cant access another pc on network

17 Sep 2006 2:22 PM

murtaza

hi there if i try \\ip address/c$ the login popup comes with (guest username
which i cant modify) pls tell me how to fix it. i want to login with
administrator and have access to all drives.

P.S: if i share the C drive and access the \\ipaddress it opens the shared
drive but i dont want it this way.

kindly advise the reason and its solution asap.

regards

17 Sep 2006 3:32 PM

Chuck

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:22:01 -0700, murtaza <murtaz***@lycos.com> wrote:

>hi there if i try \\ip address/c$ the login popup comes with (guest username
>which i cant modify) pls tell me how to fix it. i want to login with
>administrator and have access to all drives.
>
>P.S: if i share the C drive and access the \\ipaddress it opens the shared
>drive but i dont want it this way.
>
>kindly advise the reason and its solution asap.
>
>regards

Activate the Guest account, on the other server, for network access.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate

Note that under Guest access, you'll NOT have administrative access.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest

If the remote computer is running XP Pro, then disable Simple File Sharing, and
enable a non-Guest account, for administrative access. If it's running XP Home,
you're stuck.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Advanced>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Advanced

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Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
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