Re: Access Denied to shared folders

From: Michael Howard [MS] (mikehow@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/01/02 

From: "Michael Howard [MS]" <mikehow@online.microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 12:12:52 -0700

this is by design if you have no password. give the account a password.

the reason is if the account is an admin, we restrict the use of that
account to the local machine only. we did this in xp because we realized
people don't set their admin passwords, and we didn't want hackers wandering
around your computer as admin :-) 

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"Joe Martin" <jmartin@cjmgrafx.com> wrote in message
news:13dde01c2208e$cf381840$3aef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA09...
> I have two PCs running Win XP Home connected with a
> Linksys router, and I have a both computers set up with
> both mine and my wife's name as the administrators.
>
> I can log on as me on my PC and see her shared files and
> folders with no problem. When she tries to do the same to
> my PC she can see my shared folders, but no matter which
> folder she chooses she gets access denied and can't see
> anything in the folders.
>
> Does anyone have a simple answer for this problem? I have
> been trying to find an answer all afternoon.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Joe Martin
> Freelance Graphic Artist
> jmartin@cjmgrafx.com

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