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Old August 29th 09, 04:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Default Asking for username/password on open folder

The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared
folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive
and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder
appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for
the username/password. The others open right up.
Any Ideas????
Ernie
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Old August 29th 09, 03:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Default Asking for username/password on open folder

My new hard drive is connected via USB port. This may be part of the problem
with the sharing.
Ernie

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Old August 29th 09, 03:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Default Asking for username/password on open folder

My new hard drive is connected via USB port. This may be part of the problem
with the sharing.
Ernie

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Old August 30th 09, 09:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Hans-Georg Michna
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Default Asking for username/password on open folder

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:

The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared
folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive
and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder
appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for
the username/password. The others open right up.


Ernie,

check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file
access rights.

Hans-Georg
  #5  
Old August 30th 09, 09:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Hans-Georg Michna
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Default Asking for username/password on open folder

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:

The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared
folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive
and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder
appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for
the username/password. The others open right up.


Ernie,

check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file
access rights.

Hans-Georg
  #6  
Old August 30th 09, 11:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:

The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared
folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive
and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder
appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for
the username/password. The others open right up.


Ernie,

check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file
access rights.

Hans-Georg


Hans-Georg,
Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going on. Not
sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my setup:

Turned off SFS
The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection.
Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". On
Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights.
CLicked OK.

This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring
the login id/password.

Ernie
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Old August 30th 09, 11:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Default Asking for username/password on open folder



"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:

The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared
folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive
and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder
appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for
the username/password. The others open right up.


Ernie,

check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file
access rights.

Hans-Georg


Hans-Georg,
Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going on. Not
sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my setup:

Turned off SFS
The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection.
Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". On
Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights.
CLicked OK.

This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring
the login id/password.

Ernie
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Old August 31st 09, 08:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
JWunderlich
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Default Asking for username/password on open folder

On Aug 30, 3:09*pm, ens wrote:
"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:


The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared
folder on my desktop. *Laptop is wireless. *Have added an external hard drive
and want to share a folder on it. *Have enabled file sharing. *The folder
appears in Network places. *(xp Pro) *This is the only folder that asks for
the username/password. *The others open right up.


Ernie,


check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file
access rights.


Hans-Georg


Hans-Georg,
Thanks so much for responding. *Still researching what is going on. *Not
sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... *Here's my setup:

Turned off SFS
The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection.
*Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". *On
Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights.
CLicked OK.

This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring
the login id/password.

Ernie


With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to clicking on
the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking the Permissions
button (and setting to Everyone), you also have to go to Folder
Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure that the security for
the folder is set up such that "Everybody" has the appropriate access
to the folder as well.

With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has the
appropriate access.

HTH,
John
  #9  
Old August 31st 09, 08:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
JWunderlich
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Default Asking for username/password on open folder

On Aug 30, 3:09*pm, ens wrote:
"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:


The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared
folder on my desktop. *Laptop is wireless. *Have added an external hard drive
and want to share a folder on it. *Have enabled file sharing. *The folder
appears in Network places. *(xp Pro) *This is the only folder that asks for
the username/password. *The others open right up.


Ernie,


check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file
access rights.


Hans-Georg


Hans-Georg,
Thanks so much for responding. *Still researching what is going on. *Not
sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... *Here's my setup:

Turned off SFS
The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection.
*Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". *On
Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights.
CLicked OK.

This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring
the login id/password.

Ernie


With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to clicking on
the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking the Permissions
button (and setting to Everyone), you also have to go to Folder
Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure that the security for
the folder is set up such that "Everybody" has the appropriate access
to the folder as well.

With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has the
appropriate access.

HTH,
John
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Old August 31st 09, 09:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Default Asking for username/password on open folder

"JWunderlich" wrote:

On Aug 30, 3:09 pm, ens wrote:
"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:


The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared
folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive
and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder
appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for
the username/password. The others open right up.


Ernie,


check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file
access rights.


Hans-Georg


Hans-Georg,
Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going on. Not
sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my setup:

Turned off SFS
The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection.
Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". On
Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights.
CLicked OK.

This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring
the login id/password.

Ernie


With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to clicking on
the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking the Permissions
button (and setting to Everyone), you also have to go to Folder
Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure that the security for
the folder is set up such that "Everybody" has the appropriate access
to the folder as well.

With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has the
appropriate access.

HTH,
John


John,
Ok, I've added "Everyone" onto the Security Tab list of users and gave
read/write permissions for the shared folder, but still asking for
un/password. Other users listed have necessary permissions.
Should I try and set up a new user on each machine specifically for this?
Ernie

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Old August 31st 09, 09:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Posts: 17
Default Asking for username/password on open folder

"JWunderlich" wrote:

On Aug 30, 3:09 pm, ens wrote:
"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:


The Windows username/password window opens when trying to access a shared
folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless. Have added an external hard drive
and want to share a folder on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder
appears in Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks for
the username/password. The others open right up.


Ernie,


check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file
access rights.


Hans-Georg


Hans-Georg,
Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going on. Not
sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my setup:

Turned off SFS
The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB connection.
Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected "Share this folder". On
Permissions, set "Everyone" for read and change rights.
CLicked OK.

This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is requiring
the login id/password.

Ernie


With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to clicking on
the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking the Permissions
button (and setting to Everyone), you also have to go to Folder
Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure that the security for
the folder is set up such that "Everybody" has the appropriate access
to the folder as well.

With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has the
appropriate access.

HTH,
John


John,
Ok, I've added "Everyone" onto the Security Tab list of users and gave
read/write permissions for the shared folder, but still asking for
un/password. Other users listed have necessary permissions.
Should I try and set up a new user on each machine specifically for this?
Ernie

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Old September 1st 09, 04:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Default Asking for username/password on open folder

=?Utf-8?B?ZW5z?= wrote in
:

"JWunderlich" wrote:

On Aug 30, 3:09 pm, ens wrote:
"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:

The Windows username/password window opens when trying to
access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless.
Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder
on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in
Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks
for the username/password. The others open right up.

Ernie,

check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file
access rights.

Hans-Georg

Hans-Georg,
Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going
on. Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my
setup:

Turned off SFS
The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB
connection. Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected
"Share this folder". On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read
and change rights. CLicked OK.

This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is
requiring the login id/password.

Ernie


With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to
clicking on the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking
the Permissions button (and setting to Everyone), you also have
to go to Folder Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure
that the security for the folder is set up such that "Everybody"
has the appropriate access to the folder as well.

With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has
the appropriate access.

HTH,
John


John,
Ok, I've added "Everyone" onto the Security Tab list of users and
gave read/write permissions for the shared folder, but still
asking for un/password. Other users listed have necessary
permissions. Should I try and set up a new user on each machine
specifically for this? Ernie



Sorry, at this point I'm practically clueless.
You might try the suggestion in the following article:

"How to undo "Make this folder private""
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm

HTH,
John
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Old September 1st 09, 04:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
John Wunderlich
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=?Utf-8?B?ZW5z?= wrote in
:

"JWunderlich" wrote:

On Aug 30, 3:09 pm, ens wrote:
"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:

The Windows username/password window opens when trying to
access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless.
Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder
on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in
Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks
for the username/password. The others open right up.

Ernie,

check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file
access rights.

Hans-Georg

Hans-Georg,
Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going
on. Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my
setup:

Turned off SFS
The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB
connection. Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected
"Share this folder". On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read
and change rights. CLicked OK.

This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is
requiring the login id/password.

Ernie


With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to
clicking on the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking
the Permissions button (and setting to Everyone), you also have
to go to Folder Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure
that the security for the folder is set up such that "Everybody"
has the appropriate access to the folder as well.

With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has
the appropriate access.

HTH,
John


John,
Ok, I've added "Everyone" onto the Security Tab list of users and
gave read/write permissions for the shared folder, but still
asking for un/password. Other users listed have necessary
permissions. Should I try and set up a new user on each machine
specifically for this? Ernie



Sorry, at this point I'm practically clueless.
You might try the suggestion in the following article:

"How to undo "Make this folder private""
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm

HTH,
John
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Old September 1st 09, 05:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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"John Wunderlich" wrote:

=?Utf-8?B?ZW5z?= wrote in
:

"JWunderlich" wrote:

On Aug 30, 3:09 pm, ens wrote:
"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:

The Windows username/password window opens when trying to
access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless.
Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder
on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in
Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks
for the username/password. The others open right up.

Ernie,

check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file
access rights.

Hans-Georg

Hans-Georg,
Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going
on. Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my
setup:

Turned off SFS
The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB
connection. Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected
"Share this folder". On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read
and change rights. CLicked OK.

This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is
requiring the login id/password.

Ernie

With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to
clicking on the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking
the Permissions button (and setting to Everyone), you also have
to go to Folder Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure
that the security for the folder is set up such that "Everybody"
has the appropriate access to the folder as well.

With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has
the appropriate access.

HTH,
John


John,
Ok, I've added "Everyone" onto the Security Tab list of users and
gave read/write permissions for the shared folder, but still
asking for un/password. Other users listed have necessary
permissions. Should I try and set up a new user on each machine
specifically for this? Ernie



Sorry, at this point I'm practically clueless.
You might try the suggestion in the following article:

"How to undo "Make this folder private""
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm

HTH,
John


Well, found what would work, after about 3 days of research. Simply mapped
the shared folder to a network drive. (had to uninstall Acronis to get rid of
the "not enough storage area...." error). Now I can access it without it
asking for a password.
Ernie

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Old September 1st 09, 05:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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"John Wunderlich" wrote:

=?Utf-8?B?ZW5z?= wrote in
:

"JWunderlich" wrote:

On Aug 30, 3:09 pm, ens wrote:
"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:01 -0700, ens wrote:

The Windows username/password window opens when trying to
access a shared folder on my desktop. Laptop is wireless.
Have added an external hard drive and want to share a folder
on it. Have enabled file sharing. The folder appears in
Network places. (xp Pro) This is the only folder that asks
for the username/password. The others open right up.

Ernie,

check (a) the share access rights and (b) the folder and file
access rights.

Hans-Georg

Hans-Georg,
Thanks so much for responding. Still researching what is going
on. Not sure what you mean, i.e. (a)...., (b)..... Here's my
setup:

Turned off SFS
The Shared Folder is on the Western Digital External HD with USB
connection. Right-clicked on the desired share folder, selected
"Share this folder". On Permissions, set "Everyone" for read
and change rights. CLicked OK.

This really seems weird because this is the only folder that is
requiring the login id/password.

Ernie

With Simple File Sharing (SFS) turned off, in addition to
clicking on the Sharing Tab - "Share this Folder" and clicking
the Permissions button (and setting to Everyone), you also have
to go to Folder Properties and the "Security" tab and make sure
that the security for the folder is set up such that "Everybody"
has the appropriate access to the folder as well.

With SFS turned on, you must make sure that the "Guest" user has
the appropriate access.

HTH,
John


John,
Ok, I've added "Everyone" onto the Security Tab list of users and
gave read/write permissions for the shared folder, but still
asking for un/password. Other users listed have necessary
permissions. Should I try and set up a new user on each machine
specifically for this? Ernie



Sorry, at this point I'm practically clueless.
You might try the suggestion in the following article:

"How to undo "Make this folder private""
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm

HTH,
John


Well, found what would work, after about 3 days of research. Simply mapped
the shared folder to a network drive. (had to uninstall Acronis to get rid of
the "not enough storage area...." error). Now I can access it without it
asking for a password.
Ernie

 




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