Guest Athena Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Hello, I have a large Hard drive connected to a Windows XP machine. I can access to this drive without using any user name/password; it's a simple share drive. But when I wanted to backup files to it from my Vista machine, Vista Backup and Restore Center is asking Username/password combination for this drive which do not exist! So how can I setup username/password for this drive in this Windows XP machine to be able to backup files from the Vista machine? Thank you. Athena I
Guest Malke Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Re: How to setup Shared folder password? Athena wrote: > Hello, > > I have a large Hard drive connected to a Windows XP machine. I can > access to this drive without using any user name/password; it's a simple > share drive. But when I wanted to backup files to it from my Vista > machine, Vista Backup and Restore Center is asking Username/password > combination for > this drive which do not exist! So how can I setup username/password for > this drive in this Windows XP machine to be able to backup files from > the Vista machine? Thank you. Create identical user accounts and passwords on both machines. You can still boot directly to the desktop into whatever account you like for convenience. Assign permissions to the folder accordingly. Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Athena Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Re: How to setup Shared folder password? Malke, Thank you. It worked but since my OS is Windows XP home I could not continue. Is it possible to upgrade the OS from Home to Pro without losing the data in the comp? Athena "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:O1$YZIy6HHA.4584@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Athena wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a large Hard drive connected to a Windows XP machine. I can access >> to this drive without using any user name/password; it's a simple >> share drive. But when I wanted to backup files to it from my Vista >> machine, Vista Backup and Restore Center is asking Username/password >> combination for >> this drive which do not exist! So how can I setup username/password for >> this drive in this Windows XP machine to be able to backup files from the >> Vista machine? Thank you. > > Create identical user accounts and passwords on both machines. You can > still boot directly to the desktop into whatever account you like for > convenience. Assign permissions to the folder accordingly. > > Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - > http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Malke Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Re: How to setup Shared folder password? Athena wrote: > Malke, > > Thank you. It worked but since my OS is Windows XP home I could not > continue. Is it possible to upgrade the OS from Home to Pro without > losing the data in the comp? You do not need to upgrade to XP Pro to share the external hard drive. Please see this general networking information: This link will take you through Vista networking very well: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall; or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it. Here are some general networking tips for home/small networks: 1. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like Norton 2006/07) which acts as a firewall, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Do not run more than one firewall. 2. With earlier Microsoft operating systems, the name of the Workgroup didn't matter. Apparently it does with Vista, so put all computers in the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab. 3. Create identical user accounts and passwords on all machines. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista: Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm 4. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center: a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user accounts/passwords on all computers. b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the Simple File Sharing enabled. Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it matters in your situation. I think it is a good idea to create the identical user accounts/passwords in any case when Vista machines are involved and it isn't an onerous task with home/small networks. 5. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder. See the first link above for details about Vista sharing. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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