Hi,

I'm not real familiar with WXP Home, only WXP Pro. I'm trying to help a
friend network her WXP Pro laptop to her WXP Home desktop.

WXP Home does not have the Local Users and Groups applet (why, he asked?)
The accounts on her desktop (hers plus the kids) don't have passwords
(probably not the best idea but that's how she likes it plus there is a
hardware firewall (router) in place).

I'd like to setup a service account on the desktop (eg.
Administrator/password) to handle the login request when I attempt to map a
network drive from the laptop to the desktop. I'd prefer the service
account to ***NOT*** show up on the login screen.

Right now, when I try to map the network drive, the login credentials are
DESKTOP\Guest (grayed out, can't change it), and entering a password doesn't
help (I think it's blank anyway).

Any ideas on tackling this issue would be greatly appreciated. I would
especially like to know how to create hidden, service accounts on both XP
Home and XP Professional.

Regards,
Scott

Are there no MVP'ers here who can address this issue? Is this really that
difficult a problem? Are there other resources (eg. Microsoft Support)
where I can get help? Have I posted to the wrong newsgroup(s)?

"Scott Bass" <usenet739_yahoo_com_au> wrote in message
news:ud8lpYn3FHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I'm not real familiar with WXP Home, only WXP Pro. I'm trying to help a
> friend network her WXP Pro laptop to her WXP Home desktop.
>
> WXP Home does not have the Local Users and Groups applet (why, he asked?)
> The accounts on her desktop (hers plus the kids) don't have passwords
> (probably not the best idea but that's how she likes it plus there is a
> hardware firewall (router) in place).
>
> I'd like to setup a service account on the desktop (eg.
> Administrator/password) to handle the login request when I attempt to map
> a network drive from the laptop to the desktop. I'd prefer the service
> account to ***NOT*** show up on the login screen.
>
> Right now, when I try to map the network drive, the login credentials are
> DESKTOP\Guest (grayed out, can't change it), and entering a password
> doesn't help (I think it's blank anyway).
>
> Any ideas on tackling this issue would be greatly appreciated. I would
> especially like to know how to create hidden, service accounts on both XP
> Home and XP Professional.
>
> Regards,
> Scott
>

Mmm, you've cross-posted to *lots* of groups... 8-(

I don't think that you are going to be able to achieve what
you want. When you connect to another machine, you HAVE to
give the credentials that are required to connect ot that
machine.

When you make a mapping, though, you can specify that it
will be persistent across reboots.

Cheers,

Cliff

Scott Bass wrote:
> Are there no MVP'ers here who can address this issue? Is
> this really that difficult a problem? Are there other
> resources (eg. Microsoft Support) where I can get help?
> Have I posted to the wrong newsgroup(s)?
>
> "Scott Bass" <usenet739_yahoo_com_au> wrote in message
> news:ud8lpYn3FHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm not real familiar with WXP Home, only WXP Pro. I'm
>> trying to help a friend network her WXP Pro laptop to
>> her WXP Home desktop.
>>
>> WXP Home does not have the Local Users and Groups
>> applet (why, he asked?) The accounts on her desktop
>> (hers plus the kids) don't have passwords (probably not
>> the best idea but that's how she likes it plus there is
>> a hardware firewall (router) in place).
>>
>> I'd like to setup a service account on the desktop (eg.
>> Administrator/password) to handle the login request
>> when I attempt to map a network drive from the laptop
>> to the desktop. I'd prefer the service account to
>> ***NOT*** show up on the login screen.
>>
>> Right now, when I try to map the network drive, the
>> login credentials are DESKTOP\Guest (grayed out, can't
>> change it), and entering a password doesn't help (I
>> think it's blank anyway).
>>
>> Any ideas on tackling this issue would be greatly
>> appreciated. I would especially like to know how to
>> create hidden, service accounts on both XP Home and XP
>> Professional.
>>
>> Regards, Scott
>>
>
>
>



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"Enkidu" <enkidu.com@com.cliffp.com> wrote in message
news:436b1fb8$1@news2.actrix.gen.nz...
>
> Mmm, you've cross-posted to *lots* of groups... 8-(

Hmmm, is 4 lots? I'm open to posting to one...feel free to suggest the best
one for this subject. I wasn't sure so I picked newsgroups that I thought
would apply. It's weird that there isn't a
microsoft.public.windowsxp.networking newsgroup (but there is one for South
Africa, albeit with low readership...)

>
> I don't think that you are going to be able to achieve what you want. When
> you connect to another machine, you HAVE to give the credentials that are
> required to connect ot that machine.

I understand that. But is there a way to create a "service" account under
WXP Home (and WXP Pro as well). There are plenty of software products that
create a hidden service account as part of their installation process. How
do they accomplish this? Is there a registry setting I can set so an
account does not show up on the login screen?

>
> When you make a mapping, though, you can specify that it will be
> persistent across reboots.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cliff
>
> Scott Bass wrote:
>> Are there no MVP'ers here who can address this issue? Is
>> this really that difficult a problem? Are there other
>> resources (eg. Microsoft Support) where I can get help?
>> Have I posted to the wrong newsgroup(s)?
>>
>> "Scott Bass" <usenet739_yahoo_com_au> wrote in message
>> news:ud8lpYn3FHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm not real familiar with WXP Home, only WXP Pro. I'm
>>> trying to help a friend network her WXP Pro laptop to
>>> her WXP Home desktop.
>>>
>>> WXP Home does not have the Local Users and Groups
>>> applet (why, he asked?) The accounts on her desktop
>>> (hers plus the kids) don't have passwords (probably not
>>> the best idea but that's how she likes it plus there is
>>> a hardware firewall (router) in place).
>>>
>>> I'd like to setup a service account on the desktop (eg.
>>> Administrator/password) to handle the login request
>>> when I attempt to map a network drive from the laptop
>>> to the desktop. I'd prefer the service account to
>>> ***NOT*** show up on the login screen.
>>>
>>> Right now, when I try to map the network drive, the
>>> login credentials are DESKTOP\Guest (grayed out, can't
>>> change it), and entering a password doesn't help (I
>>> think it's blank anyway).
>>>
>>> Any ideas on tackling this issue would be greatly
>>> appreciated. I would especially like to know how to
>>> create hidden, service accounts on both XP Home and XP
>>> Professional.
>>>
>>> Regards, Scott
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Barzoomian the Martian - http://barzoomian.blogspot.com

"Scott Bass" <usenet739_yahoo_com_au> wrote:

> "Enkidu" <enkidu.com@com.cliffp.com> wrote in message
> news:436b1fb8$1@news2.actrix.gen.nz...
>>
>> Mmm, you've cross-posted to *lots* of groups... 8-(
>
> Hmmm, is 4 lots? I'm open to posting to one...feel free to suggest
> the best
> one for this subject. I wasn't sure so I picked newsgroups that I
> thought
> would apply. It's weird that there isn't a
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.networking newsgroup (but there is one for
> South Africa, albeit with low readership...)

Yes there is: microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web.

List of all MS newsgroups:
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Scott Bass" <usenet739_yahoo_com_au> wrote in
news:ud8lpYn3FHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl:

>
> I'd like to setup a service account on the desktop (eg.
> Administrator/password) to handle the login request when I attempt to
> map a network drive from the laptop to the desktop. I'd prefer the
> service account to ***NOT*** show up on the login screen.
>
> Right now, when I try to map the network drive, the login credentials
> are DESKTOP\Guest (grayed out, can't change it), and entering a
> password doesn't help (I think it's blank anyway).
>

Doesn't Home work the same way as Pro ? Each PC needs identical user
accounts ? (I have ZERO experience with XP home)

When you try to map it, isn't there a 'Connect as a different user' option
?

Scott Bass wrote:
> "Enkidu" <enkidu.com@com.cliffp.com> wrote in message
> news:436b1fb8$1@news2.actrix.gen.nz...
>
>>Mmm, you've cross-posted to *lots* of groups... 8-(
>
>
> Hmmm, is 4 lots? I'm open to posting to one...feel free to suggest the best
> one for this subject. I wasn't sure so I picked newsgroups that I thought
> would apply. It's weird that there isn't a
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.networking newsgroup (but there is one for South
> Africa, albeit with low readership...)
>
Probably not. It seemed like more somehow!
>
>>I don't think that you are going to be able to achieve what you want. When
>>you connect to another machine, you HAVE to give the credentials that are
>>required to connect ot that machine.
>
> I understand that. But is there a way to create a "service" account under
> WXP Home (and WXP Pro as well). There are plenty of software products that
> create a hidden service account as part of their installation process. How
> do they accomplish this? Is there a registry setting I can set so an
> account does not show up on the login screen?
>
You likely have hidden accounts on the machine. You could
compare the registry keys with an ordinary account, but it
would probably take a bit of work.
>
>>When you make a mapping, though, you can specify that it will be
>>persistent across reboots.
>>
Does the 'net' command exist on XP Home? If so you could
create a little bat file to map the drive from the command
line (including user and password) and create a short cut on
the desktop to the bat file.

Cheers,

Cliff

>>Scott Bass wrote:
>>
>>>Are there no MVP'ers here who can address this issue? Is
>>>this really that difficult a problem? Are there other
>>>resources (eg. Microsoft Support) where I can get help?
>>>Have I posted to the wrong newsgroup(s)?
>>>
>>>"Scott Bass" <usenet739_yahoo_com_au> wrote in message
>>>news:ud8lpYn3FHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I'm not real familiar with WXP Home, only WXP Pro. I'm
>>>>trying to help a friend network her WXP Pro laptop to
>>>>her WXP Home desktop.
>>>>
>>>>WXP Home does not have the Local Users and Groups
>>>>applet (why, he asked?) The accounts on her desktop
>>>>(hers plus the kids) don't have passwords (probably not
>>>>the best idea but that's how she likes it plus there is
>>>>a hardware firewall (router) in place).
>>>>
>>>>I'd like to setup a service account on the desktop (eg.
>>>> Administrator/password) to handle the login request
>>>>when I attempt to map a network drive from the laptop
>>>>to the desktop. I'd prefer the service account to
>>>>***NOT*** show up on the login screen.
>>>>
>>>>Right now, when I try to map the network drive, the
>>>>login credentials are DESKTOP\Guest (grayed out, can't
>>>>change it), and entering a password doesn't help (I
>>>>think it's blank anyway).
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas on tackling this issue would be greatly
>>>>appreciated. I would especially like to know how to
>>>>create hidden, service accounts on both XP Home and XP
>>>>Professional.
>>>>
>>>>Regards, Scott
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>
>>Barzoomian the Martian - http://barzoomian.blogspot.com
>
>
>



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