Re: Guest Account Issues
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Date: 10/31/03
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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:12:09 -0800
lol, gotta expect some spam from everything i guess :D i
like having webbased email.
aside from that, yes, i have xp pro and yes, that fixed
it. thx for help :)
>-----Original Message-----
>Evan <> wrote:
>> I am trying to disable the guest account completely
from
>> my network at home. My setup:
>>
>> 2 computers on the "WORKGROUP" workgroup.
>>
>> one computer's name is "chimp"
>> the other's is "chimp2"
>>
>> from chimp2, i type \\chimp\g$ to get into the g-drive
>> from chimp.
>>
>> Whenever i do that, it asks for the Guest account
login.
>> The funny thing is, I disabled guest account in the
>> computer management, and turned off guest account in
the
>> user accounts portion of control panels.
>>
>> My plan is to make it so when i go \\chimp\g$ it will
let
>> me log in as an administrator on "chimp", anyone know
how
>> to do that?
>
>Start -> Help and Support
>search for:
>
>simple file sharing
>
>There should be one there about "Display the Security
tab" -> click on it.
>It will tell you how to disable this.
>
>Why, you might ask? Well this web page:
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=304040
>Explains Simple File Sharing fairly well. Particularly
this part:
>
>"Remote users always authenticate as the Guest account"
>
>So.. This is what you DON'T want. Look at this article
for a little more
>info as well:
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302927
>
>The basic steps to disable Simple File Sharing are:
>
>1. Click Start then click on My Computer.
>2. At the top of the My Computer window click on Tools
then click on Folder
>Options.
>3. In the Folder Options window click on the View tab.
>4. Under Advanced Settings scroll down to the bottom and
the last option
>will be "Use simple file sharing (Recommended)". Uncheck
this option.
>5. Click Ok to apply settings and close this window.
>6. The next time you check the properties of a folder
you will see a
>Security tab and NTFS permissions if you are running a
NTFS file system.
>
>Of course, I think that is only valid for XP
Professional.
>
>Unfortunately, XP Home Edition doesn't allow you to
disable Simple File
>Sharing and is unable to join a domain, so the best you
can hope for is to
>make sure you set your shared folders to be read only,
hide the file shares
>by using a $ sign after the folder name, or if your
using the NTFS file
>system, use the 'Make Private" option in the folder
properties.
>
>I also found this, in case you do have XP Home:
>http://www.uksecurityfocus.com/husdg/windowsxp/cleanbindi
ngs.htm
>
>This was very interesting (for the XP Home users) as it
claims to enable the
>security tab (disable simple file sharing) in XP Home! --
>http://tinyurl.com/t3nu
>
>As it was commented that works on another thread - I
leave it to you! (The
>x86 (Intel) Version - in case you wonder..)
>
>BTW - I noticed you gave your email (it looks real
enough) - if so, expect
>some spam increase in your inbox. Some may look like
they are from
>Microsoft, 99% of them will not be.. Never install
patches unless you
>downloaded them from a reliable source.
>
>Good luck!
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
>"Just trying to help"
>-------------------------
>How to use XPs Help and Support
>http://tinyurl.com/fltf
>
>How to Use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups
>http://tinyurl.com/fkja
>
>How do I go about posting an informative question?
>http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>How to use Google
>http://www.google.com/help/basics.html
>http://tinyurl.com/fkmc
>-------------------------
>
>
>.
>
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