I have a windows XP sp2 remote computer that's not part of our domain (a
users home system) connected through our VPN that I need to connect to to
start a service on. I know the authentication information (adminitrator
password) however when I enter \\ipaddress into run and click ok I get a
response for authentication that has the guest account already selected with
no way for me to change that (greyed out) and of course the guest account A)
is disabled by default and B) does not have a password set for it.

How can I get this system to allow me to authenticate with the administrator
useraname and password?

Thanks!

Scott

Simple file sharing needs to be turned off. You'll need to walk your home
user through these steps:

Go to Start --> My Computer
Tools --> Folder Options
Click on the view tab and scroll all the way to the bottom.

You should see the option checked for 'Use simple file sharing
(Recommended)'

Uncheck that and click OK.


--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.


"Scott McDonald" <sdgmcdon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have a windows XP sp2 remote computer that's not part of our domain (a
>users home system) connected through our VPN that I need to connect to to
>start a service on. I know the authentication information (adminitrator
>password) however when I enter \\ipaddress into run and click ok I get a
>response for authentication that has the guest account already selected
>with no way for me to change that (greyed out) and of course the guest
>account A) is disabled by default and B) does not have a password set for
>it.
>
> How can I get this system to allow me to authenticate with the
> administrator useraname and password?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Scott
>

XP Pro has an option called "Simple File Sharing" that is enabled by
default, which turns on an option called "Force Guest". As you can
guess by the name, it forces anyone who tries to login over the network
to use the Guest account.

To turn off Simple File sharing, open My Computer and go to the Tools
menu, click on Folder Options, Click on the View tab, scroll down to
the bottom, and uncheck Use Simple File Sharing.

that sucks...the user is here in the office :-(

Guess it will have to wait until they are home again.

"Mike Brearley" <Mike_BrearleyDONTDOIT@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Simple file sharing needs to be turned off. You'll need to walk your home
> user through these steps:
>
> Go to Start --> My Computer
> Tools --> Folder Options
> Click on the view tab and scroll all the way to the bottom.
>
> You should see the option checked for 'Use simple file sharing
> (Recommended)'
>
> Uncheck that and click OK.
>
>
> --
> Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
> were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
> lack of caffeine.
>
>
> "Scott McDonald" <sdgmcdon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23JDl%23HVFGHA.2444@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>I have a windows XP sp2 remote computer that's not part of our domain (a
>>users home system) connected through our VPN that I need to connect to to
>>start a service on. I know the authentication information (adminitrator
>>password) however when I enter \\ipaddress into run and click ok I get a
>>response for authentication that has the guest account already selected
>>with no way for me to change that (greyed out) and of course the guest
>>account A) is disabled by default and B) does not have a password set for
>>it.
>>
>> How can I get this system to allow me to authenticate with the
>> administrator useraname and password?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Scott
>>
>
>

that sucks...the user is here in the office :-(

Guess it will have to wait until they are home again.

"Jim" <jimvernon2003@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> XP Pro has an option called "Simple File Sharing" that is enabled by
> default, which turns on an option called "Force Guest". As you can
> guess by the name, it forces anyone who tries to login over the network
> to use the Guest account.
>
> To turn off Simple File sharing, open My Computer and go to the Tools
> menu, click on Folder Options, Click on the View tab, scroll down to
> the bottom, and uncheck Use Simple File Sharing.
>