Vista requires username and password to access the other computers?
I have set up a couple of Vistaworkgroups now and I have got to be doing something wrong. This cannot be this difficult. I would appreciate some help in what I am missing. Here is an example. Example 1 (Workgroup): 2 Vista Home OR 2 Vista Business computers. 1 XP Home Computer No active software firewall No active anti-virus No passwords on the local account usernames I tell it to work with the Office Workgroup. All computers tell me they are on the office workgroup, please reboot. All computers can see the all other computers. You can access the XP system with no problems. The Vista systems ask for a username and password. You type in the Administrator username OR the local username with no password and it tells you that you cannot use a blank password. I can go around this issue if I set up a password on the local account and then use that username and password when attempting to access the Vista computers however that means that the client has to login all of the time which they do not want to do. I can once again go around that issue by placing an autologin reghack in the registry. I can also go around this issue by creating a second username with a password on the account and use those credentials however doing this disables the ability to just have the computer log into itself. The "user passwords2" command no longer functions within Vista Home (haven't tried that on Vista Business yet), so I cannot easily tell the computer to log into just he one account automatically. Questions: 1. Where is the Network Setup Wizard located on the Vista Home and Vista Business computers? 2. How do I get around Vista asking for the username and password of the person attempting to login while not losing the functionality of the local user automatically logging in without entering a password? Thanks for any help. Wayne
October 22nd, 2007 6:23pm

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