[parttimetechie]

I am trying to access files on my desktop computer from my other desktop computer. I can access the files fine going from PC 1 to PC2 but when I go from PC2 to PC1 it pops up with a credentials box and wants a password. Since I never set a password before, and it rarely ever wants this screen anyway, I am not sure how to proceed. Why would it want this screen only occasionally, and how do I disable it completely?

Thanks

[JohnWill]

Create an account on PC1 that has the same name and password as the login user for PC2, the password prompt should go away.

[parttimetechie]

What about without having that second account?

[JohnWill]

Configure simple sharing on both machines.

[parttimetechie]

Simple sharing has been configured on both, when I try to access the drive it says the PC name then /guest. I have checked and the guest account is not open on that computer, so why would it be saying that?

Any help in resolving this problem would be appreciated

[JohnWill]

Run this on each computer.


Create a file in notepad named FIXANON.REG with the following contents:

You should have 3 boxes on the bottom in NOTEPAD.
1)Filename : FIXANON.REG
2)Save as type: all files
3)Encoding: ANSI
If you do not change it from txt type to All files type, then the file will actually be FIXANON.REG.txt, this won't accomplish the desired result.

------------------- Use ONLY the text after this line in the FIXANON.REG file -------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]
"restrictanonymous"=dword:00000000
------------------- Use ONLY the text before this line in the FIXANON.REG file-----------------

Double click on the file and say Yes to the merge into registry question.

Reboot the computer.

[parttimetechie]

What will that fix do for me? Seems like it should be a lot simplier than messing with the registry

[JohnWill]

It just sets the noted variable. You can do it manually as well.

[parttimetechie]

How do you do it manually just for fun?

[JohnWill]

Open REGEDIT and navigate to the variable in the script.

[parttimetechie]

I put the files in both computers and rebooted them. I still get the same problem asking for a password I know I never set. It works great going from one way, but not going the other

HELP

[parttimetechie]

As an Update: I can access files on my mom's Vista laptop connected to the network, but not my other XP PC. This doesn't seem right to me

[JohnWill]

Create passwords on each of the machines. Vista's default is not to allow file sharing with no passworded account.

[parttimetechie]

For some reason the XP machine is logging me in as guest, which does not have a password, and in fact the account is not even active on the machine

[JohnWill]

Create a user account on the "server" machine with the same name/password as is used to login to the client machine.