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always have to type a password to connect to another computer

Author
29 Aug 2006 2:51 AM
Roger Payne
Everytime i connect to to a share i have to put in a password, same with
mapnetwork drives when i restart

What can i do to all my computers are open to eachother


I have 3 MCE 2005 computers will all updates
Domain = MSHOME
computer names
DEC
BEDROOM
BEDROOM-2

all have Administrator account and a account Username poth account on each
computer has the same password 123456

each computer has Backup drive

\\DEC\Backup1
\\BEDROOM\backup2
\\BEDROOM-2\backup3

all drives has the administrator, everyone, anomys group added to the
shareing permissions and the sucerity tab

Author
29 Aug 2006 8:04 AM
Hans-Georg Michna
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:51:01 -0700, Roger Payne wrote:

>Domain = MSHOME
>computer names
>DEC
>BEDROOM
>BEDROOM-2

Is this how it works? Your setup seems to be very similar:

http://www.michna.com/temp/images/bednet.jpg

Look quickly, the picture will disappear soon.

Hans-Georg (:-)

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Author
29 Aug 2006 2:17 PM
BillW50
Hans-Georg Michna wrote:
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> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:51:01 -0700, Roger Payne wrote:
>
>> Domain = MSHOME
>> computer names
>> DEC
>> BEDROOM
>> BEDROOM-2
>
> Is this how it works? Your setup seems to be very similar:
>
> http://www.michna.com/temp/images/bednet.jpg
>
> Look quickly, the picture will disappear soon.
>
> Hans-Georg (:-)

Hahaha Hans... How did you know? lol

Roger... I always believed that all computers had the same user name and
password, you bypass the user/password deal when networking. Although I
could be wrong.
Author
29 Aug 2006 3:39 PM
Malke
BillW50 wrote:

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> Hans-Georg Michna wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:51:01 -0700, Roger Payne wrote:
>>
>>> Domain = MSHOME
>>> computer names
>>> DEC
>>> BEDROOM
>>> BEDROOM-2
>>
>> Is this how it works? Your setup seems to be very similar:
>>
>> http://www.michna.com/temp/images/bednet.jpg
>>
>> Look quickly, the picture will disappear soon.
>>
>> Hans-Georg (:-)
>
> Hahaha Hans... How did you know? lol
>
> Roger... I always believed that all computers had the same user name
> and password, you bypass the user/password deal when networking.
> Although I could be wrong.

You are wrong. In a peer-to-peer network ("Workgroup" in the Windows
world), authentication happens locally. Very simply, BillW on DEC asks
BEDROOM to use a shared resource. BEDROOM looks on its "allowed list"
and sees that the request is coming from a user who has an account on
its own system (BillW) and that the password matches its local BillW
account. So the request is granted. Of course, this all happens in very
little time. If BEDROOM doesn't find a BillW account with matching
password locally, it asks the requester to provide the name of a user
and password that is allowed to access BEDROOM's resources.

So - The easiest thing to do in such a small network is create identical
user accounts and passwords on all computers. You do not need to be
logged into the same user account; the one you are on just has to exist
on the target system. Then if you want the convenience of automatically
going to your Desktop and not having to enter a password (since these
are home machines), see:

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

Malke
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Author
29 Aug 2006 4:18 PM
Roger Payne
ok thats my prob loginto accoutn username DEC on one Roger on teh next and
shawna on th eother
i will change this when i get home thanks

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"Malke" wrote:

> BillW50 wrote:
>
> > Hans-Georg Michna wrote:
> >> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:51:01 -0700, Roger Payne wrote:
> >>
> >>> Domain = MSHOME
> >>> computer names
> >>> DEC
> >>> BEDROOM
> >>> BEDROOM-2
> >>
> >> Is this how it works? Your setup seems to be very similar:
> >>
> >> http://www.michna.com/temp/images/bednet.jpg
> >>
> >> Look quickly, the picture will disappear soon.
> >>
> >> Hans-Georg (:-)
> >
> > Hahaha Hans... How did you know? lol
> >
> > Roger... I always believed that all computers had the same user name
> > and password, you bypass the user/password deal when networking.
> > Although I could be wrong.
>
> You are wrong. In a peer-to-peer network ("Workgroup" in the Windows
> world), authentication happens locally. Very simply, BillW on DEC asks
> BEDROOM to use a shared resource. BEDROOM looks on its "allowed list"
> and sees that the request is coming from a user who has an account on
> its own system (BillW) and that the password matches its local BillW
> account. So the request is granted. Of course, this all happens in very
> little time. If BEDROOM doesn't find a BillW account with matching
> password locally, it asks the requester to provide the name of a user
> and password that is allowed to access BEDROOM's resources.
>
> So - The easiest thing to do in such a small network is create identical
> user accounts and passwords on all computers. You do not need to be
> logged into the same user account; the one you are on just has to exist
> on the target system. Then if you want the convenience of automatically
> going to your Desktop and not having to enter a password (since these
> are home machines), see:
>
> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
>
> Malke
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> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
Author
29 Aug 2006 4:28 PM
Malke
Roger Payne wrote:

> ok thats my prob loginto accoutn username DEC on one Roger on teh next
> and shawna on th eother
> i will change this when i get home thanks

You're welcome.

Malke
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