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Setting up sharing with private and public folders
Hi everyone. Been using Windows 7 for a while now. Trying to understand the advanced sharing a little more. Here is what I want to accomplish.
I have 2 computers both with Win7 RTM. One laptop and one desktop.
I want both of the computers to each have shared folders each with....
1 Shared folder that requires a login with the same username/password on the host computer
1 Public folder that doesn't need login and can be accessed by anyone in my workgroup.
As of right now I have almost got what I wanted, except for the logon thing.
By using advanced sharing I have got a public folder that can be seen by everyone as well as a folder that is only accessible by me. Since both my computers have the same login/pw, I can only access this private folder on either PC when I am logged on.
If I use my roomates computer for example, which uses a different Username/pw, I am not prompted to enter my credentials. I am just unable to access the folder.
Is there a way to add the option to allow credential login on these private folders so I an access them from any computer granted that I use my Username and PW to login.
Here are some screenshots of how my private and public folders are set up as well as my Win 7 networking settings.
To sum it up. I want to be able to access private shared folders from computers other than my own where I can login to them with my username/pw.
Thanks in advance!