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John Smith

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Dec 18, 2009, 7:52:47 PM12/18/09
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Two PCs on network, PC1 is Win XP Home, PC2 is WinXP Pro.

PC1 and PC2 have the same user accounts and passwords. The guest account is
off on both.

PC1 can connect to administrative shares on PC2 by typing \\PC2\Share$ and
access files.

When you try to connect to PC1 from PC2 in the same manner by typing
\\PC2\Share$, a password dialog box pops up with PC1\Guest which is greyed
out so you cannot change the login detail.

Typing the administrative password has no effect, so I cannot access PC1
from PC2 but I can do the reverse.

Any ideas?


Jaimie Vandenbergh

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Dec 19, 2009, 5:34:23 AM12/19/09
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On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:52:47 -0000, "John Smith" <jbl...@nospam.net>
wrote:

Make a non-admin share on PC1 and try to connect to that.

Cheers - Jaimie
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Bernard Peek

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Dec 19, 2009, 5:45:35 AM12/19/09
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On 19/12/09 00:52, John Smith wrote:
> Two PCs on network, PC1 is Win XP Home, PC2 is WinXP Pro.
>
> PC1 and PC2 have the same user accounts and passwords. The guest account is
> off on both.
>
> PC1 can connect to administrative shares on PC2 by typing \\PC2\Share$ and
> access files.

So the user account on PC2 is an administrator

>
> When you try to connect to PC1 from PC2 in the same manner by typing
> \\PC2\Share$, a password dialog box pops up with PC1\Guest which is greyed
> out so you cannot change the login detail.

The user account on PC1 is probably not a member of the administrators
group and so can't (by default) access administrative shares.

>
> Typing the administrative password has no effect, so I cannot access PC1
> from PC2 but I can do the reverse.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>


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John Smith

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Dec 19, 2009, 1:00:16 PM12/19/09
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"Bernard Peek" <b...@shrdlu.com> wrote in message
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> On 19/12/09 00:52, John Smith wrote:
>> Two PCs on network, PC1 is Win XP Home, PC2 is WinXP Pro.
>>
>> PC1 and PC2 have the same user accounts and passwords. The guest account
>> is
>> off on both.
>>
>> PC1 can connect to administrative shares on PC2 by typing \\PC2\Share$
>> and
>> access files.
>
> So the user account on PC2 is an administrator
>
>>
>> When you try to connect to PC1 from PC2 in the same manner by typing
>> \\PC2\Share$, a password dialog box pops up with PC1\Guest which is
>> greyed
>> out so you cannot change the login detail.
>
> The user account on PC1 is probably not a member of the administrators
> group and so can't (by default) access administrative shares.

Sorry, both accounts are administrator accounts.


Jim Price

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Dec 19, 2009, 4:00:10 PM12/19/09
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"Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition does not create hidden administrative
shares".

That's what it says here anyway:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314984

There's a workaround here, but I haven't tried it myself:

http://www.oakdome.com/lab/?page_id=141

Best of luck with that.

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John Smith

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Dec 20, 2009, 12:47:04 PM12/20/09
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"Jim Price" <d1ve...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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It seems to work, I didn't follow all the steps though, didn't do any of the
group policy stuff.


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