"Ben" <ben.mat***@gmail.com> wrote:
>Can someone point me to a primer on setting up an advanced network on
>XP?  the microsoft site was not helpful.  here is the issue I am
>struggling with:
>
>I have 2 computers, one with xp media eddition, one with XP pro.  I
>want to share several directories between the machines.  there are
>several other computers on the network which should not have access.
>the problem I am having ( I believe) is with setting up user accounts.
>
>I have enabled advanced networking on both computers and shared the
>directories in question, but I am not able to login in to either
>computer from the other- I am prompted for a username and password, but
>none of them work for accessing the files over the network (users work
>for local login).

> In article <1162234270.529526.79***@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
> "Ben" <ben.mat***@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Can someone point me to a primer on setting up an advanced network on
> >XP?  the microsoft site was not helpful.  here is the issue I am
> >struggling with:
> >
> >I have 2 computers, one with xp media eddition, one with XP pro.  I
> >want to share several directories between the machines.  there are
> >several other computers on the network which should not have access.
> >the problem I am having ( I believe) is with setting up user accounts.
> >
> >I have enabled advanced networking on both computers and shared the
> >directories in question, but I am not able to login in to either
> >computer from the other- I am prompted for a username and password, but
> >none of them work for accessing the files over the network (users work
> >for local login).
>
> Create matching user accounts (same user name and non-blank password)
> on both computers.  Folder permissions that you define for the local
> user account will apply to the same user on the other computer.  This
> web page has full details:
>
> Windows XP Professional File Sharing
> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
>
> >seconday question: is there a way to have network user accounts which
> >do not have general windows login permission?  ie I cannot physically
> >go to the computer and log in- only on the network?
>
> I haven't tried it, but this might do what you want on XP
> Professional:
>
> 1. Go to Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Local Security
> Policy.
>
> 2. Double-click Local Policies.
>
> 3. Double-click User Rights Assignment.
>
> 4. In the right pane, double-click "Deny logon locally".
>
> 5. Add the desired user accounts, specifying each account in the form
> "computer\user", where "computer" is the local computer's name.
>
> >My main accounts on both computers are admin accounts.  Simple
> >networking works without incident between the two computers.
>
> I don't have access to XP Media Center Edition, so I don't know if
> things that work in XP Professional work there.
>
> >thanks!
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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"Ben" <ben.mat***@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >Can someone point me to a primer on setting up an advanced network on
>> >XP?  the microsoft site was not helpful.  here is the issue I am
>> >struggling with:
>> >
>> >I have 2 computers, one with xp media eddition, one with XP pro.  I
>> >want to share several directories between the machines.  there are
>> >several other computers on the network which should not have access.
>> >the problem I am having ( I believe) is with setting up user accounts.
>> >
>> >I have enabled advanced networking on both computers and shared the
>> >directories in question, but I am not able to login in to either
>> >computer from the other- I am prompted for a username and password, but
>> >none of them work for accessing the files over the network (users work
>> >for local login).
>>
>> Create matching user accounts (same user name and non-blank password)
>> on both computers.  Folder permissions that you define for the local
>> user account will apply to the same user on the other computer.  This
>> web page has full details:
>>
>> Windows XP Professional File Sharing
>> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
>>
>> >seconday question: is there a way to have network user accounts which
>> >do not have general windows login permission?  ie I cannot physically
>> >go to the computer and log in- only on the network?
>>
>> I haven't tried it, but this might do what you want on XP
>> Professional:
>>
>> 1. Go to Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Local Security
>> Policy.
>>
>> 2. Double-click Local Policies.
>>
>> 3. Double-click User Rights Assignment.
>>
>> 4. In the right pane, double-click "Deny logon locally".
>>
>> 5. Add the desired user accounts, specifying each account in the form
>> "computer\user", where "computer" is the local computer's name.
>>
>> >My main accounts on both computers are admin accounts.  Simple
>> >networking works without incident between the two computers.
>>
>> I don't have access to XP Media Center Edition, so I don't know if
>> things that work in XP Professional work there.
>
>thanks for the help.  setup seems to work now.
>
>"deny logon locally" solved 50% of the problem- couldn't log in to the
>computer, but the name of the account still showed on the welcome
>screen.  I think I fixed the problem by creating a new group to assign
>share permissions for the other computer, and removing that user from
>the "users" group.
>
>cheers
>Ben