In article <1A0EA165-6CC2-404D-90E2-90854F86417C@microsoft.com>,
"nodoz" <nodoz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I want to be clear about this password to access workgroup computers and
>folders/files.
>
>My understanding is this:
>
>I create a user for the workgroup computers that exists on the computer
>trying to acess these files......this profile name has the SAME password or
>am i not able to duplicate passwords?
>
>For example, if userone wants to access computers 2 and 3 in the workgroup,
>does username need the same name (userone) on all other machines and have the
>same password or same name but different password?
>
>I'm not 100% clear on this and want to get the right advice. Thanks.

If a computer runs Windows XP Home Edition, it automatically grants
networked access to all users on all computers. There's no need to do
anything with user names and passwords to access shares on an XP Home
computer.

If a computer runs Windows XP Professional, the default behavior is
the same as for XP Home: it automatically grants networked access to
all users on all computers.

In Windows XP Professional, you can disable simple file sharing and
control access based on user names and passwords. That requires
matching user names and passwords on the computer that owns the shares
and on the computers that access the shares. Ron Lowe and I have
written a web page with full details:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm
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