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Guest default login?
When i try to connect to a remote Pc, the default username is <computername>/Guest. I want to be able to enter the username. At this point the username field is greyed out and i cant change it from guest. Is this on the remote PC or the one i am connecting from?
BTW - Both PC were freshly formated with SP1 installed (NOT upgrading to SP2).
Any ideas?
BTW - Both PC were freshly formated with SP1 installed (NOT upgrading to SP2).
Any ideas?
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My simple work around was to RE-Enable the Guest Account and give it a password.
Make sure to run the local security policy editor from control panel admin tools (can also try gpedit.msc from run) and set the local policy, Network Access: Let everyone permissions apply to anonymous users, to enabled and make sure that the guest account is enabled. Hope that helps!
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And that will stop "<pcname>/guest" from being the default username and/or let me change the username?
Yes. That will fix it ;)
Check your permission levels on your shared folders. Both under the Sharing tab, and under the Security tab.
You may have the Everyone group in the default permissions set with full control. If that was the case, windows may not feel the need to let you change users. If you restrict access to administrators only, or create ACL entries (access control list) for specific usernames e.g. "HomePC1\Username" it may allow that field to become editable.
You definitely want to disable that guest account, though. If you see Guest having any kind of privileges in the security or sharing tabs, pull it out.
You could try this command as well. start->run->\\HomePC1\c$
This accesses the administrative C$ share. You don't have to have any file sharing enabled to use it. You'll just have to type in an administrator's user name and password and you'll be right into your C drive.
You may have the Everyone group in the default permissions set with full control. If that was the case, windows may not feel the need to let you change users. If you restrict access to administrators only, or create ACL entries (access control list) for specific usernames e.g. "HomePC1\Username" it may allow that field to become editable.
You definitely want to disable that guest account, though. If you see Guest having any kind of privileges in the security or sharing tabs, pull it out.
You could try this command as well. start->run->\\HomePC1\c$
This accesses the administrative C$ share. You don't have to have any file sharing enabled to use it. You'll just have to type in an administrator's user name and password and you'll be right into your C drive.
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That is the problem... if i try to access \\HomePC1\c$, the username is already set to" homepc1\Guest". I cant change this.. It is greyed out. i am trying the GPEdit thing now..
I have the Share set up for Everyone, as i am going to use NTFS to control what can/cant be accessed. Still the Username field is greyed out.
I have the Share set up for Everyone, as i am going to use NTFS to control what can/cant be accessed. Still the Username field is greyed out.
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Classic was already selected.....
How about he other option? The "Let everyone permissions apply to anonymous users"?
Really there is one more way,
you should create a user on homePC1 with same login/password as on your PC and make it Administrator on HomePC1 to get to administratives shares (c$, ...)
this way you even wouldnt be asked for a password
you should create a user on homePC1 with same login/password as on your PC and make it Administrator on HomePC1 to get to administratives shares (c$, ...)
this way you even wouldnt be asked for a password
Make sure that you also restart machine for settings to take effect.
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ah.. restart may be the problem... Well, since i am remotly logged into the machines (Radmin, Destop viewing) i cant reboot it from here. I will give that a try when i get home from work. Thanks.
Not a prob! You should be able to restart remotely, but I might be wrong ;)
This happens if "Simple file sharing" is enabled in the target computer. With that said, the target PC authenticates every connection as guests.
kmorris: have you checked my solutions ?
you havent responded to both of them..
you havent responded to both of them..
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Update - simple file sharing is turned off on both PCs. (i cant hit PC2 using radmin no outside IP)
beem4n - I have tried the 2nd one a while back. I have created a username on both PCs named "Keith.Morris" with the same password. That still tried to log in as the same Guest account.
This idea:
net use \\homePC1\c$ /user:USERNAME
it will prompt after for password for USERNAME
will have to wait until i get home. I cant get to the 2nd PC using Radmin and i think my roommate turned it off! DOH!
Keep posting ideas, i should be able to get back with you all in about 5-6 hours.
beem4n - I have tried the 2nd one a while back. I have created a username on both PCs named "Keith.Morris" with the same password. That still tried to log in as the same Guest account.
This idea:
net use \\homePC1\c$ /user:USERNAME
it will prompt after for password for USERNAME
will have to wait until i get home. I cant get to the 2nd PC using Radmin and i think my roommate turned it off! DOH!
Keep posting ideas, i should be able to get back with you all in about 5-6 hours.
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sramesh2k - Unfortunetly, that is already selected and it still does this Guest thing. That is what dev8 suggested.
Probably not the answer you want but I simply enabled the GUEST account and gave it a good password - works great for me.
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That is what i am currently doing as a work around.
Try this: start -> Run -> mmc
File -> Add snap-in
Click Add
Find Security Templates
Load the Setup Security template.
That will give you out-of-the-box security settings. If that works, you'll know something changed on you.
You can read up on various default templates here:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sag_scedefaultpols.mspx
Hopefully one of them will reset your particular problem.
File -> Add snap-in
Click Add
Find Security Templates
Load the Setup Security template.
That will give you out-of-the-box security settings. If that works, you'll know something changed on you.
You can read up on various default templates here:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sag_scedefaultpols.mspx
Hopefully one of them will reset your particular problem.
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somthing that i did yesterday worked! it no longer defaults to Guest! I am able to log in and connect to shares! I didnt have a change to figure out what worked. When i get home tonight, i will try to backtrack my steps to figure out which answer correctly fixed my problem.
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
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Well, i was not able to figure out what actually fixed it, so i will split them. Sorry for the delay on this, i was out of state for the past week.
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the same thing happens when i try to connect from PC2 to PC1.