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connecting to remote computer

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I have a network of 10 computers, running XP Pro. I have 1 computer that will not allow me to access it from my machine via network neoghborhood, or any other method.

I tried to access it through the hidden share built into winXP, the \\compname\c$ but it gives me a "connect to comp" logon screen and is asking for a password.

I dont ever remember setting up passwords for the admin or guest accounts, but it wont let me in. It seems to be looking for a password for guest. I have activated the guest accounts on all the machines. Is there a default password and if not, why the logon?

Even when using this to access the problem computer, it doesnt get me to the logon, rather it gives me an error.

Can anyone offer some advice or possible solutions I can look at?


 
add your user locally on the machine with the password you want it to be and you should be able to admin share into it again.
 
I am not 100% sure what you mean.

Do you mean to add a user to the other computer with the same name as my current user name on my machine? Does it have to be the same exact name or can it be different?

Can I add a password to the guest account and would that work?

When I try to access the hidden share, it goes to the computer\guest account. If I use my exact name, will it default to the computer\myname account?

Thanks for your help.
 
it can be whatever you want really, as long as you give that username local administrator rights you can pop that into the credentials screen that you get. just remember its pcname/username, password (with pc name being the local domain). just to add if your not sure how to do this, log onto said pc as a local administrator , right click on my computer, select manage, expand the local users and groups, select users folder, right click on users folder add new user. after user is created go the groups folder, double click administrators, hit add, type in the user you just created, hit apply and you are done. go to machine and admin share away.

ps. i forgot to mention its a bad idea to enable guest account (for many easily googled reasons). i would disable it and configure a user/pw on all machines you want to admin share into with a secure username and password.
 
Great info, thank you very much.

I added myself to the computer, and to the admin list, and restarted the computer just in case, but I still cant access the computer.

The computer name is craig, and I type \\craig\c$ and it still will not allow access.

An address bar error message pops up saying:
windows cannot find "\\craig\c$". Check the spelling . . . .

From other computers, I can type in \\craig and get to it no problem, but not from mine.

Also, When I type in \\craig\c$ and the logon box comes up, it only comes up with "craig\guest" under the user name and it is grayed out. It wont let me change to another user, like the one I created on it.

Even when I do this for other computers, the comp name\guest comes up and is grayed out, cant change. Do I need to add the user to the guest account so it will let me change it?

I do appreciate any help you can offer very much!
 
I checked and the administrator user is active, not disabled. I cannot loggon as administrator. When I go to users, administrator is not an option. On computer management if I select administrator and attempt to change the password, it comes up with a warning about chnaging passwords here, and to do that through Users.
 
If you're uncomfortable setting the password, first create a secondary administrator and set the password for it. Then set the password for the primary administrator account. If you have a problem with the primary administrator account afterwards you can make more changes with the secondary admin account. I've never had a problem setting the passwords either through the Users applet in Control Panel or using lusrmgr.msc.
 
Will this solve the problem of connecting to the problematic computer?

Even now, I cant even get the ploblematic computer to give me the logon remotely. All other computers give me the logon but are using the guest logon only, without the option to change it to another user. And I dont know what the password for the guest logon is, I didnt even know there was one.

The 2 issues is the problematic computer cant be logged into remotely, and the second is even if at the log in screen, cant get passed the login, on any computer.
 
Did you try to switch off few computers.

10 computers plus any other active connection might exceed the capacity of WinXP on peer-to-peer.

Did you checked in permissions (Right click on C:\ , Sharing, permissions ) and give Full Access.

 
Do you mean under network sharing and security? Yes, they are both checked.

Well, the thing is the problem computer can access all 12 network shares, including this computer. I can access all except that computer. If it was a problem with maxing out XP, the other computer couldnt access all 12 (there are 10 computers,another computer used only as a database, and a NAS.

The problem computer can access me, but I cant access it, some other computers can though, but not all. All computers can access all other computers with the exception of a few computers not being able to access \\craig, though some can.

Very interesting . . .
 
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