xp network password issues

I have 3 comp's on a home network
1 is xp media center
2 is vista home premium
3 is xp pro
all three are set up for file and print share, I can see all three from any
one
none have user accounts set up
none have a password set up
I can push files from 1 to 2 and 3 with no password
I can swap files between 2 and 3 with no password
If I try to access files on 1 from 2 or 3 then a password login
window/prompt appears
since I have no password setup I am unable to access this comp.
any ideas or a fix is appreciated

Thanks

aen wrote:
I have 3 comp's on a home network
1 is xp media center
2 is vista home premium
3 is xp pro
all three are set up for file and print share, I can see all three from any
one
none have user accounts set up
none have a password set up
I can push files from 1 to 2 and 3 with no password
I can swap files between 2 and 3 with no password
If I try to access files on 1 from 2 or 3 then a password login
window/prompt appears
since I have no password setup I am unable to access this comp.
any ideas or a fix is appreciated

Thanks



Hi Aen,

Try this registry modification. Copy and paste it to
a text file named XP.DoNotLimitBlankPasswordUse.reg on
your desktop, then double click on it.

-T

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~

REGEDIT4

; This key will allow external network users to use blank passwords,
; in addition to the console. ("on" only allows the console users
; to use a blank password.)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa]
"limitblankpassworduse"=dword:00000000

Thanks
I had to go into the reg and edit by hand in all three
this helped for 3 and am now able to access 1 from 3
however 2 after the reg change is still looking for a password and user name
and does not like any that i can think of
any other ideas??

"ToddAndMargo" wrote:

aen wrote:
I have 3 comp's on a home network
1 is xp media center
2 is vista home premium
3 is xp pro
all three are set up for file and print share, I can see all three from any
one
none have user accounts set up
none have a password set up
I can push files from 1 to 2 and 3 with no password
I can swap files between 2 and 3 with no password
If I try to access files on 1 from 2 or 3 then a password login
window/prompt appears
since I have no password setup I am unable to access this comp.
any ideas or a fix is appreciated

Thanks



Hi Aen,

Try this registry modification. Copy and paste it to
a text file named XP.DoNotLimitBlankPasswordUse.reg on
your desktop, then double click on it.

-T

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~

REGEDIT4

; This key will allow external network users to use blank passwords,
; in addition to the console. ("on" only allows the console users
; to use a blank password.)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa]
"limitblankpassworduse"=dword:00000000

aen wrote:
Thanks
I had to go into the reg and edit by hand in all three
this helped for 3 and am now able to access 1 from 3
however 2 after the reg change is still looking for a password and user name
and does not like any that i can think of
any other ideas??

Hi Aen,

Seems to me I wrote myself a How To note on that a few months ago:

How to turn on and off "Password protected sharing" in Vista:

-- Control Panel
-- Network and Sharing Center
-- Tasks (the default screen)

Toggle on and off the "Password Protected sharing" button

HTH,
-T

aen wrote:
Thanks
I had to go into the reg and edit by hand in all three
this helped for 3 and am now able to access 1 from 3
however 2 after the reg change is still looking for a password and user name
and does not like any that i can think of
any other ideas??

Hi Aen,

Seems to me I wrote myself a How To note on that a few months ago:

How to turn on and off "Password protected sharing" in Vista:

-- Control Panel
-- Network and Sharing Center
-- Tasks (the default screen)

Toggle on and off the "Password Protected sharing" button

HTH,
-T

Hi
I toggled the password protection on then off
still asking for a user and password
thanks
for the ideas
any thing else I can try

"ToddAndMargo" wrote:

aen wrote:
Thanks
I had to go into the reg and edit by hand in all three
this helped for 3 and am now able to access 1 from 3
however 2 after the reg change is still looking for a password and user name
and does not like any that i can think of
any other ideas??

Hi Aen,

Seems to me I wrote myself a How To note on that a few months ago:

How to turn on and off "Password protected sharing" in Vista:

-- Control Panel
-- Network and Sharing Center
-- Tasks (the default screen)

Toggle on and off the "Password Protected sharing" button

HTH,
-T

Hi
I toggled the password protection on then off
still asking for a user and password
thanks
for the ideas
any thing else I can try

"ToddAndMargo" wrote:

aen wrote:
Thanks
I had to go into the reg and edit by hand in all three
this helped for 3 and am now able to access 1 from 3
however 2 after the reg change is still looking for a password and user name
and does not like any that i can think of
any other ideas??

Hi Aen,

Seems to me I wrote myself a How To note on that a few months ago:

How to turn on and off "Password protected sharing" in Vista:

-- Control Panel
-- Network and Sharing Center
-- Tasks (the default screen)

Toggle on and off the "Password Protected sharing" button

HTH,
-T

"ToddAndMargo" wrote:

aen wrote:
Thanks
I had to go into the reg and edit by hand in all three
this helped for 3 and am now able to access 1 from 3
however 2 after the reg change is still looking for a password and user name
and does not like any that i can think of
any other ideas??
Hi Aen,

Seems to me I wrote myself a How To note on that a few months ago:

How to turn on and off "Password protected sharing" in Vista:

-- Control Panel
-- Network and Sharing Center
-- Tasks (the default screen)

Toggle on and off the "Password Protected sharing" button

HTH,
-T


aen wrote:
Hi
I toggled the password protection on then off
still asking for a user and password
thanks
for the ideas
any thing else I can try


Other than toggling it off, then rebooting, I am out of ideas.

Vista is awful. I'd put XP or Kubunto on it and save yourself
the hassle. Or, you could wait for Windows 7 (I have
W7beta and I have to admit, it is nice.)

-T

"ToddAndMargo" wrote:

aen wrote:
Thanks
I had to go into the reg and edit by hand in all three
this helped for 3 and am now able to access 1 from 3
however 2 after the reg change is still looking for a password and user name
and does not like any that i can think of
any other ideas??
Hi Aen,

Seems to me I wrote myself a How To note on that a few months ago:

How to turn on and off "Password protected sharing" in Vista:

-- Control Panel
-- Network and Sharing Center
-- Tasks (the default screen)

Toggle on and off the "Password Protected sharing" button

HTH,
-T


aen wrote:
Hi
I toggled the password protection on then off
still asking for a user and password
thanks
for the ideas
any thing else I can try


Other than toggling it off, then rebooting, I am out of ideas.

Vista is awful. I'd put XP or Kubunto on it and save yourself
the hassle. Or, you could wait for Windows 7 (I have
W7beta and I have to admit, it is nice.)

-T

yah I do like xp not too many problems
thanks for the help

where do I get W7beta?

thanks

"ToddAndMargo" wrote:


"ToddAndMargo" wrote:

aen wrote:
Thanks
I had to go into the reg and edit by hand in all three
this helped for 3 and am now able to access 1 from 3
however 2 after the reg change is still looking for a password and user name
and does not like any that i can think of
any other ideas??
Hi Aen,

Seems to me I wrote myself a How To note on that a few months ago:

How to turn on and off "Password protected sharing" in Vista:

-- Control Panel
-- Network and Sharing Center
-- Tasks (the default screen)

Toggle on and off the "Password Protected sharing" button

HTH,
-T


aen wrote:
Hi
I toggled the password protection on then off
still asking for a user and password
thanks
for the ideas
any thing else I can try


Other than toggling it off, then rebooting, I am out of ideas.

Vista is awful. I'd put XP or Kubunto on it and save yourself
the hassle. Or, you could wait for Windows 7 (I have
W7beta and I have to admit, it is nice.)

-T

yah I do like xp not too many problems
thanks for the help

where do I get W7beta?

thanks

"ToddAndMargo" wrote:


"ToddAndMargo" wrote:

aen wrote:
Thanks
I had to go into the reg and edit by hand in all three
this helped for 3 and am now able to access 1 from 3
however 2 after the reg change is still looking for a password and user name
and does not like any that i can think of
any other ideas??
Hi Aen,

Seems to me I wrote myself a How To note on that a few months ago:

How to turn on and off "Password protected sharing" in Vista:

-- Control Panel
-- Network and Sharing Center
-- Tasks (the default screen)

Toggle on and off the "Password Protected sharing" button

HTH,
-T


aen wrote:
Hi
I toggled the password protection on then off
still asking for a user and password
thanks
for the ideas
any thing else I can try


Other than toggling it off, then rebooting, I am out of ideas.

Vista is awful. I'd put XP or Kubunto on it and save yourself
the hassle. Or, you could wait for Windows 7 (I have
W7beta and I have to admit, it is nice.)

-T

aen wrote:
yah I do like xp not too many problems
thanks for the help

where do I get W7beta?

thanks


http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...-download.aspx

or directly

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...FRE_EN_DVD.iso

You only get 30 days on it, but you can extend it to 240 days.
I wrote myself a How To on that too:

1) I had to enable my administrator's account and give it
a password.

2) open a command prompt (cmd)

3) open an elevated command prompt from the
command prompt:

runas /user:VB-W7beta\administrator cmd

4) then, just run the command from the new prompt

slmgr -rearm


HTH,
-T

aen wrote:
yah I do like xp not too many problems
thanks for the help

where do I get W7beta?

thanks


http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...-download.aspx

or directly

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...FRE_EN_DVD.iso

You only get 30 days on it, but you can extend it to 240 days.
I wrote myself a How To on that too:

1) I had to enable my administrator's account and give it
a password.

2) open a command prompt (cmd)

3) open an elevated command prompt from the
command prompt:

runas /user:VB-W7beta\administrator cmd

4) then, just run the command from the new prompt

slmgr -rearm


HTH,
-T

ToddAndMargo wrote:

runas /user:VB-W7beta\administrator cmd

"VB-W7beta" is the name of the virtual machine I run
W7beta on. Change it to your computer's name. Run
the "Set" command from a command prompt to find it.
Looks like:

COMPUTERNAME=VB-W7beta

-T

ToddAndMargo wrote:

runas /user:VB-W7beta\administrator cmd

"VB-W7beta" is the name of the virtual machine I run
W7beta on. Change it to your computer's name. Run
the "Set" command from a command prompt to find it.
Looks like:

COMPUTERNAME=VB-W7beta

-T