acces vairous pc's on a network

18 Dec 2005 11:00 PM

Steve

I have a small network of 4 workstations and one pc that acts as a
printserver and file storage. the problem i am having is with some of the
workstations, that have been restored using Dell's recovery CD's.

Briefly if i try to navigate to these PC's via network neighborhood, i am
prompted to log in as a guest and cannot change that user name. The other
PC's prompt me with a blank log in box and i can at that time type in the
administrator credentials and browse the PC as the admin. What is the
process to correct this problem with these newly restored PC's.

Thanks in advance

S

19 Dec 2005 5:50 AM

Chuck

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On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:00:02 -0800, "Steve" <St***@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I have a small network of 4 workstations and one pc that acts as a
>printserver and file storage. the problem i am having is with some of the
>workstations, that have been restored using Dell's recovery CD's.
>
>Briefly if i try to navigate to these PC's via network neighborhood, i am
>prompted to log in as a guest and cannot change that user name. The other
>PC's prompt me with a blank log in box and i can at that time type in the
>administrator credentials and browse the PC as the admin. What is the
>process to correct this problem with these newly restored PC's.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>S

Steve,

If you're getting asked for the password for Guest, the computer is trying to
use Simple File Sharing. Hoping that this is XP Pro, you can simply disable SFS
and use a properly activated administrative account.
<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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