Cannot Type in Username In XP

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Hi All,

I am having problem when accessing my XP machine at home. When I connect to
another XP machine (my network is in workgroup) by typing \\machinename, the
dialogue pop up with the username field grey out and i cannot type in the
username. I can only type in the password. the username field is with
machinename\guest with grey out which i cannot change. I try to enable the
guest account on both of my machine but is useless. So how can I manage to
type in the username and password when I connect to another XP machine and
access the file inside? Hope someone can help me.

Thank you

Eng

 

[Guest]

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Disable Simple File sharing.

How to configure file sharing in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx


"Eng" <Eng@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E3B99C05-813C-48FD-9C0B-D34DF740E610@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I am having problem when accessing my XP machine at home. When I connect
> to
> another XP machine (my network is in workgroup) by typing \\machinename,
> the
> dialogue pop up with the username field grey out and i cannot type in the
> username. I can only type in the password. the username field is with
> machinename\guest with grey out which i cannot change. I try to enable the
> guest account on both of my machine but is useless. So how can I manage to
> type in the username and password when I connect to another XP machine and
> access the file inside? Hope someone can help me.
>
> Thank you
>
> Eng