"Malke" wrote:

> rhesus wrote:
>
> > why is it that I see an xp p workgroup sharing folders etc yet no
> > machine has a password and no user names are matched acorss the
> > network?
> >
> > does this mean they are using the guest account = on?
>
> Possibly because all machines are running XP Home with file/printer
> sharing enabled. XP Home authenticates as Guest. This has nothing to do
> with the Guest user account you see in the User Accounts applet. The
> Guest account there allows anyone without an account on the system to
> log on locally. It runs with elevated privileges and that is why it is
> normally disabled.
>
> A Workgroup is simply a cosmetic/organizational device; unlike a domain,
> it provides no security.
>
> If you need further help, please go to this link first to see what
> details you need to include in your post in order to get focused help:
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
> Malke
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> I wrote xpp. (XP Pro).
>
> I know about networking. But I always understood that with an xpp
> workgroup users needed to have passwords and each user needed to be
> represented on each machine. Correct so far? On this particular
> workgroup there are no passwords, no users represnted on each machine.
>
> Please read the post first, then answer.
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
>> rhesus wrote:
>>
>> > why is it that I see an xp p workgroup sharing folders etc yet no
>> > machine has a password and no user names are matched acorss the
>> > network?