Re: File sharing
From: Paul Froehle (pfroehle_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/09/05
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Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 16:25:39 -0500
This fixed half the problem. I can now access the ipc and printers.
It still will not accept my password to share a file. If it is not hidden it
makes a connection, but when I try to access it, I says that the other
computer rejected the connection.
Anyone have any ideas?
paul
"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote in message
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> Paul Froehle wrote:
>
>> The windows firewall is on File and print sharing is on. However if
>> I turn off the firewall, I still can't get in. the ME machine will
>> not accept my XP password even though the accounts are the same.
>> The xp account is an administrator account.
>>
>> The only thing I can figure is somewhere there is another switch
>> that forbids XP to accept any outside user or password.
>> (snip)
> Hi,
>
> It could be a ForceGuest issue...
>
> Note that for Windows XP in a workgroup setting, default all connections
> coming from "the network" will be authenticated as the Guest User.
>
> Note that for WinXP Home you cannot disable the ForceGuest behavior
> (only in WinXP Pro).
>
> A direct registry edit is possible to change this setting:
>
> HOWTO: Validate User Credentials on Microsoft Operating Systems
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;180548
>
> <quote>
> On Windows XP, the ForceGuest registry value is set to 1 by default in
> the following registry key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
>
> On a Windows XP computer that is a member of a workgroup:
>
> If ForceGuest is enabled (set to 1), SSPI will always try to log on
> using the Guest account.
>
> If the Guest account is enabled, an SSPI logon will succeed as Guest
> for any user credentials.
>
> If the Guest account is disabled, an SSPI logon will fail even for
> valid credentials.
>
> If ForceGuest is disabled (set to 0), SSPI will log on as the specified
> user.
>
> </quote>
>
>
> Note that "Folder Options/Use simple file sharing" and GPEDIT.MSC and
> the "Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts"
> policy setting is just another way of changing the ForceGuest value.
>
> More about ForceGuest here as well:
>
> How to Set Security in Windows XP Professional That Is Installed
> in a Workgroup
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290403
>
> SMTP Authentication Configuration on Windows XP Professional Edition
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304707
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
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