Home Network - User name and Password

Hello,

I have 3 computers on a network (all connected to a router). Computers A and C are running XP Pro. Computer B is running XP Home.

Computer A can access B and C (simply by viewing the workgroup computers and selecting it) . However, when I try to go from B to A i am prompted for a username and password. I have had this network set up for some time now, and never before did I receive this prompt.

The only thing I added on computer A was a new account (for a total of 2) and passwords for each account.

Computer B, when booting up, does not go through the welcome screen, rather it just goes right to the desktop.

Now, what I DO NOT want to do is set up the same user accounts on Computer B. I do not want a login of any type. As long as a computer is behind my firewall, access should be granted to the shared folders.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.

 

Make sure you ran the Network setup wizard on the XP Home and Pro machines., and disabled the windows firewalls.

 

Thanks for the quick reply.

Yes that has been done.

Again, my network WAS working. All computers were able to access the other. Now I have a logon prompt.

I should also note, while trying to figure this out -

When I enable simple file sharing, I do not receive a logon prompt, I just get the message it is unavailable. (Previously when this was working I used simple file sharing.)

With simple file sharing disabled, I get the logon prompt.

 

Johnny ...

Welcome to the BBS.

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you, but it sounds to me as though your setup is working the way it should. With two accounts, each with a password, on computer A, it seems logical that computer B (or C) needs to provide one of those passwords to access the associated account.

It sounds as though you have sharing enabled, so the only thing I can think of to suggest is that you check the permissions on each computer ... open the "Sharing and Security" tab in System Properties for each drive and click on the "Permissions" button. Make sure that "Full Control" is checked in the "Allow" column.