RE: Share password on XP home.

From: Andrew Wang (andwang@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/05/02 

From: andwang@online.microsoft.com (Andrew Wang)
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 05:07:19 GMT

Hi,

By default, the Guest account in Windows XP on later versions of Windows is
disabled. Because of this, clients must be authenticated before a "null"
session can be set up for access to the share.

By default, the Everyone group in Windows XP has Full Control, Change, and
Read permissions for the share.

RESOLUTION
==========

If the security of the Windows-based computer is not a priority, enable the
Guest account. To do this:

1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
2. Under System Tools, double-click "Local Users and Groups" to expand it,
and then click Users.
3. In the right pane, right-click the Guest account, and then click
Properties.
4. Click to clear the "Disable this account" check box, and make sure the
password is set to null (blank). Click OK.

For greater security, you can create individual accounts on the
Windows-based computer for each user and give the users rights to the
shares. To do this:

1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
2. Under System Tools, double-click "Local Users and Groups" to expand it,
right-click Users, and then click New User.
3. Create the new user with the appropriate user name and password.

NOTE: The user names and passwords must be identical to those used to log
on to other computers.

4. Repeat this process to add all the necessary users.

Regards,

Andrew Wang
andwang@online.microsoft.com
Online Support Professional
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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