"Charles Carr" <Charles C***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8D8FC7EF-E81C-4E11-9905-0FBD690662CD@microsoft.com...
> Hi, there. Hope you can help us with this:
>
> I recently installed an XP Pro machine. It can "see" all the files on all
> the other computers on our small network but none of them can see it, nor
> can
> they print to the printer connected to the new XP Pro machine.
>
> The XP Pro machine is identified correctly in the other computers' Network
> Places but whenever I double-click on it I get a promt to enter a username
> and password. This is strange because but I haven't set up a password of
> any
> kind on the XP Pro machine (unless it's something arcane I'm unaware of).
>
> All the computers can use the Internet, thank goodness.
>
> I set up the XP Pro machine's root drive to share all its files, just like
> (I'm pretty sure) I did with the XP Home computer the XP Pro machine has
> replaced.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Charles Carr
>
> Columnist and Features Writer
> The San Diego North County Times
>
> char***@carrfamily.com
> http://www.carrfamily.com

>Hi, there. Hope you can help us with this:
>
>I recently installed an XP Pro machine. It can "see" all the files on all
>the other computers on our small network but none of them can see it, nor can
>they print to the printer connected to the new XP Pro machine.
>
>The XP Pro machine is identified correctly in the other computers' Network
>Places but whenever I double-click on it I get a promt to enter a username
>and password. This is strange because but I haven't set up a password of any
>kind on the XP Pro machine (unless it's something arcane I'm unaware of).
>
>All the computers can use the Internet, thank goodness.
>
>I set up the XP Pro machine's root drive to share all its files, just like
>(I'm pretty sure) I did with the XP Home computer the XP Pro machine has
>replaced.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Charles Carr