Windows XP & Simple File Sharing

 

Windows XP Home & Windows XP Professional installed on a machines as part of a WorkGroup has "Simple File Sharing" enabled by default which offers no NT Challenge/Response Authentication. "Simple File Sharing" would prevent the DameWare NT Utilities program from working properly (i.e. Error 5 Access Denied). "Simple File Sharing" also does not allow you to remotely install/remove/start/stop the Mini Remote Client Agent Service. "Simple File Sharing" cannot be turned off in Windows XP Home, therefore you must manually install the Mini Remote Client Agent Service on machines running Windows XP Home. Once the DMRC Client Agent Service has been installed, then you should be able to use the "Encrypted Windows Logon authentication method to connect to this machine.

Please refer to the following knowledgebase article for more information on DameWare and Windows XP:

Is DameWare Software compatible with Windows XP?

http://www.dameware.com/support/kb/article.aspx?ID=201036