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zxon
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My computer is part of a home network comprising of, mainly, two Vista PCs and two XP PCs.
I have music stored on my Vista Business PC and shared over the network. However, my Vista Home Premium laptop asks for a password whenever I try to access any shared content on my Vista Business PC.
Here's the thing though... I've disabled Password protected sharing in the Network and Sharing Centre, and it's been proven that my music can be accessed by the XP machines with no problem. However the Vista Home Premium PC still keeps asking for a password.
Can anyone offer any advice please?
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BurrWalnut
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On the Vista business machine right-click the folders you want to share then Properties > Security Tab > Edit > Add then type ‘Everyone’ (not the quotes) and below it select your preferences, e.g. Read or Full Control. Now Apply, OK, etc. to finish
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zxon
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I've done that but it still asks for a password. The Home Premium machine can also access shared files/printers on the other machines, except the Business machine. When I choose the PC's name under Network, it asks for a password right away before showing what's shared.
I've found if I type "Everybody", "Guest" or type in the Business machine's username and password, I can get onto the share fine. However, I don't want to have to type in a password all the time. I want to use the Home Premium machine as a media centre machine and it's set to watch the shared folder on the Business machine, but it's going to be tucked away so I don't want to have to pull out the keyboard to type in a username before I can get to my music.
Is there anything else I can try?
Edited by zxon (Sat Feb 16 2008 10:56 PM)
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BurrWalnut
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I don’t have Vista Business but it may be similar to XP Pro insomuch as an equivalent to ‘simple file sharing’ has to be turned off.
The other point I would make is I said type ‘Everyone’, which is a reserved word in Windows but you used ‘Everybody‘.
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mgmcc
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Right click the folder in Vista that you want to share and select Share... Add Everyone as a User with the permission level Co-owner.
This is the equivalent of XP Pro's "Simple File Sharing" and should allow access without a Password.
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zxon
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Sorry, that was a typo earlier. I meant "Everyone", not "Everybody".
I'd already set Everyone as co-owner when sharing the folders. At one point, I'd even gone as far as to set Everyone, Guest, and myself as Co-owner but no luck.
I've been testing this again today, trying to get onto the share, and it seems it will accept any username, even random characters... but it won't accept NO username at all 
[EDIT] I've just discovered that the same problem is ocurring in the opposite direction as well. My Business PC can't get to a shared folder on my Home Premium laptop and it asks for a un/pw, and it will accept even random characters. Does this mean anything?
Edited by zxon (Sun Feb 17 2008 11:12 AM)
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zxon
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Has anyone got any more ideas as to what's the matter?
In an nutshell, even with password protecting turned off, my two Vista machines can't access each other's shared folders over the network. It asks for a username and password, but will accept any characters at all for a username, but it won't accept an empty username.
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greysts
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This network, does it use a Domain or a Workgroup?
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zxon
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Yeah, it's using a workgroup called "MSHOME". All the PCs are set to use that workgroup.
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greysts
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The first thing I would try is creating a new workgroup for all the PCs in the network. MSHOME is the generic name used by Microsoft and creating a new one should make your file transfers work without login name or password.
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zxon
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I changed the workgroup on the two vista machines to "HOUSE" rather than "MSHOME" and that seems to have done the trick. I changed them both back as well and they're still working.
Thanks for that greysts. I wonder why it wouldn't work properly before...
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greysts
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The trick of renaming your Workgroup is used quite commonly to force Windows into a re-install of the correct DLL's for file sharing. I don't think anyone has actually found out WHY it doesn't work in the first place.
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