Workgroups and passwords

crazyclown · 02-26-2006, 09:44 AM

Hi, I live in a dorm on a university network, and I have two computers, one is a laptop and the other a desktop. when i go to my network places, nothing shows up, but then i go to view workgroup computers, and I can see a bunch of peoples computers. of course i cant access them. The problem is that if someone clicked on my desktop in that workgroup folder, it would say "access denied" like most of the other computers. however, if someone clicked on my laptop, it would let them in allowing them to get into my "shared documents" folder, as well as access printers (though i don't have any connected to it). What i want to be able to do, and I have seen this done before on some of the computers in the workgroup, is to have a password prompt when you double click on the computer. How do i set this? I know i cna right click on shared docs, go to sharing and security, and enable sharing, but where is the place that lets me set a password? This way i can set a password on both computers, and be able to share files and printers without sharing it with the rest of the dorm. Thanks for your help!

DBClark · 02-27-2006, 05:19 AM

Here is a link to MS Knowledge base with some info if you are using PRO on the laptop:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/en-us

02-26-2006, 09:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
crazyclown Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: UIUC Posts: 66 OS: XP My System	Workgroups and passwords Hi, I live in a dorm on a university network, and I have two computers, one is a laptop and the other a desktop. when i go to my network places, nothing shows up, but then i go to view workgroup computers, and I can see a bunch of peoples computers. of course i cant access them. The problem is that if someone clicked on my desktop in that workgroup folder, it would say "access denied" like most of the other computers. however, if someone clicked on my laptop, it would let them in allowing them to get into my "shared documents" folder, as well as access printers (though i don't have any connected to it). What i want to be able to do, and I have seen this done before on some of the computers in the workgroup, is to have a password prompt when you double click on the computer. How do i set this? I know i cna right click on shared docs, go to sharing and security, and enable sharing, but where is the place that lets me set a password? This way i can set a password on both computers, and be able to share files and printers without sharing it with the rest of the dorm. Thanks for your help!

02-27-2006, 05:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
DBClark Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 83 OS: XP Home SP2	Here is a link to MS Knowledge base with some info if you are using PRO on the laptop: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/en-us __________________ A+ N+ MCSA