Greetings,

I am trying to connect two pc's running Windows XP Pro on both machines. A little history... I am a controls engineer and have to load custom written software on industrial machines from time to time. In the past, the pc's we purchased for the machines had Win2K. All I had to do was set a static IP on both machines (usually used 192.168.100.xxx & 255.255.255.0) and connect with a crossover ethernet cable. Once connected, I could go to Start -> Run & type in \\computername\c$ and it would bring up a login dialog and I was in with full access to the machine pc's hard drive. The newer pc's have WinXP Pro. I am wondering if there is a similar way to do what I did with Win2K. When I try it now, it comes up with a login dialog but the username is unchangable and has computername\Guest inserted in it. Also, full access to the machine pc's hard drive is a must. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

Kyle