make sure it is turned on.
a.. Go to Start | Run, type cmd, and hit Enter.
a.. At the prompt, type Net user guest password and hit Enter.
a.. Go back to User Accounts and click on the Guest account.
a.. Note that you can now add a password (see the screen). Do so and reboot.

>From now on, any attempt to log on to shared folders from the Guest account
will require the Guest password for access-even if the Guest account is
turned off!"

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,803367,00.asp 

-- 
Elijah
"Hope this helps"
"Adam" <mr_wolf@mail.com> wrote in message
news:01f201c35487$a7c660e0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
| I have my computer set up on a network. Do anyone know how
| I can make it to where other peeople on the network must
| type a username and password to access my computer or
| files?

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