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"Marts" <> wrote in message news:. ..
>I have a Dell laptop running Vista home Premium. It's my wifes and she has a
> username/password for login.
>
> Now, if I want to access the hard disk on the laptop from my PC on the network I
> need to enter her username and password when a dialog box opens as I try to open
> the machine via Windows Explorer/My Network Places.
>
> How can I set Vista up so that we do not need to enter a user/pass?
>
> Her other machine, a desktop running XP Pro, also has a username/pass. But it
> doesn't require us to enter anything in order to access its hard disks.
>
> Also, I have a print server on the network set up to share a Canon all-in-one
> printer. For some reason it cannot see the Dell when it's "connected" to it via
> the print server and software which remotely controls access to the print
> server. ie. if I want to scan a document and file it it will see the XP based
> desktop machine but it can't see the Dell, even though it's "auto connected" via
> the software which emulates a USB connection over the network.
>
> I'm thinking that it has something to do with the user/password login
> requirement. If this is the case, I need to bypass or disable this requirement.
>
> Any help on this would be appreciated.
>
> The Vista laptop has had all sorts of issues accessing network resources or
> network resources accessing it. Whereas all of the other machines, two desktops
> and another laptop run Windows XP Pro but don't have any of these issues.
>
> I am wondering if I shouldn't try to "retrograde" to XP Pro. Only issue is the
> availability of WinXP chipset drivers and other software that the laptop, a Dell
> XPS may require.
>
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