username & password req'd

[Matthew Jones]

Please help

I have a small peer-peer network set up between me & my neighbours (3 pcs in
total). These are all connected via a hub. My pc is running XP home and the
other 2 machines are running XP pro. The problem I have is that i cant
access shared folders on one of the xp pro machines cos it keeps asking me
for a username & password. However, the same xp pro pc is able to view &
share my files without the hindrance of a username & password box appearing.
Does anyone have any idea on how to get over this?
Also when I use windows explorer or "my network places" to view the pcs on
the network it takes about a minute or so for all pcs to appear on the
screen. is this normal or is there anything I can do to speed up this
process?

tia

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Matthew Jones

[Sujit D'Mello]

"Matthew Jones" <matthew.jones100@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:<IOYUa.16188$T77.1873625@newsfep2-win.server.ntli.net>... Please help I have a small peer-peer network set up between me & my neighbours (3 pcs in total). These are all connected via a hub. My pc is running XP home and the other 2 machines are running XP pro. The problem I have is that i cant access shared folders on one of the xp pro machines cos it keeps asking me for a username & password. However, the same xp pro pc is able to view & share my files without the hindrance of a username & password box appearing. Does anyone have any idea on how to get over this? Also when I use windows explorer or "my network places" to view the pcs on the network it takes about a minute or so for all pcs to appear on the screen. is this normal or is there anything I can do to speed up this process? tia

I thing you have to run the Network Setup Wizard on each computer. This can be
found under Programs->Accesories->Communications

Because your computer has Windows XP Home, the Guest account may be enabled
which is why the other two computers can access your computer. On XP Pro, that
account is disabled by default.

Once a computer is turned on, it can take a few minutes for it to show up in
Network Neighbourhood, but once they do show up it should be there every time.

Sujit D'Mello