Here is scenario,
userA on laptop uses username/password
userB on desktop just clicks on their usernsme to access account, no password.
Both users have identical accounts on both computers.
WinXP pro laptop with printer, WinXP home desktop wants to access printer. There are no policies in effect, no firewalls, there is a router which is also a DHCP between the two computers. Both have internet, laptop can see desktop but cannot access any shared files. Desktop cannot see laptop, but if you type in the address of the printer (eg. \\192.168.0.x\hp630) you are prompted for a password. Once the password/username are entered, the printer appears and you can print to it. Once you log off and log back in however, the printer still shows up in the printers section but you get an access denied error.
The user on the laptop has a username/password to get into the laptop, the user wanting to use printer has an account that does not have a password.
I tried to share a file as userB on desktop, userA on laptop cannot see it or even map to it.
I hooked in my laptop to the network, both can access my shared files but I could not access anything on either of theirs…very strange, eh?
I would appreciate any ideas. Feel free to post something if I need to clarify or further explain something.
Thank you in advance,
Mike