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  1. msocks

    Non-simple File Sharing absurdity #2

    linney - thanks for all the valuable pointers. The last link on MS.com (manage passwd on non-domain XPP), includes the following instructions: 2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel. 3. In Control Panel, click User Accounts under Pick a category to open the User Accounts dialog box. 4...
  2. msocks

    Non-simple File Sharing absurdity #2

    Wow ! ... that sure works. Thanks smah Can I ask you where do you find such nifty hidden stuff? Like is there an index or website somewhere titled "all the good stuff that the so-called M$ engineers try hard for you not to know"?
  3. msocks

    Non-simple File Sharing absurdity #2

    There is now a new problem with non-simple file sharing. Once you establish authentication, then it seems to be IMPOSSIBLE to turn it off !! Thus creating a huge security hole. Assume there is a public machine with many users all the same password (or no passwd). Assume a private machine...
  4. msocks

    XPP non-simple File Sharing absurdity

    To disable simple file sharing (and get the real file sharing), do My Computer | Tools | Folder Options | View | Simple File Sharing, and check it OFF. Cannot be done in XPH.
  5. msocks

    XPP non-simple File Sharing absurdity

    Do you believe this !?!?!?!? In order to logon to another computer over the network using a different user name, you need to ...... "disable the Guest account" !!! UNBELIEVABLE Those M$ so-called "engineers" must eat donkey brains for breakfast, everyday.
  6. msocks

    XPP non-simple File Sharing absurdity

    Thanks smah !! The answer was hidden somewhere in that link you provided. When user B accesses a shared resource on machine A, and if user B does not have an account on A, then user B becomes a "Guest", and hence cannot create a session with another login name, as there is no prompt to logon...
  7. msocks

    XPP non-simple File Sharing absurdity

    Hi wolluf - I already have access to the shared files (as user AU), and File and Printer Sharing is ticked ON both machines. This is not the problem. The problem is that machine A is giving me access session as BU user only and NOT AU. Since BU does not have an account on A, he become a...
  8. msocks

    XPP non-simple File Sharing absurdity

    Hi all - I decided to turn off "Simple File Sharing" (in folders->folder options->view, of all the places on earth!), and am stuck with an anomaly, and your help is most appreciated. If a user tries to share a file over the network, but the user does not have an account on the machine, it...
  9. msocks

    Outlook - Forwarding Email to a Category

    MS Outlook 2003 How does one forward an email to recepients selected by categories? Assume we have 10 different categories and we have an existing email to be forwarded, or an email just composed, or we are sending a page from IE to a set of recepients who belong to categories 4 and 5, and a...

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