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Accessing PCs over the Workgroup

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by cvivek

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Hi,
I have a workgroup of 10 PCs. If i share a folder on one of the PCs and access the same from a different PC, I am asked to enter a username and password.
After doing so I am able to access. On rebooting the PC, I am asked to enter the username again to access the folder of another PC.
This problem also reflects in shared printer for which each time i have to enter the same details.

I am not able to access the shared folders directly without entering the user details.

If somebody could help me on this topic, it would be great.
Thanks
Vivek

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by haris

In the workgroup you can create an account for the user that will access the resource on the shared resource. For example if you have a shared folder on PC-A, and you are accessing it from PC-B then if you can create an account for PC-B on PC-A it will not ask you the username and password.

Another solution on windows2000 machines is to enable the GUEST users account and do not assign any password to this account.

You can also edit the security policy settings of windows 2000 machines tocontrol the access mechnism. See the "Local Security Settings". Here you can alter the "Network Access:Shares that can be accessed anonymously".

by cvivek

I added the list of users in the PC connected to the printer in the workgroup. It worked.
Thanks a ton.
rgds,
Vivek

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