On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:26:31 -0500, "Ron" <ronsher***@us.ibm.com> wrote:

>I have had my two-system home network running for a long time -  my computer
>accesses my wife's (via a password) and she can access mine the same way.
>We are both at XP SP2 (though I only recently upgraded to SP2 from SP 1).
>She can still access mine but when I click on her computer under "Microsoft
>Windows Network"/NetworkName/Mary    I get a prompt box with "Connect to
>Mary" at the top, an information line of "Connecting to Mary" and the User
>name  GRAYED out as MARY\Guest.    Previously the "User Name" in this box
>had been the name she uses to log onto her system (maryabcd) and I would
>provide the password and be able to access it.               When enabling
>the Guest user in her system(which I did not like to do) and changing it's
>password I still could not get to it  (message about \\Mary not being
>accessible....  Logon Failure:  the user has not been granted the requested
>logon type at this computer).  But I don't want to log onto her system as
>Guest - I want to get back to where I was before.  I have no idea where to
>start.   I did uninstall Symmantec PC Anywhere on her system but that seemed
>to have no impact

"Chuck" <n***@example.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:26:31 -0500, "Ron" <ronsher***@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>>I have had my two-system home network running for a long time -  my
>>computer
>>accesses my wife's (via a password) and she can access mine the same way.
>>We are both at XP SP2 (though I only recently upgraded to SP2 from SP 1).
>>She can still access mine but when I click on her computer under
>>"Microsoft
>>Windows Network"/NetworkName/Mary    I get a prompt box with "Connect to
>>Mary" at the top, an information line of "Connecting to Mary" and the User
>>name  GRAYED out as MARY\Guest.    Previously the "User Name" in this box
>>had been the name she uses to log onto her system (maryabcd) and I would
>>provide the password and be able to access it.               When enabling
>>the Guest user in her system(which I did not like to do) and changing it's
>>password I still could not get to it  (message about \\Mary not being
>>accessible....  Logon Failure:  the user has not been granted the
>>requested
>>logon type at this computer).  But I don't want to log onto her system as
>>Guest - I want to get back to where I was before.  I have no idea where to
>>start.   I did uninstall Symmantec PC Anywhere on her system but that
>>seemed
>>to have no impact
>
> Ron,
>
> Is MaryABCD the account that she used to use to access the computer?  If
> so,
> make sure that it's properly setup for network access.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#NonGuest>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#NonGuest
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>   actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.

>Yes, MaryABCD is the account she uses to log on.  I eventually solved this,
>though I don't understand why, by adding "Everone"  via the "Security" tab
>of the folder's being Shared.  It had either been removed (by who/what?) or
>had had not been previously needed and was now needed either due to some XP
>security patch or because of a new firewall policy on my system.  A bypass
>that also worked was to use the actual internet address of her system
>instead of the her system name.  Which leads to questions of hosts/lmhosts
>etc. But the Everyone fix supplanted the need for the internet address
>
>"Chuck" <n***@example.net> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:26:31 -0500, "Ron" <ronsher***@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I have had my two-system home network running for a long time -  my
>>>computer
>>>accesses my wife's (via a password) and she can access mine the same way.
>>>We are both at XP SP2 (though I only recently upgraded to SP2 from SP 1).
>>>She can still access mine but when I click on her computer under
>>>"Microsoft
>>>Windows Network"/NetworkName/Mary    I get a prompt box with "Connect to
>>>Mary" at the top, an information line of "Connecting to Mary" and the User
>>>name  GRAYED out as MARY\Guest.    Previously the "User Name" in this box
>>>had been the name she uses to log onto her system (maryabcd) and I would
>>>provide the password and be able to access it.               When enabling
>>>the Guest user in her system(which I did not like to do) and changing it's
>>>password I still could not get to it  (message about \\Mary not being
>>>accessible....  Logon Failure:  the user has not been granted the
>>>requested
>>>logon type at this computer).  But I don't want to log onto her system as
>>>Guest - I want to get back to where I was before.  I have no idea where to
>>>start.   I did uninstall Symmantec PC Anywhere on her system but that
>>>seemed
>>>to have no impact
>>
>> Ron,
>>
>> Is MaryABCD the account that she used to use to access the computer?  If
>> so,
>> make sure that it's properly setup for network access.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#NonGuest>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#NonGuest
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
>> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
>> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>>   actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.
>