Win2000 Pro Networking Question

[Sarrkazztic]

I have a 3 computer lan with the host computer and 1 client running winME I installed win2000 pro on the 2nd client to see if I want to use it or not on all 3 stations...My network is up and running fine I can access files on both winME computers from the win2000 machine but I cannot get access to any files on the win2000 machine from the winME machines it is asking for a password for the shared resources....I did not assign a password to any of the shared directories nor did I set an administrator password becuase I did not want to use passwords to access my network....How can I be able to get to the files on the win2000 machine from the winMe machines please help

[dannilydoodily]

there are a couple possible ways around this that i know about.
one would be to make sure the Guest account is active and enabled on the Windows 2000 machine.
this is kind of like using a shotgun to open your window though security-wise

usually what is suggested is to make sure that there is a user account(s) on the Windows 2000 machine that matches exactly the Username and password of the logged-on user on the other system(s), in your case the Windows ME systems (if you didn't use a password on the ME machines for the logon info, don't use one for the user you create on the Windows 2000 machine).
good luck

[This message has been edited by dannilydoodily (edited 04-11-2001).]

[jmarcus]

It is not required that you use a password on the winme machine all the time just the first prompt when you try to access the win2k machine. But you must have a user setup on the win2k machine for the winme machine with the exact same username. Make sense?

JM

[Sarrkazztic]

Yes, Thank you JM for your perfect solution to my problem.....

[dannilydoodily]

jeepers...guess it didn't count when i said it

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[JCH]

Happens that way alot.