Re: Problem: No Network Connections under Guest Account
- From: "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:36:03 -0500
Cool. Glad you got it resolved and thanks for reporting back what you did to
get everything working. If you get an internet router you no longer will
have to worry about that configuration on your computer.
Steve
"Mark D." <MarkD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Got my problem resolved.
Apparently, you are correct. When I set up the network connection for my
DSL
service, I failed to elect to have the username and password saved for ALL
USERS on my pc. To make matters worse, I also had the settings for the DSL
connection pre-set so that I was NOT prompted for a username and password
(all I had to do was click on the shortcut icon and I automatically
connected). I went into the properties dialog box for the DSL network
connection and under the options tab I was able to check off the "prompt
for
unsername and password" option. I've done this and now get a dialog box
whenever I click to log onto my DSL service...and this dialog box contains
a
check box with an option to save my username and password for access by
ALL
USERS on my pc. I now have this option box checked and, as a result, my
guest
account now has access to the internet (thought the Network Connections
still
shows "empty" under the user account...but, heck, who cares as long as the
internet connection is there, connected and running, in the background).
Anyway, thanks for all your help. Regards, Mark DiRollo
"Steven L Umbach" wrote:
When you use a internet router you do not need to configure a dial up
connection on your computer for access to the internet. All the
information
needed to access your ISP is entered into the configuration on the router
and then your computer simply uses the router for it's default gateway
which
usually is done by configuring the router to be DHCP server and your
computer to be DHCP client which means that tcp/ip configuration will be
done automatically by the internet router. That should all be explained
in
the documentation for your internet router. Don't confuse an internet
router
with a modem however. The internet router almost always has a built in
switch that will have four or more LAN ports on it and it is configured
by
using your web browser entering it's IP address in the address bar which
usually is 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 and again that will be in it's
documentation.
Steve
"seree" <seree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am also having this problem with my Guest Account. I have a Belkin
Router
and never was given any selection between only using for one account or
other
accounts. I am a bit disgusted this is not even in the Windows XP
Inside
Out
book by Ed Bott and others. Could use some advice other than completely
removing my entire network and then re-establishing it. Anybody with
further
ideas on this issue? Thank goodness somebody other than myself has this
problem right now, though I am sorry for it, but it is nice to not be
all
alone on this one. Thanks all.
--
seree
"Steven L Umbach" wrote:
When you create a network connection it asks you if you want to make
it
available to everyone or just your account so my guess is that you
selected
your account only. Offhand I don't know how to fix that other then
deleting
the network connection and creating again selecting the option to make
it
available for all users. Having said that I would get a very
affordable
internet router [Linksys, D-Link, Netgear, etc] to connect to your DSL
modem. That would make your internet connection seamless and also
provide
firewall protection for your network. At least for blocking traffic
that
is
not in response to traffic initiated by your computer known or unknown
to
you. It is too easy for a software/host firewall to become disabled or
misconfigured which can cause BIG headaches.
Steve
"Mark D." <MarkD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am running Windows XP Service Pack 2 and have two user accounts...
mine
(administrator) and guest (enabled).
Problem I'm experiencing is that the guest account does not show any
of
the
network connections (comes up as "empty") and, as a result, guests
must
use
my admin account on my pc in order to access the internet.
I'm using DSL without a problem with my administrator account. Would
like
to
be able to add this nextwork connection (DSL) to my guest account.
Again, when I log onto the Guest account and look under Network
Connections
(Start>Settings>Network Connections) the sub-menu comes up as empty.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Mark
.
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