Tom
January 10th 04, 01:59 AM
I bet you have different versions of Windows.
Maybe even one set up in a domain instead of a workgroup.
Try creating another share (C in addition to C$) and
setting permissions as you please.
XP Home is harder to use like this too, as it doesn't
play nice in domains.
>-----Original Message-----
>Posted earlier but I didn't have the
>jargon... "administrative share".
>
>Of my 3 computers, one demands a password to connect to
an
>administrative share (eg. \\ComputerName\c$). However,
>the User Name is defaulted to \\ComputerName\Guest and
>can't be changed. None of our passwords grant access.
>
>Identical user credentials exist on all 3 machines,
simple
>file sharing is on and firewalls are off. As near as I
>can tell, the troublesome computer is set up identical
to
>the two machines that communicate properly. I'm
obviously
>missing something, however.
>.
>
Maybe even one set up in a domain instead of a workgroup.
Try creating another share (C in addition to C$) and
setting permissions as you please.
XP Home is harder to use like this too, as it doesn't
play nice in domains.
>-----Original Message-----
>Posted earlier but I didn't have the
>jargon... "administrative share".
>
>Of my 3 computers, one demands a password to connect to
an
>administrative share (eg. \\ComputerName\c$). However,
>the User Name is defaulted to \\ComputerName\Guest and
>can't be changed. None of our passwords grant access.
>
>Identical user credentials exist on all 3 machines,
simple
>file sharing is on and firewalls are off. As near as I
>can tell, the troublesome computer is set up identical
to
>the two machines that communicate properly. I'm
obviously
>missing something, however.
>.
>