Windows 7: Cannot connect to network

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I have all my drives shared on my network, but when I try to access the network on another machine, I can see the computer, but cannot connect to the computer, as it asks for a username and password. I have homegroup turned off on this machine, and also have user names and passwords disabled. Can anyone help me get things working? I had it working before I had to do a reinstall, and now I can't figure it out. Thanks in advance for your help!

Can anyone please help me here? I am desperately seeking a good answer!

If memory serves me correct….. Microsoft changed the way network connections work; you MUST have a password in order to make a network connection. HomeGroup uses a password to connect, if you disabled passwords this may be why it does not work.

Simply provide a password for your user profile and then try to connect.

I did try using a password, but it did not work. I am 100% certain that you do not have to use passwords, because I had it up and running two weeks ago, on my previous install. I was forced to do a complete reinstall, however, and am missing something, but I can't for the life of me figure out what.

Homegroup does require you to have a "group" password for all the computers to work. I am sure that if you use "workgroup" you dont need a password.

How many computers are you trying to connect together and what are their OS? That way we can see what we can do about narrowing down the problem.

If you are using a WORKGROUP and all computers have the same username and password, say Username = Admin and Password = Pa$$w0rd you can connect to any computer without the need to enter a password because the password will be passed in the background. Maybe that is what you were doing 2 weeks ago????

that is actually how i have my computer. I just have to turn on my computers, enter the password for the protection and then lock the windows with Windows Key + L.... other than that i have full access to everything.

net user administrator /active:yes

it is the best thing since slice bread!

What happens when you type this from the command prompt?:

net use * \\computername\c$ <enter>

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Administrator>net use
New connections will be remembered.
There are no entries in the list.

C:\Users\Administrator>net use * \\server-pc\c$
Drive Z: is now connected to \\server-pc\c$.
The command completed successfully.

C:\Users\Administrator>