Thank you, there is a thing or 2 in here I was not aware of. I'll take a shot at it and hopefully have some good news. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Ventura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] setting up a home network
> David, it is recommended to changed the default of MSHOME to anything > else. Make sure that the same workgroup name is used on all computers in > the workgroup. All computers need to have file sharing enabled. Now with > that said, you may not be able to access anything on your other computer > if there is nothing shared on that computer. Windows XP allows either > simple or advanced file sharing. Either one will work but the same > scenario must be used on all computers in the workgroup. Lets take a > really simple example you have a workgroup with two computers one named > compOe and the other named compTwo. We are going to assume file sharing > is enabled on both computers and that firewalls on both computers are > configured to allow this (obviously your roter's firewall has nothing to > do with this since all traffic is only on your LAN). Comptwo has a > folder named Pictures which you would like to access from CompOne. You > would go into the properties of the Pictures folder on Comptwo and share > it with a name of "Pics". You can now access that folder from Compone by > typing in "\\comptwo\pics" into the run dialog and use the proper > credentials (username and password). Here is the kicker, if the account > in which you are using its credentials does not have a password set up > on Comptwo then you must configure Comptwo's group policies to allow > logging on with a null password. For some reason Microsoft has remote > logging on with null passwords disabled by default in XP SP2 and later. > Hth > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David & > Patricia Ferrin > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Blind-Computing] setting up a home network > > So here's the deal, first of all this system is running XP home and > Patty has XP pro on her system. I can get the MS home deal working on > her system but no matter what I do it simply won't work on mine. I've > done the network setup wizard and worked with Rick who has done this on > his systems for several years. This morning I went down through the list > of services comparing in an attempt to match them where possible without > any success so far. When ever I get down to the MS home icon and try > opening it up it just will not allow me to access anything beyond that > point. So folks what am I missing? Frankly at this point it's above my > pay grade as the saying goes. > David Ferrin > www.jaws-users.com > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
