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Solved Password protected sharing is OFF, still asked to auth.?
I've read through pages and pages of search results for this, but they all seem to be between Win7 and XP, or something not quite the same as my problem.
Here at home we are all using Windows 7 (a mix of Home Premium and Ultimate). I have an HTPC which has all our DVDs on. This PC has a few shares so we can access our movies across the network.
I have set up the shares using the Sharing Wizard thing, and set 'Everyone' to Read/Write. I can verify the permissions for the shares in Advanced Sharing > Permissions, and see that 'Everyone' has full control.
In the Network and Sharing Center, the settings for sharing are as follows:
I should point out after the last bullet point that we are not using a Homegroup.
- Network discovery = ON
- File and printer sharing = ON
- Public folder sharing = OFF (no need for it)
- Media streaming = ON (for WMP, Xbox)
- Use 128-bit encryption = ON
- Password protected sharing = OFF
- Allow Windows to manage Homegroup connections = ON
So with all that as it is, whenever I try to connect to the HTPC shares from another computer, I still get prompted for a username and password, with the "X Invalid user name and password" message beneath the text boxes. I can, however, connect without a problem from my laptop, which has the same username and password as the admin account on the HTPC.
The strange thing now - if I type "anonymous" into the username box and try to connect, I get in. Everything then works as it should. So either all the computers in our house have decided not to try the "anonymous" account, or something is up on the HTPC.
Any ideas?
Thanks :)
Last edited by CreepinJesus; 06 Sep 2010 at 07:35. Reason: Solved