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| Thread ID: 96630 | 2009-01-17 02:31:00 | Stop Win 2000 asking for password | jwil1 (65) | Press F1 |
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| 739650 | 2009-01-17 02:31:00 | Hi all, I have a machine here that I have just reinstalled Windows 2000 Professional on and intend to use it as a file server. Problem is - whenever I attempt to connect to it via Run>\\ComputerName, it pops up asking for a username and password. When I enter them I can access it no problems (I've shared a secondary hard disk for storage). How can I set it up so I DON'T have to enter a username/password to access the PC? TIA :) |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 739651 | 2009-01-17 02:48:00 | Does Run>Control userpasswords2 then untick require password work, like in XP? | Blam (54) | ||
| 739652 | 2009-01-17 02:56:00 | May have to go through group policy somewhere, and disable it Run / gpedit.msc |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 739653 | 2009-01-17 04:07:00 | Does Run>Control userpasswords2 then untick require password work, like in XP? Nope :( May have to go through group policy somewhere, and disable it Run / gpedit.msc Where would I go to configure the password requirement within GP? |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 739654 | 2009-01-17 04:58:00 | Take a look on http://www.annoyances.org/ Fixing Windows annoyances for many years. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 739655 | 2009-01-17 20:22:00 | Yeah, I found this 'problem' a while ago. W2000 does not have a hidden guest user so you have to create a user/password on the W2000 box to mirror the accessing machine's user/password. | linw (53) | ||
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