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Hi Guys
iam trying to figure out why my shares ona  windows 2003 server edition wont allow people to view it from my other computers which are running windows xp mostly, ive got the name workgroup name, no firewalls are blocking it, they are on the same subnet.
Iam abit streched as to what else it could be
iam trying to figure out why my shares ona  windows 2003 server edition wont allow people to view it from my other computers which are running windows xp mostly, ive got the name workgroup name, no firewalls are blocking it, they are on the same subnet.
Iam abit streched as to what else it could be
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i can also ping the computers from the server, and vice versa
What are the security permissions?
If this is a WORKGROUP only then Enable the Guest account on the server.
Change the password to something very difficult to guess and write it down then lock it up in the safe.
This should be all you need to do as long as the Everyone Group is on the shares and NTFS permissions of the folders themselves.
Other than that, unless you create a username and password that EXACTLY match each of your local user accounts on the PCs then this is the only other way.
Change the password to something very difficult to guess and write it down then lock it up in the safe.
This should be all you need to do as long as the Everyone Group is on the shares and NTFS permissions of the folders themselves.
Other than that, unless you create a username and password that EXACTLY match each of your local user accounts on the PCs then this is the only other way.
ASKER
ok can u tell me where to go to put a username password on the server?
when i try to enable remote desktop it says i need a local username and its password.
when i try to enable remote desktop it says i need a local username and its password.
Go to the Active directory users and computers. There, you can edit the administrator's username and password. I dont see a need for remote desktop.
Regards,
chobo
Regards,
chobo
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and in the active directory to share via workgroup, you say to create a guest account?
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