[how-to] Windows Xp files sharing protection

[roy1984]

Who to make windows xp ask for password during access to other network folder?

I had setup my user account with password

but,

It only prompt out once for password ask... after login I can browse the network folder without enter any password?

How do I make that Windows Xp always ask for password during accessing to network folder? just like access to Windows server 2003

[cluberti]

When a remote user accesses the machine hosting the shares, he or she doesn't authenticate against the share, but against the machine itself - once you've authenticated against the machine, you then have access to any shares, files, or folders that account/password has access to, without having to authenticate again.

The only way to force re-authentication is to forcefully disconnect the client's connection.

[roy1984]

Have any way to do so???

any configuration or registry?

[cluberti]

I thought I made it clear, but I guess not. No, there's no way to do this without being at the machine itself and disconnecting sessions manually.

Short answer, no. File sharing works via access gained with a username/password against the machine, not the share itself.