workgroup problem
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Do you have Win98 Win2000 or WinXP ?
First of all you're computers must be connected with the same workgroup
ex : MYHOME
Then you must share a space on you're hard disk this could be a folder or a partition, how to do this ? Click right on a folder then choose SHARING. There you can chose the options : do you won't to share this folder ? and can other users change the content of this share read/write.
First of all you're computers must be connected with the same workgroup
ex : MYHOME
Then you must share a space on you're hard disk this could be a folder or a partition, how to do this ? Click right on a folder then choose SHARING. There you can chose the options : do you won't to share this folder ? and can other users change the content of this share read/write.
ViperGTS19801
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Also, on an internal network, you must set the username and password on BOTH machines to be identical. For instance, when you log onto Windows, if the username is JohnDoe and the password is MSPress@LS#1 on one of the machines, the same must be true for the other machine. The only work around for this is if you input the username and password that is required by the computer you are trying to access to log onto Windows.
thanks for the comments; i think vipergts19801 has something there. i do see both computers on the workgroup, but it's just the pop up thing that requires you to type in the password and username that prevents me from accessing the shared file/s. how do i change the 'internal network' username and password? is that the same as going to the control panel and into "user accounts?"
my problem, when the pop up thing opens (username and password required), i cant change the username (it's set and i cant change it), i could only type in the password, and i dont know what it is with the set username. thus, i cannot get into the other computer's shared files.
thanks for reading and all the help!
my problem, when the pop up thing opens (username and password required), i cant change the username (it's set and i cant change it), i could only type in the password, and i dont know what it is with the set username. thus, i cannot get into the other computer's shared files.
thanks for reading and all the help!
ViperGTS19801
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The user name and password it is asking for is the same user name and password you would use to log into the computer you are trying to access. The reason you are not able to change said user name is because there is only one authorized user on that computer: the account you created when you first booted it up.
Right-click on My Computer, click Manage, click Local Users and Groups, find your name, right click on it, click Set Password. Make sure you decrypt andy encrypted files on your computer first. The other way to do it is though the Control Panel, but you don't feel quite as accomplished. My suggestion (and Microsoft's "least administrative effort" best practive policy) is that you make both computer's login user names and passwords identical. What this does is, when Computer A asks Computer B for files, and Computer B asks Computer A for the right username/password, Computer A already has the right credentials (since that's what you used to log in). Thus, Computer A will never ask you for a password again.
Hope this all helps.
Right-click on My Computer, click Manage, click Local Users and Groups, find your name, right click on it, click Set Password. Make sure you decrypt andy encrypted files on your computer first. The other way to do it is though the Control Panel, but you don't feel quite as accomplished. My suggestion (and Microsoft's "least administrative effort" best practive policy) is that you make both computer's login user names and passwords identical. What this does is, when Computer A asks Computer B for files, and Computer B asks Computer A for the right username/password, Computer A already has the right credentials (since that's what you used to log in). Thus, Computer A will never ask you for a password again.
Hope this all helps.