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by pchlp

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I have a network with 5 computers running XP and one of the computers a 2 printers hooked up to them.
Everyone can printer to them but quite often the have to type the login password to hook up to the printer PC. I have to tried to map to the PC and click on the box. "reconnect at login" but does not allow me to. As everyone PC on the network has this problem, I am thinking is the Printer PC but sure about what it can be.
Any ideas?

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by cg it

peer to peer workgroup networking? if this is a workgroup, make sure all computers are joined to the same workgroup [and not the default named WorkGroup. That all user accounts that will access shared resources are on all computers that will be accessed. That you shared the resource that users will access and than you gave permission to those users to access the shared resource. The everyone group works but everyone literally means everyone.

If all computers belong to the same workgroup, that all user accounts are on all computers, that you shared a resource such as a print device and assigned permissions, you can then install the printer on each computer as a shared resource using the new printer wizard.

by jasonn

if you are using windows xp home/pro check the following. in my computer go to tools menu>folder options>select the view tab> scroll right to the bottom and look for " use simple file sharing" now if this is NOT checked then users will be prompted for password unless on the computer to which they are connecting there is an identical account with the same user name and password. to stop them being asked for logon credentials simply enable this option. this should solve your problem. alternatively set it up in a domain.

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