My wife's machine thinks mine is a serer

I have a 2 machine networked thru a router. Both run XP pro with all updates
short of SP2. I have shared files and printers both ways in the past with no
problems. The other day I tried to share my new printer with my wife’s
machine and got login dialog box that said “ You do not have the rights to
access this server� and wanted a password. The user box was grayed out but
had the name of my machine/another word, that I can’t remember right now.
Both machines have identical administrative users set up, none of which are
passworded. Anyone have a clue what might be going on? garry_dm(remove

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 07:11:04 -0800, "garrydm"
wrote:

I have a 2 machine networked thru a router. Both run XP pro with all updates
short of SP2. I have shared files and printers both ways in the past with no
problems. The other day I tried to share my new printer with my wife’s
machine and got login dialog box that said “ You do not have the rights to
access this server” and wanted a password. The user box was grayed out but
had the name of my machine/another word, that I can’t remember right now.
Both machines have identical administrative users set up, none of which are
passworded. Anyone have a clue what might be going on? garry_dm(remove


Garry,

Every Windows based computer, which shares files or printers, runs File and
Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. This makes your computer a server.

On each XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro,
you need to have SFS consistently set on each computer.

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policies (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, if you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest
only", enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net user
guest /active:yes" in the command window. If "Classic", setup and use a common
non-Guest account on all computers. Whichever account is used, give it an
identical, non-blank password on all computers.

On XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the Guest account is
enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest with Start - Run - "cmd", then type
"net user guest /active:yes" in the command window.

On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
Security Policy (Control Panel - Administrative Tools) - User Rights Assignment,
and look at "Deny access to this computer from the network". Make sure Guest is
not in the list.

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing. Firewall configurations are a
very common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

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