Pro, sfs, and i just turned the guest account on, Visited your page through
another post..

Is it okay to leave the pw blank?? and if so, can they login with any
username??

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:41:02 -0800, "Michael" <Michael@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Can someone please help me instead of telling me to do something, and then
> >not going into detail as to how to do it??
> >
> >I have a windows XP host computer that is connected to Cable internet, I
> >also have a Windows 98 client that can connect to the internet through the
> >host, but when I try to access the shared documents folder on the host
> >through the client, It asks for a password.
> >
> >I did not set up any kind of username\password in order for the network to
> >be connected initally, and I had no problem accessing the shared documents
> >folder on both computers from both computers.
> >
> >Then I disconnected the Modem (dialup) from the phone line, (with the
> >network still connected) and installed a Cable modem.
> >
> >From that point on, The client computer (win98) has not been able to access
> >the shared resources (except the internet) on the host computer.
> >
> >Someone told me earlier that I needed to set up a username\password to make
> >this happen, but as i have said, Initally i did not do that for it and it
> >worked fine...
> >
> >
> >Plus the fact that I have done just that now, and I am still unable to
> >access the shared resources from the client computer.
>
> Michael,
>
> Is the XP "host" computer running XP Home or Pro (and if Pro, is it using Simple
> File Sharing?)? These are essential details in your case. If SFS is involved,
> installing a "username\password" won't work; you'll have to activate Guest
> instead.
>
> Your problem is not so rare that it hasn't been written up. Please read my
> tutorial (following the links in the article!), and I believe that it will help
> you.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...s-xp.html#Help
>
> If there's no help there, kindly read my troubleshooting guide.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html
>
> If you read both articles, very diligently, and see no solution, please respond
> at your most immediate convenience, and sooner is better.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.
>