Windows 7 network password issue

myzr7 · 07 Nov 2009

WayCon said:

Here is my current status:

When I'm on my Win7 computer, logged in as administrator, I can map to and read/write to the other computer. When I switch to a user on the Win7 computer and try to Map Network Drive, I'm asked to Enter Network Password. I don't have one.

When I try to see my Win7 computer (where I'm logged in either as adminstrator or user), I am told on my other computer in My Network Places, "Login Failure: user account retriction."

I have no need for security between my computers (which are side by side). How do I take eliminate all these passwords, etc.?

Thank you.

WayCon

unselect the blue arrowed button , then click the public ( red circle ) and select allow to on thoose advance sharring settings. good luck to you.

Windows 7 network password issue-advance-share-3.jpg

WayCon · 07 Nov 2009

Thank you, mrzr7, for getting back to me so quickly. I have been going around in circles so much that I, now, can't remember how I got to the screen you are showing me. Could you remind me?

Again, thank you.

WayCon

WayCon · 07 Nov 2009

Found it.

Now do you suggest that I change to:

Turn off password protected sharing

?

Is the 128 bit encryption and/or the other questions significant for this?

As it is, the Win7 computer is still asking for a user name and password.

myzr7 · 07 Nov 2009

I wanted you to select the password and all the other allows in public. You must have a password for admin are you typing that in. You should only have to type it in once then it will remember it? As for your xp to 7 you need to select start/my network places/veiw workgroup computers/ other places/workgroup
Hope this helps some. I agree it should not be this hard and it should work. I have 8 differnt pc's networked with diffent os's and all sharing but it does take some work to get it done. Good luck to you

WayCon · 07 Nov 2009

Thank you, myzr7, yet again.

My other computer is not on xp but 2000 pro.

Also (sorry to be dense), I'm not sure where you mean me to be when you say to "select password and other allows in public." I'm afraid I'm trying to run a bookstore and figure all this out on the fly. Could you walk me through this, or, if that is too much to ask (understandably), is there somewhere I can go to get up to speed?

In any case, I, again, thank you.

Sincerely,

WayCon

myzr7 · 07 Nov 2009

What I was going on about was I was thinking that you had not selected some settings that might help your cause. I am now trying to get a version of 2000 pro up and running so I can see about getting it shared. good luck to you.

Windows 7 network password issue-advanced-share-public.jpg

RaynMan · 09 Nov 2009

I have searched forever trying to solve an issue with homegroup and was lucky enough to find your post.

I have homegroup set up for my desktop and laptop computers. Everytime that I would open up the HomeGroup from my laptop, it wasn't asking me for my HomeGroup password. It would always ask me for my username and password for my desktop computer. I found this to totally un-secured. If I want to add another computer to someone else in the family, I don't want to have to supply them my login information to my computer.

Your article showed me how to solve this issue....Many, many thanks!

WayCon · 12 Nov 2009

Thank you myzr7 (and I just realized the word play in your name(!)),

I appreciate your effort. Hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

WayCon

aliss77777 · 13 Mar 2010

myzr7 said:

unselect the blue arrowed button , then click the public ( red circle ) and select allow to on thoose advance sharring settings. good luck to you.

thanks! that was the trick, now I can copy files from my windows 7 to my wife's macbook pro

eddward · 13 Jul 2013

Hello,my name is Edward.
I have the same problem,but mine told me about a Router (which I don't have,I just have a cable that gave me Internet haha). I uninstalled Windows 7 and get on XP to find out the problem.
I'll try what you said

Windows 7 network password issue

Thanks rsvr85