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Posted by fsda on December 28, 2005, 8:32 pm
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> I am going nuts getting my Sony Vaio XL1 Digital Living System to be
> able to access my shared folders on my separate Windows XP
> Professional workstation on the same network. The XL1 can see the XP
> Pro machine, but I cannot view the list of shares. I receive an error
> stating that I do not have permission to view the resource. Note that
> I am NOT using "Simple File Sharing" on my XP Pro workstation, as I
> want to limit access - i.e. I do not want ALL of my shares to be
> accessable to everybody. (The XL1 is running Windows Media Center
> 2005 Rollup2, and the workstation is running Windows XP Pro SP2. Both
> have all current updates.)
>
> I have traced my problem down to the fact that my XP Pro machine will
> not allow an account that does not have a password to list any of my
> shares.
>
> This creates a problem, as my XL1, by default, loads up with the
> Administrator account, with no password, and automatically logs on. I
> want it to remain this way, as I want the family to be able to simply
> power on the machine and not have to enter a password. What I have
> done is to rename the Administrator account on the XL1 with a new
> Username, but left it without a password. I then created an account
> on my Windows XP Pro machine with the same Username and no password.
>
> However, I am blocked from accessing the shares list on my Windows XP
> Pro machine since the account on my XL1 does not have a password. If
> I assign a password to this account on both the XL1 and my XP Pro
> machine, I can list the shares (and access the shares for which I have
> assigned the appropriate permissions). I.e. this works as long as the
> account has a password. As soon as I change the password to a blank
> (i.e. no password) on both machines, I can no longer connect.
>
> (I have tried the same from another laptop running Windows XP Pro, and
> again found that this issue simply comes down to me ONLY being able to
> access if the account has a password).
>
> How do I eliminate the requirement that the account have a password to
> access the shares list on my Windows XP Pro machine????
>
> I have checked my Password Policy on my Windows XP Pro machine, and
> the Minimum password length is set to 0 characters (which the dialog
> correctly descibes as "no password required").
>
> I can't figure out whereelse to check...
>
> TIA!
>
Sorry for the double-post. I sent one through the MS web site, and
another through my newsreader, before realizing that they were sending
to the same group. Sorry for the bandwidth waste...
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