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Thread ID: 57967 2005-05-17 13:15:00 Windows login over a network. hamstar (4) Press F1
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356036 2005-05-17 13:15:00 Is there any way I can stop a Windows machine asking for a password every time I want to access files on the machine? Like, allowing anonymous logons, or some kind of auto-login file or something? hamstar (4)
356037 2005-05-17 13:17:00 You need to re-look at the sharing on the machine you are trying to log on to, or is there an option to save the password. Rob99 (151)
356038 2005-05-17 13:35:00 there is no option to save the password.

Windows 2k and xp machines...
hamstar (4)
356039 2005-05-17 20:21:00 If u mean on a LAN, enable simple file sharing on XP.

Then u wont need a password to login to another pc on the LAN.

If the option is there. From previous posts I've seen here XP Home doesnt have this option tho. I could be wrong.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
356040 2005-05-17 23:16:00 tweakUI has auto log on. not to sure about XP tho. tweak'e (69)
356041 2005-05-18 09:43:00 from the command line:

net use (www.microsoft.com)

e.g. (all one one line)

net use x:\\servername\sharename password /user:username /savecred /persistent:yes


actually I'm not too sure you need the /savecred
gibler (49)
356042 2005-05-18 11:16:00 I'm an advocate for the net use command myself, but I understand that such permanent solutions are often not needed.

If you're not part of a domain (in which case this would just not happen), then you can avoid the problem, I've heard, by creating identical accounts on each PC. That is, if you want to log in with PJohnson on your PC, then access another PC, that other PC must have a user account named PJohnson that has the same password as your machine.
Growly (6)
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