Can I access users from another PC in a workgroup?

Can I access users from another PC in a workgroup?
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Can I access users from another PC in a workgroup? Friso Wiskerke 08-20-2006
Posted by Friso Wiskerke on August 20, 2006, 8:19 am
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Hi all,

I've got 2 PC's which are in the same workgroup. I would like to be able to
access each computer from the other without having to share all
drives/directories. I've got a feeling that this isn't a safe option,
especially when connected to the internet.

So I thought if I add the administrator from PC1 to the Administrators group
on PC2 that I should be able to access the drives. However I can't add a
user from PC1 to a group on PC2, it doesn't understand the user's location
and I cannot set the location to the other PC.

Can anyone give me pointers or help me out?

TIA,
Friso Wiskerke




Posted by Shenan Stanley on August 20, 2006, 8:27 am
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Friso Wiskerke wrote:
> I've got 2 PC's which are in the same workgroup. I would like to be
> able to access each computer from the other without having to share
> all drives/directories. I've got a feeling that this isn't a safe
> option, especially when connected to the internet.
>
> So I thought if I add the administrator from PC1 to the
> Administrators group on PC2 that I should be able to access the
> drives. However I can't add a user from PC1 to a group on PC2, it
> doesn't understand the user's location and I cannot set the
> location to the other PC.


Workgroups don't work like that.

Assuming Windows XP Professional, Simple File Sharing turned off...
If you want to access the files/folders on another computer - you need to
know a username/password on the other computer that has rights to that
share/folder/files.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



Posted by Friso Wiskerke on August 20, 2006, 9:18 am
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Sorry, forgot to mention the platform... but it was a good assumption: XP
Pro

I've set it up as mentioned below and its working
thanx for the tip

Cheers,
Friso


> Friso Wiskerke wrote:
>> I've got 2 PC's which are in the same workgroup. I would like to be
>> able to access each computer from the other without having to share
>> all drives/directories. I've got a feeling that this isn't a safe
>> option, especially when connected to the internet.
>>
>> So I thought if I add the administrator from PC1 to the
>> Administrators group on PC2 that I should be able to access the
>> drives. However I can't add a user from PC1 to a group on PC2, it
>> doesn't understand the user's location and I cannot set the
>> location to the other PC.
>
>
> Workgroups don't work like that.
>
> Assuming Windows XP Professional, Simple File Sharing turned off...
> If you want to access the files/folders on another computer - you need to
> know a username/password on the other computer that has rights to that
> share/folder/files.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>



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