dap99@i-55.com
February 12th 04, 06:05 AM
I scanned the archives, and I see that this topic is old hat, but I'll
try anyway since I didn't see a solution.
I walked into a client's where two machines were running XP Pro and
five were running NT4 WS. This is a workgroup.
We wiped the NT4 WS systems clean and upgraded to XP Pro to support
new software that they needed. The wiped and installed systems work
perfectly. I left Simple File Sharing enabled and share a folder and a
printer on each machine. Everybody can connect to everybody. Great.
I will refer to the two original XP Pro machines as "XP".
One XP machine was sharing folders and printers, and access to these
shared worked great. That XP is also using Simple File Sharing.
The second XP had Simple File Sharing enabled, and was sharing C. I
have no idea who did this. I unshared C, and then shared a folder. I
tried to access the shared folder from other XP machines, but every
time I got a logon prompt where the username was Guest, and was grayed
out, and I could enter a password. Looking in the Security Event log I
saw that the remote user was trying to auth as themselves instead of
being Forced Guest. So much for Simple File Sharing.
So I did this:
1. Disabled Simple File Sharing.
2. Enabled Simple File Sharing
3. Tested - same result: Logon prompt at remote client.
1. Run this: C:> net accounts guest /active:yes
2. Tested - same result: Logon prompt at remote client.
1. Open Local Security Policy->Security Options->Network Access:
Sharing and security mode..: Is set to "Guest only - local users
authenticate as Guest"
2. Tested - same result: Logon prompt at remote client.
1. Update XP to latest SP and updates via Windows Updates.
2. Reboot
3. Tested - same result: Logon prompt at remote client.
So at this point I have no idea what's going on. Any ideas? Maybe
there is a registry value somewhere that is supposed to be resetting
but isn't. Who knows.. this is Windows.
try anyway since I didn't see a solution.
I walked into a client's where two machines were running XP Pro and
five were running NT4 WS. This is a workgroup.
We wiped the NT4 WS systems clean and upgraded to XP Pro to support
new software that they needed. The wiped and installed systems work
perfectly. I left Simple File Sharing enabled and share a folder and a
printer on each machine. Everybody can connect to everybody. Great.
I will refer to the two original XP Pro machines as "XP".
One XP machine was sharing folders and printers, and access to these
shared worked great. That XP is also using Simple File Sharing.
The second XP had Simple File Sharing enabled, and was sharing C. I
have no idea who did this. I unshared C, and then shared a folder. I
tried to access the shared folder from other XP machines, but every
time I got a logon prompt where the username was Guest, and was grayed
out, and I could enter a password. Looking in the Security Event log I
saw that the remote user was trying to auth as themselves instead of
being Forced Guest. So much for Simple File Sharing.
So I did this:
1. Disabled Simple File Sharing.
2. Enabled Simple File Sharing
3. Tested - same result: Logon prompt at remote client.
1. Run this: C:> net accounts guest /active:yes
2. Tested - same result: Logon prompt at remote client.
1. Open Local Security Policy->Security Options->Network Access:
Sharing and security mode..: Is set to "Guest only - local users
authenticate as Guest"
2. Tested - same result: Logon prompt at remote client.
1. Update XP to latest SP and updates via Windows Updates.
2. Reboot
3. Tested - same result: Logon prompt at remote client.
So at this point I have no idea what's going on. Any ideas? Maybe
there is a registry value somewhere that is supposed to be resetting
but isn't. Who knows.. this is Windows.