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i am farily new to networking i set up a small buisness network with 3
computers 1 vista the other 2 are xp i can print from all three to the two printers and i can access the shared folders on the vista from one of the xp and one xp from the vista however one is prompting for a user name and passsword and i can not figure out what i use here or how to bypass it any help would be greatly appreciated thank you. |
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Sound like permission issue. This search result may help,
Vista Permission IssuesVista common issue - can see but access ... So, the common issues sharing are 1) you may be able to see it but access. 2) you may be able to open it but . ... http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistapermission.htm Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "James Bramblett" James wrote in message ... i am farily new to networking i set up a small buisness network with 3 computers 1 vista the other 2 are xp i can print from all three to the two printers and i can access the shared folders on the vista from one of the xp and one xp from the vista however one is prompting for a user name and passsword and i can not figure out what i use here or how to bypass it any help would be greatly appreciated thank you. |
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Thank you helped me some. I got access to the xp computer after i took the
password of the guest account i am not sure what this had to do with anything but i am now abel to access it through the other 2 computers my first networking experience was a success not sure how though ![]() "Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote: Sound like permission issue. This search result may help, Vista Permission IssuesVista common issue - can see but access ... So, the common issues sharing are 1) you may be able to see it but access. 2) you may be able to open it but . ... http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistapermission.htm Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "James Bramblett" James wrote in message ... i am farily new to networking i set up a small buisness network with 3 computers 1 vista the other 2 are xp i can print from all three to the two printers and i can access the shared folders on the vista from one of the xp and one xp from the vista however one is prompting for a user name and passsword and i can not figure out what i use here or how to bypass it any help would be greatly appreciated thank you |
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Thank you for the feedback. As the post mentioned, it is not recommended to enable Guest account. it is better to create the same username in both computers.
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "James Bramblett" wrote in message ... Thank you helped me some. I got access to the xp computer after i took the password of the guest account i am not sure what this had to do with anything but i am now abel to access it through the other 2 computers my first networking experience was a success not sure how though ![]() "Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote: Sound like permission issue. This search result may help, Vista Permission IssuesVista common issue - can see but access ... So, the common issues sharing are 1) you may be able to see it but access. 2) you may be able to open it but . ... http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistapermission.htm Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "James Bramblett" James wrote in message ... i am farily new to networking i set up a small buisness network with 3 computers 1 vista the other 2 are xp i can print from all three to the two printers and i can access the shared folders on the vista from one of the xp and one xp from the vista however one is prompting for a user name and passsword and i can not figure out what i use here or how to bypass it any help would be greatly appreciated thank you |