Password Protected Sharing - Turn On or Off in Windows 7

Lovely, but I need to do that via registry (for my unattended installation). How?

Hello supraspecies,

I'm afraid that I cannot find a way to do so through the registry on the internet at all.

Is there a way to set up my computer so that password protection and encryption automatically turn off when connected to certain networks, specifically my home network?

When I am at home I want my shared folders to be automatically available to the other computers on my network. The only way that my XP computers can see these files is if I disable the password and encryption protections in sharing options on my Win7 computer as instructed above.

It is an annoyance to disable them and enable them every time I leave my home network.

-Tek

Hello Tek,

Other than turning it off, I suppose that you could upgrade them to Windows 7 or 8 to then not have to worry about it anymore.

Ha! There is always that option. I was hoping for one that did not involve spending money on upgrades though.

Thank you for your quick reply!

-Tek

Brink or other friends... My issue is sorta addressed by one of the other questions here but maybe not... my ignorance of the topic is THAT vast
- when we speak of turning pwd-protected-sharing off on Win7 machine that is connected to a conventional windows client network [mix of xp, androids, ios, etc] is it ONE-WAY? that is, to turn "OFF" means that the files/folders etc on the Win7 client then theoretically are inaccessible to other members of the same workgroup? implication being that the other direction still worky? the win7 client would still have his/her network drives mapped and working?

Then, if you don't mind a question from the 'other end'... Its dreadfully easy to get into a win7 system via network FROM an XP Pro machine - enter the credentials and you're in. HOW to reverse that??? The routine from the XP side persists indefinitely and I don't see a way to "log out" !! :huh:
a tad scary... persists through restarts etc
I note that Simple File Sharing is turned OFF on the xp side

I also have win 8.1 on the same net and am thinking the answers pretty much apply there also

Hello Claude,

When password protected sharing is on, people locally or on the network must sign into a user account with a password on your Windows PC to be able to access shared files and printers and Public folders on your PC.

When password protected sharing is off, people on the network will be able to access shared files and printers and Public folders on your Windows PC without having to sign in to your PC, and local user accounts on your computer will not require having a password.


Yep, it's the same way in Windows 8/8.1 as well.

Password Protected Sharing - Turn On or Off in Windows 8

Mapped drives work a bit different than simple file sharing though.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49517-map-network-drive.html

Hope this helps.

yes that helps. got the concept.
I know you'll have to reach into your deep archive for this, but I can't find a way to 'undo' the accessing of win7 or 8.1 resources from the 'other end' - from the XP Pro "server".... Setting up the access was a breeze: browse the machine, connect, get credential challenge, sign-in, and 'voila'... everything is there. but how to undo that? I have searched in vain so far - obviously the Administrator-level user that originated the connection has to be logged-in to that resource [the xp server] but it still bugs me as a security issue... I can't find a menu that lets me undo that access.

thx again.

Brink said:

Hello Claude,

When password protected sharing is on, people locally or on the network must sign into a user account with a password on your Windows PC to be able to access shared files and printers and Public folders on your PC.

When password protected sharing is off, people on the network will be able to access shared files and printers and Public folders on your Windows PC without having to sign in to your PC, and local user accounts on your computer will not require having a password.


Yep, it's the same way in Windows 8/8.1 as well.

Password Protected Sharing - Turn On or Off in Windows 8

Mapped drives work a bit different than simple file sharing though. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49517-map-network-drive.html
Hope this helps.

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After making sure that password protected sharing is turned on for the PC that the folder is on, I would just disconnect the mapped drive on XP, then map it again being sure to not check the "Remember my credentials" box.

Brink said:

After making sure that password protected sharing is turned on for the PC that the folder is on, I would just disconnect the mapped drive on XP, then map it again being sure to not check the "Remember my credentials" box.

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pwd-protect is ON.

thanks much!

You're most welcome.