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If you are unable to access computers with the operating system - Windows Vista Home Basic (or) Windows Vista Home Premium (or) Windows XP Home Edition via local area network.

Follow the below mentioned steps on the computer which you are unable to access

Open registry editor and navigate to

HKLM\SYSTEM\CURRENT CONTROL SET\CONTROL\LSA

On the right side pane look for the DWORD with the values as shown below. If not found create it.

restrictanonymous=0

restrictanonymoussam=0

limitblankpassworduse=0

everyoneincludesanonymous=1
forceguest=1

After modifying all the registry settings as per the above steps:

Open Command Prompt in Elevated access if the operating system is Vista and if the operating system in XP, login to an account which has admin privilege: type –

Net user guest /active:yes

Net user guest * (Hit Enter twice so the password is left blank)

exit

Restart the computer so the changes that had been made, take effect.

-Giloo