Sharing

[earthsfate]

I just installed Vista rc1. I am trying to figure out how to share files on the network. Everytime i try to access my folders from another computer it always ask for a password. How do i share with out a password?

Thanks

[WBHoenig]

I'm pretty sure you can't, but in case you haven't already figured out that username and password are your username and password on the remotely access computer.

[earthsfate]

what if the computer does not have a password? and where do i setup a password?

[Coco]

The password are the account passwords. So you'd setup the passwords on the accounts just like in XP. If you don't know where that is it's on the control panel under users. You can manage the users and there passwords from there.

As for the "what if there isn't a password" question. Well there has to be a password in order to share, if you've setup an account with no password then it can't be used for sharing.

If you want to make things easy on yourself you can simply make an account on the vista PC which is exactly the same as an account on the other PC (same username and password). If you do that then it won't prompt for a password ever (if you are logged into the PC's with that account).

[McoreD]

In the Network Center there is a place to turn off the password requirement.

[earthsfate]

where?

[Coco]

Just open the start menu and type "network center" You'll then see it on the list. The option to adjust the password settings is on that screen. After he said that, that's all I did to find it. Took a few seconds to find out I was wrong about password settings.

[dAbReAkA]

same problem.. couldnt share something to a friend.. there's no way to share it for the whole network (hundreds of users..) i cant create an account for everyone.. that sucks..

[earthsfate]

When i type "network center" i only get "network and sharing center" .. nothing to change password on the list

[Spyvie]

Just make sure "Password protected sharing" is set to off, like in this example...

[earthsfate]

oh wow .. it was right infront of me all along. Thanks a lot

[fizban2]

same problem.. couldnt share something to a friend.. there's no way to share it for the whole network (hundreds of users..) i cant create an account for everyone.. that sucks..

another alternative to just turning off the password, just create an account that has read access to that folder, make up a username and password that will be easy to give out