Re: Can I access users from another PC in a workgroup?

Friso Wiskerke wrote:
I've got 2 PC's which are in the same workgroup. I would like to be
able to access each computer from the other without having to share
all drives/directories. I've got a feeling that this isn't a safe
option, especially when connected to the internet.

So I thought if I add the administrator from PC1 to the
Administrators group on PC2 that I should be able to access the
drives. However I can't add a user from PC1 to a group on PC2, it
doesn't understand the user's location and I cannot set the
location to the other PC.


Workgroups don't work like that.

Assuming Windows XP Professional, Simple File Sharing turned off...
If you want to access the files/folders on another computer - you need to
know a username/password on the other computer that has rights to that
share/folder/files.

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