Hi all,

here's the info:

Toshiba Laptop with XP MCE 2005 installed, having an issue with an XP Pro
machine and trying to establish permanent connection... by this I mean there
is no option to "Remember Password" offered when connecting through the My
Network/Entire Workgroup. Toshiba laptop connects to all other machines
just fine... I thought I set them all up the same, but obviously I missed
something.

the XP Pro machine "Silver", has one shared sub-folder under the My
Documents folder, and the F: and G: drive in totality, these are fully
shared with total controls offered. The administrative profile has a
password and connects fine to all other machines (all are XP Pro SP2)...

On this machine (Silver) I just did a clean install of XP Pro and put on
SP3...

Did one of the updates recently change something? Is there a setting I can
change somewhere to make this automatically signon so I don't have to
manually do it everytime I reboot the laptop?

thanks,
niteowl

niteowl wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> here's the info:
>
> Toshiba Laptop with XP MCE 2005 installed, having an issue with an XP Pro
> machine and trying to establish permanent connection... by this I mean
> there is no option to "Remember Password" offered when connecting through
> the My
> Network/Entire Workgroup. Toshiba laptop connects to all other machines
> just fine... I thought I set them all up the same, but obviously I missed
> something.
>
> the XP Pro machine "Silver", has one shared sub-folder under the My
> Documents folder, and the F: and G: drive in totality, these are fully
> shared with total controls offered. The administrative profile has a
> password and connects fine to all other machines (all are XP Pro SP2)...
>
> On this machine (Silver) I just did a clean install of XP Pro and put on
> SP3...
>
> Did one of the updates recently change something? Is there a setting I
> can change somewhere to make this automatically signon so I don't have to
> manually do it everytime I reboot the laptop?

Make sure you create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines.
You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the
passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the
accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT
NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. 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

If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple
File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:32:54 -0800, Malke <malke@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

>niteowl wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> here's the info:
>>
>> Toshiba Laptop with XP MCE 2005 installed, having an issue with an XP Pro
>> machine and trying to establish permanent connection... by this I mean
>> there is no option to "Remember Password" offered when connecting through
>> the My
>> Network/Entire Workgroup. Toshiba laptop connects to all other machines
>> just fine... I thought I set them all up the same, but obviously I missed
>> something.
>>
>> the XP Pro machine "Silver", has one shared sub-folder under the My
>> Documents folder, and the F: and G: drive in totality, these are fully
>> shared with total controls offered. The administrative profile has a
>> password and connects fine to all other machines (all are XP Pro SP2)...
>>
>> On this machine (Silver) I just did a clean install of XP Pro and put on
>> SP3...
>>
>> Did one of the updates recently change something? Is there a setting I
>> can change somewhere to make this automatically signon so I don't have to
>> manually do it everytime I reboot the laptop?
>
>Make sure you create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines.
>You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the
>passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the
>accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT
>NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES.

Would the passworded Administrator profile fill this requirement?

>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
>
>If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple
>File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).
>
>Malke


thanks, but the challenge isn't booting to a specific profile, the
issue is the laptop will not give me the option to "remember" password
when connecting to the main desktop where networked shared files are.

On all XP Pro machines, when first making connection to other machines
by filling out username and password info, it also has a check box to
"save password" so that future connection is automatic, but on the XP
MCE laptop, it is not offered.. ?? that's what I was seeking a
solution to. It used to be there, but is no longer... so I'm
wondering what could've changed, perhaps one the updates over the past
few months????

thanks for the other info though, that was helpful, and in future I
will certainly remember to do that when setting up new machines.

niteowl

niteowl wrote:

> thanks, but the challenge isn't booting to a specific profile, the
> issue is the laptop will not give me the option to "remember" password
> when connecting to the main desktop where networked shared files are.

It's because you are connecting as Guest instead of as a regular user on the
machine. Disable Simple File Sharing.

> On all XP Pro machines, when first making connection to other machines
> by filling out username and password info, it also has a check box to
> "save password" so that future connection is automatic, but on the XP
> MCE laptop, it is not offered.. ?? that's what I was seeking a
> solution to. It used to be there, but is no longer... so I'm
> wondering what could've changed, perhaps one the updates over the past
> few months????

Disable Simple File Sharing.

Create matching user accounts and passwords for all users who are going to
access shared resources, not just the built-in Administrator account.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> niteowl wrote:
>
>> thanks, but the challenge isn't booting to a specific profile, the
>> issue is the laptop will not give me the option to "remember" password
>> when connecting to the main desktop where networked shared files are.
>
> It's because you are connecting as Guest instead of as a regular user on
> the
> machine. Disable Simple File Sharing.

I am signed in on an administrative profile (separate from the
administrator) on each machine, and Simple File Sharing is disabled on all
machine, and always has been.

>> On all XP Pro machines, when first making connection to other machines
>> by filling out username and password info, it also has a check box to
>> "save password" so that future connection is automatic, but on the XP
>> MCE laptop, it is not offered.. ?? that's what I was seeking a
>> solution to. It used to be there, but is no longer... so I'm
>> wondering what could've changed, perhaps one the updates over the past
>> few months????
>
> Disable Simple File Sharing.
>
> Create matching user accounts and passwords for all users who are going to
> access shared resources, not just the built-in Administrator account.

It doesn't matter that no one will be using it if I read your previous post
correctly... I'll check this and add one if needed... will let you know how
it works out.

thanks,
niteowl

> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>