Server 2003

[LeveL]

Server 2003 does not have "Simple File Sharing" in Control Panel > Folder Options

like it does in XP.

Is there any way to get Server 2003 to work the same way as XP does with regards

to it being in a workgroup?

Someone said "create identical user accounts on the Server 2003 machine

with the same name and password as the workstation you want to connect

to the Server 2003 machine and they won't have to type any password in

to access your shared folders on the Server 2003 machine"

Nope - doesn't work.

They said "Set up a domain" but I want some way to add Simple File Sharing

to Server 2003! Isn't there any tweak or even a 3rd party program that could

"install" this functionality into Server 2003?

Before anyone says "its not meant for Simple File Sharing" I never said it was OK,

I just want to know how to make it work in a workgroup without going round the

houses setting some crazy policy thats buried away in the OS (I mean I want to

do it unattended so its all working like it does on XP)

There are guides on converting Server 2003 to a workstation and yet they never

mention the fact that XP has Simple File Sharing and Server 2003 cannot (easily)

do this. Most things ive read searching Google, people cannot even share anything,

never mind whether or not passwords are involved, they just can't even get to that

stage! I want to get to that stage and go past that stage by making it function the

same way as XP so its enabled after Windows is installed, so it has to be the registry

and a batch file I guess, but how - how can it be done?

In XP to enable or disable it in the registry you use the "forceguest" entry under

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] but I don't think

this entry exists in Server 2003 and just creating it doesn't do anything, well why

would it since the entire "Simple File Sharing" applet is missing in Server 2003

Edited January 28, 2007 by LeveL