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Changing users when remotely accessing a computer


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ShadowPhoenix

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Whenever I try to remotely connect to another computer via the network, the username box is always greyed out and says Comptername\Guest. The problem is that there is no guest account on the computer, but I have an account for that computer. How do I change the username that I log in under?
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What are you using to connect to the other computer?

Are the computers in a workgroup or a domain?
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The computers are part of a workgroup, which is also part of a larger network. The workgroup only shows up under Network Places if I'm connected to the router which serves that group.
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What program are you using to try and connect?
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Windows explorer? I dunno, I'm just trying to connect to it to get a video file off of the network, and the sysadmins disabled the use of thumbdrives
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You need to logon to the machine that you are trying to connect to and then follow these steps:

Go to Start -> My Computer
Go to Tools -> Folder Options
Click View tab
Scroll to the bottom of the Advanced Settings section
Un-check Use simple file sharing
Once that is un-checked, reboot then try to logon again.
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