Re: Windows XP folder sharing

From: Dolemite (yomama_at_nospam.com)
Date: 04/30/03 

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 16:00:31 -0700

And this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307874

"asoroudi" <asoroudi@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:51f39693.0304291107.602bb88@posting.google.com...
> We are currently upgrading 140 laptops from Win98 to WinXP Prof. All
> PC's log into a Win2k AD domain in the office.
>
> We have an application that requires file sharing via UNC in a
> peer-peer environment when the laptop users are out in the field.
>
> Running into the following issue with the WinXP to WinXP
> communications out in the field.
>
> We have shared a folder "XXX" on all XP Laptops. XXX has full sharing
> & security rights assigned to the "Everyone" group.
>
> When the users log into their respective XP laptops out in the field
> (Loggin on as if they were in the office), they go to network
> neighborhood. They double click on the domain they both belong to,
> they see each other's laptops; however, when they double-click on the
> other's laptop, they are prompted for a username/password. The only
> username/password that works is the local admin user's
> username/password.
>
> I understand the fact that the XP laptops do not have a cache of all
> the domain users in their SAM, but since we assigned the "Everyone"
> group full rights to the shared folder, it should not care who is
> accessing the shared folder.There should be no prompting of user
> cerdentials.
>
> Obviously, we did not run into this issue with our Win98 laptops.
>
> Has anyone ran into this issue, or has a solution.
>
> Thx in advance.

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