On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 07:43:17 -0700, "Tony Allen" *email_address_deleted*
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!

Tony,

Network access to resources in Windows systems requires some type of
authentication. In most cases, this requires matching accounts / passwords.
When people complain of problems with network access, that is one of the easiest
diagnoses.

More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=87c0a6db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en

You have posted here so many articles, it's hard to keep track of your problems.
Are you still having problems, or is everything resolved?

BTW, Tony, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a
bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.