Lost a machine

17 Jun 2005 1:24 AM

pj

I have a pier to pier LAN, two XP machines in my office and one 98 kids
machine downstairs, all hardwired. All was well prior to installing Norton
Internet Security 2005. Prior to Norton my office II machine was visible
under Local Network when you went to Start, Network Places. After instaling
norton the Office II icon dissapeared from the Local Network Heading. When I
open the entire network icon, then the Microsoft Windows Network, then MShome
(my work group name) then try to access the Office II machine, I am directed
to a Microsoft Password Page "Connect to office 2" screen. The user name is
greyed out as Office 2/guest and the password is awaiting to be entered. When
I click ok, nothing happens. The unusual thing is that the Office II machine
is not password protected. Any Advice PJ

17 Jun 2005 2:11 AM

Chuck

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:24:01 -0700, "pj" <p*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a pier to pier LAN, two XP machines in my office and one 98 kids
>machine downstairs, all hardwired. All was well prior to installing Norton
>Internet Security 2005. Prior to Norton my office II machine was visible
>under Local Network when you went to Start, Network Places. After instaling
>norton the Office II icon dissapeared from the Local Network Heading. When I
>open the entire network icon, then the Microsoft Windows Network, then MShome
>(my work group name) then try to access the Office II machine, I am directed
>to a Microsoft Password Page "Connect to office 2" screen. The user name is
>greyed out as Office 2/guest and the password is awaiting to be entered. When
>I click ok, nothing happens. The unusual thing is that the Office II machine
>is not password protected. Any Advice PJ

PJ,

Did you enable file sharing between the 3 computers in the NIS setup on each?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>

Is it possible that the Guest account may need reactivating, or the password
need resetting? Is this XP Home or Pro? If Pro, could the Simple File Sharing
setting have changed?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html>

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17 Jun 2005 7:41 AM

Ron Lowe

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"pj" <p*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4D924643-7C20-4830-9A7A-579FD1E5567E@microsoft.com...
>I have a pier to pier LAN, two XP machines in my office and one 98 kids
> machine downstairs, all hardwired. All was well prior to installing Norton
> Internet Security 2005. Prior to Norton my office II machine was visible
> under Local Network when you went to Start, Network Places. After
> instaling
> norton the Office II icon dissapeared from the Local Network Heading. When
> I
> open the entire network icon, then the Microsoft Windows Network, then
> MShome
> (my work group name) then try to access the Office II machine, I am
> directed
> to a Microsoft Password Page "Connect to office 2" screen. The user name
> is
> greyed out as Office 2/guest and the password is awaiting to be entered.
> When
> I click ok, nothing happens. The unusual thing is that the Office II
> machine
> is not password protected. Any Advice PJ

This indicates that the machine you are trying to connect to ( Office2 )
is in an inconsistent state.

It has simple File Sharing enabled, which requires the Guest account,
however the Guest account is disabled or passworded.

Is office2 XP-Home or XP-Pro?

In either case, go to a command prompt on office 2 and issue the command:

net user guest

Look at the output.
There is a line 'Account Active yes/no'
Is the Guest account active?
If not, issue the command:

net user guest /active:yes

See if that moves things forwards.
Re-post with any further errors you get.

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Ron Lowe
MVP - Windows Networking

17 Jun 2005 9:50 PM

JL

Ron Lowe wrote:
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> "pj" <p*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4D924643-7C20-4830-9A7A-579FD1E5567E@microsoft.com...
>
>>I have a pier to pier LAN, two XP machines in my office and one 98 kids
>>machine downstairs, all hardwired. All was well prior to installing Norton
>>Internet Security 2005. Prior to Norton my office II machine was visible
>>under Local Network when you went to Start, Network Places. After
>>instaling
>>norton the Office II icon dissapeared from the Local Network Heading. When
>>I
>>open the entire network icon, then the Microsoft Windows Network, then
>>MShome
>>(my work group name) then try to access the Office II machine, I am
>>directed
>>to a Microsoft Password Page "Connect to office 2" screen. The user name
>>is
>>greyed out as Office 2/guest and the password is awaiting to be entered.
>>When
>>I click ok, nothing happens. The unusual thing is that the Office II
>>machine
>>is not password protected. Any Advice PJ
>
>
>
>
> This indicates that the machine you are trying to connect to ( Office2 )
> is in an inconsistent state.
>
> It has simple File Sharing enabled, which requires the Guest account,
> however the Guest account is disabled or passworded.
>
> Is office2 XP-Home or XP-Pro?
>
> In either case, go to a command prompt on office 2 and issue the command:
>
> net user guest
>
> Look at the output.
> There is a line 'Account Active yes/no'
> Is the Guest account active?
> If not, issue the command:
>
> net user guest /active:yes
>
> See if that moves things forwards.
> Re-post with any further errors you get.
>

Hi Ron

Your posts are terrific! Do you mind if I ask how you attained such
in-depth knowledge of Windows networking? What's your secret? :)

JL

18 Jun 2005 9:27 AM

Ron Lowe

> Hi Ron
>
> Your posts are terrific! Do you mind if I ask how you attained such
> in-depth knowledge of Windows networking? What's your secret? :)
>
> JL

Just using the stuff every day, really.
And then being curious how something works, and finding out.
Google is your friend here.
Then deliberately breaking things, and seeing if it has the effect I expect.
And reading other people's messages on groups like this.

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Ron Lowe
MVP - Windows Networking