On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 16:16:06 +1100, "Scott Bass" <usenet739_yahoo_com_au> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm not familiar with WXP Home, only WXP Pro. I'm trying to help a friend
>network her WXP Pro laptop to her WXP Home desktop.
>
>WXP Home does not have the Local Users and Groups applet. The accounts on
>her desktop (hers plus the kids) don't have passwords (probably not the best
>idea but that's how she likes it plus there is a hardware firewall (router)
>in place).
>
>I'd like to setup a service account on the desktop (eg.
>Administrator/password) to handle the login request when I attempt to map a
>network drive from the laptop to the desktop. I'd prefer the service
>account to ***NOT*** show up on the login screen.
>
>Right now, when I try to map the network drive, the login credentials are
>DESKTOP\Guest (grayed out, can't change it), and entering a password doesn't
>help (I think it's blank anyway).
>
>Any ideas on tackling this issue would be greatly appreciated. I would
>especially like to know how to create hidden, service accounts on both XP
>Home and XP Professional.
>
>Regards,
>Scott

Scott,

With Windows XP Home, the Guest account is used for file sharing. You can
activate it for local use, and give it a password, thru Control Panel - User
Accounts. To use it for file sharing, you need to activate it either thru
Computer Management, or "net user".
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0....html#Activate

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