Check to see if you have the XP firewall enabled. It is by default and it prevents file
sharing on a local network or workgroup from XP. In your services MMC, look for
ICF/ICS (Internet Connection Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing) service and
disable it. Once that is done you should have no further problems. Unless of course,
you're also running another personal firewall such as McAfee Internet Firewall which
is installed with their XP-compatible AV program.
Realist,
would you need to do is create a user account on the XP computer. then you need to setup that same user on
the ME computer. IE.
WINXP:
Create a user account CHUCK (set permissions and groups and all that fun stuff if you want)
When account is created. goto WinME computer
WinME:
start computer when windows asks for a login
(ie. USername and password)
enter CHUCK (or whatever user name you created on XP)
for password enter the password you setup for the CHUCK account on XP.
If you logged off and tried to log back in under CHUCK you will need to reboot the WINME computer, so it
pings XP and pulls user info from it.
That should do it.
This is what happens in a nutshell.
Your original setup.
WinMe tries to access WinXP. WinXP looks at username and password. WinXP then looks at its user
accounts. Is this guy here? No. well he can't have access. And XP will not let you in.
The new setup.
WinME tried to access WinXP. WinXP looks at username(ie CHUCK) and password (ie. password) . WinXP
the checks its accounts and finds chuck, checks the password. If everything jives well you have access.
You might be asking but wait my network is only peer to peer. Not domain server to workstation. with XP and
win2000 it does not matter. they both want users setup on them.