Re: UNC and authentication

Jim in Arizona <tiltowait@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It's the simple things in life that change everything. ;)

Thanks Lanwench.

You're most welcome - good thing for you that I'm simple, right? :)



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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Jim in Arizona <tiltowait@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a computer that's not connected to the domain but is on the
same network. If I attempt to connect via UNC (ie \\computername or
\\computername\c$) I get a prompt, which I expect, but the username
is already filled in with "COMPUTERNAME\Guest" and grayed out so I
can't change it. In most cases, I get a prompt that I can fill in
the username as Administrator (or whatever account I choose). This
is what I need to do in this case.

Disable simple file sharing on the 'host' computer you're trying to
connect to, if it's running XP Pro. If it's running XP Home, you
can't do that, unfortunately.

I've done some searching but most of what I've found about UNCs and
authentication revolves around IIS, which is not relevant here.

TIA,
Jim



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