Solve the problem that XP cannot access win8 shared printers in the LAN.

Solve the problem that XP cannot access win8 shared printers in the LAN.
1. enable advanced sharing under win8

Open Control Panel, network, Internet, and sharing center, and select "change advanced network settings" on the right ", on the page (Control Panel \ network and Internet \ Network and sharing center \ Advanced sharing settings), click "Change sharing options for different network configuration files, see the one in the middle: Guest or public (we suggest setting all the private networks ). click this item to expand and click the circle before "enable network discovery" and "enable file printer and sharing.

 

2. Open the Guest account

The win8 Guest account is disabled by default, so we need to open it. Open Control Panel, user accounts, and home security, user accounts, and management accounts"

3. Set in group policy.

Press win + R to open "run" and enter gpedit. msc to open "Local Group Policy Editor ". enable Computer Configuration, windows Settings, security settings, Local Policies, and user permission assignment, in the middle, you can see a "Deny access to this computer from the network" (This security setting determines which users want to prevent access to the computer through the network. If the user account is subject to this policy setting and the "access to this computer from the network" policy setting, the former will replace the latter. Default Value: Guest), click "open", select the following guest, and click "delete" in the lower right corner to allow access to the guest account.

 

Turn on the computer configuration, windows Settings, security settings, Local Policies, and security options in turn. After you expand, you can see that "Account: A local account with a blank password can only log on to the console ", (This security setting determines whether a local account without password protection can be used to log on from a location outside the physical computer console. If this setting is enabled, a local account that is not password-protected can only log on through the computer's keyboard. Default Value: enabled .) Click "enable", select "Disable" on the tab, and click "OK.