Access Denied (how to gain access to another machine QUICKLY!!)

[scj6771]

And yet quite possibly another no brainer for you all, I work on a large number of machines for family and friends, mostly 2000 or XP Home and Pro and to be quite honest with you I am not sure what the best way to connect to these machines would be, what I mean is I am soooooo tired of setting up a machine in my shop, running up stairs to my primary machine to either get in remotly or tap into the c:\ drive of the other machine only to realize that I do not have permition, or I do not remember the computer name, or I do not have the password, or I can not log on as the "guest". Do you know what I mean? I get so frustrated when I get the "Access Denied" message. it seems to me I spend more time trying to get into these machines than I do reparing them. So I guess my question would be, once I have the machine setup what is the FASTEST way for me to gain access to that machine from another machine? Lets just focus on XP and 2000, Do I really have to setup a user first to gain access? or is there a quicker way. Thanks.

[glc]

Enable the guest account.

[sugarhappy99]

for the computer that it wont let you access, you have to go into administrative tools either in the control panel for xp or in accessories in the start menu for 2000.Then you have to go into local security policies >security settings>local policies>security options>and then find the registry key that says Network access:Let Everyone permissions apply to anonomous users and enable that, then go to the user rights assignment>find the key Access this computer from the network and right click properties and you have to add the computers you want to have access rights to or you can just put \Everyone.After that reboot and that should do the trick i had that same access denied bullcrap trying access my shared folders on my other computer.

[scj6771]

Thanks, I will give that a go.