In article , "Tony Allen"
wrote:
This past week there were a few replies posted here to messages regarding
the visibility of small (2-3 computers) , home networked "places" that
stated there "NEEDS/MUST" be "identical user accounts" on all systems in
order for the systems to 'see' each other.

I had a similar problem so I tried that suggestion - to no avail. I
deleted/removed the accounts back to a single user, non-passworded system.
The cure/answer to my particular issues was a service not starting.

What is all this about 'needing' identical accounts running on networked
computers? Obviously, it's NOT needed!

Identical user accounts aren't needed to access shared
disks/folders/printers belonging to a computer running XP Home
Edition. XP Home allows all users to access its shared resources over
the network.

If you explicitly disable "simple file sharing" on a computer running
XP Professional, then anyone who wants to access your shared resources
over the network needs to log on with a user account that also exists
on your computer -- same user name and password. For full details:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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