XP HOME Share Access & Password

From: Matt (lordjaffa@breathe.com)
Date: 01/08/03


From: "Matt" <lordjaffa@breathe.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 07:45:48 -0800

Hi peeps. Can you help me?

I have XP Home and am trying to control who has access
to my shared folders. My research so far has told me that
any connecting computer uses the guest account. The
problem is that the guest account has no password. In
this sense how can I restrict unauthorised people
accessing my shares? Or is there a way to set the guest
password (maybe through DOS)? Further research has only
told me how to do it in XP Pro, which I do not have
unfortunately!

Thanks for the help

Matt



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